Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower on February - 26.   

1915  Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses) on February - 26.   

1916  Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract   

1916  On this day in history russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history first Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)   

1917  1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) on February - 26.   

1917  Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh) on February - 26.   

1918  Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 on this day in history.   

1918  Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1919  Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine on February - 26.   

1919  On February - 26 grand Canyon National Park is established.   

1919  Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine on this day in history.   

1919  Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien) on this day in history.   

1920  Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1921  Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1923  Italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts) on February - 26.   

1924  On this day in history trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

1925  On this day in history jihad-Saint war against Turkish government   

1925  On this day in history oregon adopts its state flag.   

1925  On this day in history jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt   

1926  On this day in history dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street   

1926  Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 on February - 26.   

1928  On this day in history the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  Grand Teton National Park is established on February - 26.   

1929  On February - 26 pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park   

1930  On February - 26 the first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)   

1930  On February - 26 west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England   

1930  On February - 26 "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater   

1930  On this day in history raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64   

1931  On this day in history otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83   

1933  On this day in history golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field   

1933  On this day in history marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell   

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1361  On this day in history birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on February - 26.   

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

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

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  Nicola Fago, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  On February - 26 birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on this day in history.   

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on February - 26.   

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 February - 26.   

1360  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on February - 26.   

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on this day in history.   

1552  On February - 26 death of heinrich Faber, German composer