Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)   

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

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

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on February - 26.   

1916  On this day in history mordecai Seter, composer   

1917  On February - 26 first Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)   

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

1917  Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh) on this day in history.   

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  Grand Canyon National Park is established on this day in history.   

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

1919  On February - 26 beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)   

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

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 February - 26.   

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

1925  Oregon adopts its state flag on this day in history.   

1925  Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt on February - 26.   

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

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 February - 26.   

1929  On this day in history grand Teton National Park is established.   

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

1930  The first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC) on February - 26.   

1930  West Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England on this day in history.   

1930  "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater on this day in history.   

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

1933  On February - 26 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 this day in history.   

1588  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  On this day in history birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

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

1677  On this day in history birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  On this day in history birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

1076  On this day in history death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered   

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on February - 26.   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on this day in history.   

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  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on February - 26.   

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