Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower on February - 26.   

1915  On February - 26 elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)   

1916  On this day in history germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930   

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

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on February - 26.   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on this day in history.   

1917  First Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) on this day in history.   

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

1917  On February - 26 robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)   

1918  On February - 26 stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604   

1918  On February - 26 edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)   

1919  Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine on February - 26.   

1919  Grand Canyon National Park is established on February - 26.   

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

1919  Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien) on February - 26.   

1920  On this day in history ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38   

1921  Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 on February - 26.   

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

1924  On February - 26 trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

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

1925  Oregon adopts its state flag on February - 26.   

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

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

1926  Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 on February - 26.   

1928  On this day in history the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  On February - 26 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 February - 26 raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64   

1931  On this day in history otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83   

1933  On this day in history golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field   

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

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1361  On this day in history birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

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

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1675  On February - 26 birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

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

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

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.   

1154  On this day in history rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  On this day in history death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

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

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.   

1360  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

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