Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman and Other Verses).   

1916  Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930.   

1916  Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract.   

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia.   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer   

1917  inaugural Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)   

1917  1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)   

1917  Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh).   

1918  Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604.   

1918  Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers).   

1919  Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine   

1919  Grand Canyon National Park is established   

1919  Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine.   

1919  Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien).   

1920  Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38.   

1921  Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81   

1923  Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts)   

1924  Trial against Hitler in Munich begins.   

1925  Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government   

1925  In this year, Oregon formally adopts its state flag.   

1925  Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt.   

1926  Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street.   

1926  Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67   

1928  Fats Domino, American singer is born.   

1929  Grand Teton National Park is established   

1929  Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park   

1930  The inaugural red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC).   

1930  West Indies make inaugural Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England.   

1930  "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater.   

1930  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64.   

1931  Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83   

1933  Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field   

1933  Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell.   

1933  Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74   

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1361  Wenceslas of bohemia: Holy roman catholic german emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  Stefano landi: Italian composer   

1588  Nicolaus erich: Composer   

1671  Anthony ashley-cooper: 3rd earl of shaftesbury, english politician and philosopher   

1672  Antoine augustine calmet: French theologian   

1675  Johann philipp treiber: Composer   

1677  Nicola fago: Composer   

1686  Godefroi l count d'estrades: French diplomat   

1076  Godfried iii: With the hump, duke of neth-lutherian, murdered   

1154  Death of Rogier ii guiscard: King of sicily (1101-54),   

1200  Symeon: Former serbian ruler and saint   

1266  Death of Manfred: Bastard son of emperor frederik ii/king of sicily,   

1324  Death of Dino compagni: Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler,   

1360  Death of Roger mortimer: 2nd earl of march, english military leader (b. 1328)   

1538  Worp van thabor: Frisian abbott of thabor (chronicon frisiae),   

1552  Heinrich faber: German composer