Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  On February - 26 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  On February - 26 mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract   

1916  On February - 26 russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history first Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)   

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

1917  Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh) on this day in history.   

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 February - 26 acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine   

1919  On February - 26 grand Canyon National Park is established.   

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 this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81   

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

1924  On February - 26 trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

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

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

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

1929  On this day in history grand Teton National Park is established.   

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

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

1930  On February - 26 raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64   

1931  On this day in history otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83   

1933  On February - 26 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 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 February - 26 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  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.   

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

1200  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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