Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

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

1915  Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses) on February - 26.   

1916  On February - 26 germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930   

1916  On this day in history mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract   

1916  On this day in history russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  Mordecai Seter, composer on February - 26.   

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 February - 26 robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)   

1918  Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 on this day in history.   

1918  Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) on this day in history.   

1919  On February - 26 acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine   

1919  Grand Canyon National Park is established on this day in history.   

1919  On February - 26 acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine   

1919  Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien) on February - 26.   

1920  On this day in history ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38   

1921  On this day in history carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81   

1923  On this day in history italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)   

1924  On this day in history trial against Hitler in Munich begins   

1925  On February - 26 jihad-Saint war against Turkish government   

1925  Oregon adopts its state flag on February - 26.   

1925  Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt on this day in history.   

1926  On February - 26 dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street   

1926  Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1928  On February - 26 the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  Grand Teton National Park is established on February - 26.   

1929  On this day in history pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park   

1930  On February - 26 the first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)   

1930  West Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England on February - 26.   

1930  On this day in history "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater   

1930  On this day in history raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64   

1931  Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1933  Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field on February - 26.   

1933  On this day in history marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on this day in history.   

1587  On February - 26 birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on February - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on February - 26.   

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

1686  On February - 26 birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on this day in history.   

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  On February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

1266  On February - 26 manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on this day in history.   

1360  On this day in history death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on February - 26.   

1552  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on February - 26.