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  On this day in history germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930   

1916  Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  On February - 26 mordecai Seter, composer   

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  On February - 26 robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)   

1918  On this day in history stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604   

1918  On February - 26 edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)   

1919  On this day in history acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine   

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

1919  Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine on February - 26.   

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

1920  On this day in history ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38   

1921  Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 on February - 26.   

1923  On February - 26 italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)   

1924  Trial against Hitler in Munich begins on this day in history.   

1925  Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government on this day in history.   

1925  Oregon adopts its state flag on February - 26.   

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

1926  Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street on February - 26.   

1926  On this day in history frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67   

1928  The birth of Fats Domino, American singer on this day in history.   

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

1929  Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park on this day in history.   

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 this day in history "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater   

1930  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1931  On February - 26 otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83   

1933  Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field on this day in history.   

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

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on February - 26.   

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

1588  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

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

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.   

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  On February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

1266  On February - 26 manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

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 this day in history worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

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