Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  On this day in history malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower   

1915  Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses) on this day in history.   

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

1916  On this day in history mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract   

1916  On this day in history russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  On this day in history mordecai Seter, composer   

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

1917  1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) on this day in history.   

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

1918  Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 on February - 26.   

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

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

1919  Grand Canyon National Park is established on this day in history.   

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

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

1920  On February - 26 ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38   

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

1923  Italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts) on this day in history.   

1924  On February - 26 trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

1925  Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On February - 26 the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  Grand Teton National Park is established on February - 26.   

1929  Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park on February - 26.   

1930  On February - 26 the first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)   

1930  On February - 26 west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England   

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

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  Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field on February - 26.   

1933  On this day in history marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on February - 26.   

1587  On February - 26 birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on February - 26.   

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 February - 26 birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

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

1686  On this day in history 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  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1266  On this day in history manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

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

1552  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on this day in history.