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Information about February 26


February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are


308 days remaining, 309 in leap years.


Events


   * 1266 - Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou,


     overcome a combined German-Sicilian force


   * 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one pound note


   * 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba


   * 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.


   * 1863 - President of the United States Abraham Lincoln signs the


     National Currency Act into law.


   * 1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway is opened.


   * 1919 - An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the


     Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon


     National Park).


   * 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.


   * 1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed


   * 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that


     his nation has an atomic bomb


   * 1986 - After exiled President Ferdinand Marcos leaves the Philippines,


     Corazon Aquino is inaugurated president.


   * 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American


     President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security


     staff.


   * 1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections


   * 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser


   * 1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces


     the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.


   * 1993 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked


     below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and


     injuring over a thousand.


   * 1995 - United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings PLC


     collapses after a securities broker lost $1.4 billion by gambling on


     the Tokyo Stock Exchange.


   * 1986 - Robert Penn Warren is named poet laureate of the United States.


Births


   * 1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (+ 1419)


   * 1802 - Victor Hugo, poet (+ 1885)


   * 1808 - HonorŽ Daumier, painter, illustrator, lithograph and sculptor (+


     1879)


   * 1829 - Levi Strauss, clothing designer (+ 1902)


   * 1846 - Buffalo Bill, pioneer and officer, hunter and carny (+ 1917)


   * 1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (+ 1948)


   * 1875 - Hans Bšckler, unionist and politician (+ 1951)


   * 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1950)


   * 1908 - Tex Avery, cartoonist (+ 1980)


   * 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver (+ 1949)


   * 1916 - Jackie Gleason, actor, writer, composer, comedian (+ 1987)


   * 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, science fiction writer (+ 1985)


   * 1920 - Tony Randall, actor


   * 1928 - Fats Domino, musician


        o 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, cosmonaut


   * 1932 - Johnny Cash, country music singer


   * 1933 - Godfrey Cambridge, actor (+ 1976)


   * 1954 - Michael Bolton, singer


   * 1971 - Erykah Badu, singer


   * 1973 - Jenny Thompson, U.S. Olympic swimmer


   * 1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football star


Deaths


   * 1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor


   * 1961 - King Mohammed V of Morocco


   * 1971 - Fernandel, actor


   * 2002 - Lawrence Tierney, actor


Holidays and observances


   * Purim


   * Bah‡'’ Faith - Day 1 of Ayy‡m-i-H‡ (Intercalary Days) - days in the


     Bah‡'’ calendar devoted to service and gift giving.

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