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Thursday, 26 February 2026
1923 Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath. 
1924 Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231" premieres.
1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania.
1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
1924 Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
1924 Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco.
1925 In this year, 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry claims in 1:59.
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
1926 David Attenborough, English director is born
1926 The inaugural flight over North Pole (Bennett and Byrd).
1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett and Byrd)
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61.
1931 Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London.
1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician.
1933 Gandhi, in India, begins a hunger strike in protest against the British
1933 Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
1935 Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th beat Phils 15-4
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies.
1937 In this year, 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral claims 2:03.2
1938 Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
1940 Peter Benchley, British Author is born.
1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86.
1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack.
1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea.
1942 HMS OLYMPUS, sunk off Malta Grand Harbour - German E-boat-laid mines. On passage with personnel from Malta to Gibraltar, including many of the crews of bombed submarines P.36 and P.39; few survivors.
1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea.
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass".
1943 In this year, 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet claims in 1:57.4
1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed.
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass"
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