Page 10: Historical Events In February - 26

1998  On this day in history oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial   

1998  Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

1999  Ontario Southland commenced operation over the CP Port Burwell subdivision from Ingersoll to Tillsonburg, ON on February - 26.   

2005  Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt asked parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 205 on February - 26.   

2007  The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case on this day in history.   

2012  On February - 26 the film The Artist wins five Academy Awards and becomes the first silent film to win since 1927   

2013  On February - 26 a flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed   

2017  89th Academy Awards: Best Picture "Moonlight" (after mix-up), Best Director Damien Chazelle, Best Actor Casey Affleck , Best Actress Emma Stone on this day in history.   

2018  On February - 26 cold weather nicknamed "the Beast from the East" hits Europe, killing 7 and covering Pompeii in snow   

2018  Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed on 10 year anniversary on February - 26.   

2018  On this day in history global Seed Vault opens in Svalbard, Norway, to help preserve diversity and loss from other genebanks   

2018  On February - 26 7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Papa New Guinea kills at least 100   

2019  The Indian Air Force launches airstrikes on purported militant camps in Balakot, Pakistan; according to Indian claims, "a very large number of ... terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis" were killed, although Pakistan denied the claims and a number of neutral sources suggest that this was not the case. The following day, Pakistan retaliated, leading to the shooting down of an Indian MiG-21 fighter, whose pilot was repatriated on March 1. The incidents led to the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff 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  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on February - 26.   

1588  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on February - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history death of heinrich Faber, German composer