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What Happened on February 26th This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
2019	Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.
2013	A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
2012	A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2012	Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.
2008	The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
1995	The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
1993	World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
1992	First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
1987	Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1980	Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
1979	The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
1971	U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1966	Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
1960	A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
1952	Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
1945	World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
1936	In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
1935	Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1935	Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.[18]
1929	President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1919	President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
1914	HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1909	Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
1876	Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
1870	The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intending as a demonstration for a subway line opens.
1815	Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
1794	The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
1775	The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
1616	Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
1606	The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
1365	The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya.
1266	Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
747	According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date.[1] Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
364	Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor.

Famous People Born on February 26

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Year	Name
1960	Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1893	Dorothy Whipple, English novelist (d. 1966)
1934	Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
1957	Keena Rothhammer, American swimmer
1587	Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)
1974	Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne
1968	Tim Commerford, American bass player
1950	Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1927	Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor (d. 2020)[38][39]
1943	Bill Duke, American actor and director

Famous People Deaths On February 26

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on February 26. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1802	Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
2013	Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926)
1889	Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
1969	Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)
1726	Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
1998	Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
2005	Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)
2011	Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1985	Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1994	Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)