26 February - Definition


26 February - Definition

February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years.

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1 Events

Events

747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
1266 - Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combined German-Sicilian force.
1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one pound note.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
1848 - Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto.
1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.
1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway is opened.

1919 - An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.
1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed.
1935 - Robert Watson-Watt gives the first public demonstration of RADAR.
1936 - In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
1944 - Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuhrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.
1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.
1966 - Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation.
1986 - After exiled President Ferdinand Marcos leaves the Philippines, Corazon Aquino is inaugurated president.
1986 - Robert Penn Warren is named poet laureate of the United States.
1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.

1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.
1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
1993 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
1995 - The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, lost $1.4 billion by gambling on the Singapore Monetary Exchange Simex with derivative securities.

2001 - The Taliban destroyed two giant buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
2004 - The United States lifted a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.

Bah�'� Faith - Day 1 of Ayy�m-i-H� (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bah&aacute'&iacute calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
Nation of Islam - Saviour's Day - commemoration of the birthdate of Wallace Fard Muhammad, believed to be Allah in human form, the saviour of the black race.

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