Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  On this day in history malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower   

1915  On this day in history elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)   

1916  Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 on this day in history.   

1916  On February - 26 mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract   

1916  Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia on February - 26.   

1916  On this day in history mordecai Seter, composer   

1917  First Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) on this day in history.   

1917  1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)   

1918  On this day in history stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604   

1918  Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) on February - 26.   

1919  Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history grand Canyon National Park is established.   

1919  Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine on February - 26.   

1919  Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien) on this day in history.   

1920  On February - 26 ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38   

1921  Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1923  Italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts) on February - 26.   

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 this day in history jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt   

1926  On this day in history dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street   

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  Grand Teton National Park is established on February - 26.   

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 February - 26 west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England   

1930  On February - 26 "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater   

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell   

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1361  On this day in history birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on February - 26.   

1686  On this day in history birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

1076  On February - 26 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered   

1154  On this day in history 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  Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 26.   

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  On February - 26 death of heinrich Faber, German composer