Page 5: Historical Events In February - 26

1915  Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower on February - 26.   

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

1916  On this day in history germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930   

1916  Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia   

1916  On this day in history mordecai Seter, composer   

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

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

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  On February - 26 edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)   

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

1919  On February - 26 grand Canyon National Park is established.   

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

1919  On this day in history beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)   

1920  Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38 on February - 26.   

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  On this day in history oregon adopts its state flag.   

1925  On February - 26 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 this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history the birth of Fats Domino, American singer   

1929  On February - 26 grand Teton National Park is established.   

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  "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater on this day in history.   

1930  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 on February - 26.   

1931  Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83 on February - 26.   

1933  On this day in history 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  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on February - 26.   

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on February - 26.   

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

1671  On February - 26 birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)   

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  On February - 26 birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on February - 26.   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.   

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  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.   

1360  On February - 26 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.