Page 5: 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  On February - 26 germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930   

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

1916  On February - 26 russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  On February - 26 mordecai Seter, composer   

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

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

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

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

1919  On this day in history acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine   

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

1920  Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38 on February - 26.   

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  Trial against Hitler in Munich begins on this day in history.   

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

1925  On February - 26 oregon adopts its state flag.   

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

1926  On this day in history dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street   

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

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  The first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC) on February - 26.   

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

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  On February - 26 otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83   

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 February - 26 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  On February - 26 birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

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

1677  On February - 26 birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on February - 26.   

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 February - 26 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 this day in history.   

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