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 February - 26.  

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

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history mordecai Seter, composer  

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

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1924  Trial against Hitler in Munich begins on February - 26.  

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

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

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

1926  Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street on February - 26.  

1926  Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1928  The birth of Fats Domino, American singer on this day in history.  

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

1929  On February - 26 pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park  

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

1930  West Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England on February - 26.  

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

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 February - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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1361  On February - 26 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  On this day in history birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)  

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.  

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 February - 26.  

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

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60  

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on February - 26.  

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  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on February - 26.