Historical Events In February - 26
1994 Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
1995 Barings, England's oldest investment banking company, fails after a securities broker loses over $1 billion gambling on Tokyo stock prices.
1997 39th Grammy Awards Change the World Babyface, Beck & LeAnn Rimes win
1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial
1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean
1999 Ontario Southland commenced operation over the CP Port Burwell subdivision from Ingersoll to Tillsonburg, ON.
1797 First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba
1936 Volkswagen Beetle car launched by Adolf Hitler
1991 During the Gulf War, Kuwait City is liberated and Iraq begins its withdrawl
1993 Terrorist bomb explosion under the World Trade Center, New York
1802 The birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright
1846 The birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman
1928 The birth of Fats Domino, American singer
2005 Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt asked parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 205.
2007 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.
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