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  Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 on February - 26.  

1916  Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract on February - 26.  

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on this day in history.  

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on February - 26.  

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

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

1917  On this day in history robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)  

1918  On this day in history stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604  

1918  On this day in history edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)  

1919  On this day in history acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine  

1919  On February - 26 grand Canyon National Park is established.  

1919  Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1923  On February - 26 italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)  

1924  Trial against Hitler in Munich begins on February - 26.  

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

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

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

1926  On February - 26 dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street  

1926  On February - 26 frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67  

1928  The birth of Fats Domino, American singer on February - 26.  

1929  On February - 26 grand Teton National Park is established.  

1929  Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history 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  "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater on February - 26.  

1930  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1933  Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell on February - 26.  

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on this day in history.  

1587  On this day in history birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)  

1588  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Erich, composer  

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.  

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.  

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

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

1686  On February - 26 birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat  

1076  On February - 26 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered  

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60  

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on February - 26.  

1266  Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies on February - 26.  

1324  On this day in history dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies  

1360  On this day in history death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)  

1538  On this day in history worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies  

1552  On February - 26 death of heinrich Faber, German composer