Historical Events In February - 26

1998  On February - 26 oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial   

1998  On February - 26 total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean   

1999  Ontario Southland commenced operation over the CP Port Burwell subdivision from Ingersoll to Tillsonburg, ON on February - 26.   

2005  On February - 26 hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt asked parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 205.   

2007  On February - 26 the International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case.   

2012  On February - 26 the film The Artist wins five Academy Awards and becomes the first silent film to win since 1927   

2013  On February - 26 a flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed   

2017  89th Academy Awards: Best Picture "Moonlight" (after mix-up), Best Director Damien Chazelle, Best Actor Casey Affleck , Best Actress Emma Stone on this day in history.   

2018  Cold weather nicknamed "the Beast from the East" hits Europe, killing 7 and covering Pompeii in snow on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed on 10 year anniversary   

2018  Global Seed Vault opens in Svalbard, Norway, to help preserve diversity and loss from other genebanks on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history 7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Papa New Guinea kills at least 100   

2019  On this day in history the Indian Air Force launches airstrikes on purported militant camps in Balakot, Pakistan; according to Indian claims, "a very large number of ... terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis" were killed, although Pakistan denied the claims and a number of neutral sources suggest that this was not the case. The following day, Pakistan retaliated, leading to the shooting down of an Indian MiG-21 fighter, whose pilot was repatriated on March 1. The incidents led to the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff.   

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1361  On February - 26 birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  On February - 26 birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on February - 26.   

1671  On February - 26 birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)   

1672  On February - 26 birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1677  On February - 26 birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  On this day in history birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.   

1154  On this day in history rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on this day in history.   

1266  Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on this day in history.   

1360  On this day in history death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on February - 26.