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 February - 26.   

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on February - 26.   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) on this day in history.   

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

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

1919  On February - 26 acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine   

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

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

1921  On February - 26 carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81   

1923  On this day in history italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)   

1924  On this day in history trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

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

1925  On February - 26 oregon adopts its state flag.   

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

1926  Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67   

1928  On February - 26 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 this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England   

1930  On February - 26 "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater   

1930  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 on February - 26.   

1931  On February - 26 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  On February - 26 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  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on February - 26.   

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

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  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on February - 26.   

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

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

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

1360  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on February - 26.   

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on February - 26.   

1552  On this day in history death of heinrich Faber, German composer