Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

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

1915  On this day in history 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  On this day in history russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  On February - 26 mordecai Seter, composer   

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

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

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

1918  Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 on this day in history.   

1918  Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) on February - 26.   

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

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

1919  Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine on February - 26.   

1919  Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1924  Trial against Hitler in Munich begins on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history oregon adopts its state flag.   

1925  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1928  On February - 26 the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  Grand Teton National Park is established on this day in history.   

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

1930  On this day in history the first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)   

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

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

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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  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  On February - 26 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  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1677  On February - 26 birth of nicola Fago, composer   

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

1200  On February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

1266  On February - 26 manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

1324  On February - 26 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.