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

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on February - 26.   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on February - 26.   

1917  First Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)   

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

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 February - 26 acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine   

1919  Grand Canyon National Park is established on February - 26.   

1919  On February - 26 acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine   

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

1920  On February - 26 ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38   

1921  On February - 26 carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81   

1923  On this day in history italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)   

1924  On February - 26 trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

1925  On February - 26 jihad-Saint war against Turkish government   

1925  On February - 26 oregon adopts its state flag.   

1925  On February - 26 jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt   

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

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

1928  On February - 26 the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  Grand Teton National Park is established on this day in history.   

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  West Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England on this day in history.   

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  Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1933  Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field on February - 26.   

1933  On February - 26 marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell   

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

1587  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1675  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 26.   

1360  On February - 26 death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

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

1552  On this day in history death of heinrich Faber, German composer