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February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 308 days remaining until the end of the year (309 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

• 747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. Events and trends 747 BC — February 26 - Nabonassar becomes king of Babylonia. In the fields of Chronology and Periodization, an epoch means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular Era. Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca Nabonassar (also Nabonasser, Nabu-nasir, Nebo-adon-Assur or Nabo-n-assar) founded a kingdom in Babylon in 747 BC
• 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Events By Place Roman Empire Jovian surrenders Mesopotamia to the Persians. Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, ( 321 - November 17, 375) was Roman Emperor from 364 until his death The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC
• 1266 - Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. The Battle of Benevento was fought near Benevento, in present-day Southern Italy, on February 26, 1266, between the troops of Charles Charles I ( 21 March 1226 &ndash 7 January 1285) commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin Anjou is a former County (c 880) Duchy ( 1360) and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Manfred ( Venosa, 1232 &ndash Benevento February 26, 1266) was the King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266 Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples. Manfred is a Dramatic poem written in 1816 – 1817 by Lord Byron. Pope Clement IV ( Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, November 23, year ca 1195 &ndash November 29, 1268 in Viterbo) born Gui Faucoi Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the
• 1658 - Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest. The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city of Roskilde. This article is about the 17th century war For 16th century war see Northern Seven Years' War ( 1563 – 1570) Frederick III ( March 18, 1609 &ndash February 19, 1670) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death Denmark–Norway ( Danish: Danmark-Norge Norwegian: Danmark-Norge or Danmark-Noreg is the historiographical name for a former political entity union "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• 1794 - Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, is the house of Denmark 's three supreme powers the executive power, the Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city
• 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is a state-owned institution and the Central bank of the United Kingdom
• 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Elba (Ilva is an island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino.
• 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal The National Bank Act (ch 58 12 Stat 665 February 25 1863) was a United States federal law that established a system of national charters for Banks
• 1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City of New York Pneumatics, Pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion Pneumatic power is used in Industry, where it is common to have factory units plumbed for Compressed A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway
• 1885 - The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, is signed
• 1887 - At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also Congress of Berlin (1878 and Berlin Conference of 1954 (Cold War Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. George Lohmann (June 2 1865 in London – December 1 1901 in Worcester Western Cape, South Africa) is regarded as one the greatest bowlers Muralijpg|thumb|250px|right|The world's leading off-spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan sends down a delivery]] A bowler in the Sport of Cricket is usually Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations
• 1914 - HMHS Britannic, sister to the Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year History Post- Titanic design changes Following the loss of the Titanic and the subsequent enquiries several design changes were made to the remaining Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a diversified heavy industrial company specialising in Shipbuilding, Ship breaking, Offshore construction Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland.
• 1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever jazz record for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB was a New Orleans band that made the first Jazz recording in 1917 Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Victrola redirects here For other uses see Victrola (disambiguation The Victor Talking Machine Company ( 1901 – 1929
• 1919 - An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park). Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Grand Canyon The National Park Service ( NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation Grand Canyon Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States' oldest national parks and is located in Arizona.
• 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park.
• 1935 - The Luftwaffe is re-formed. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force.
• 1935 - The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom. Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, FRS FRAeS ( 13 April 1892 &ndash 5 December 1973) is considered by many to be the " Daventry (ˈdævəntri or ˈdeɪntɹɪ is a Market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22367 (2001 Census) Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1936 - In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The, or "2-2-6 incident", was an attempted Coup d'état in Japan, on 26 – 29 February 1936, launched by the radical For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government.
• 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
• 1966 - Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Objectives This was not only the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket but the first real flight of a production Command and Service Module (CSM-009 The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which featured a much more powerful second stage the S-IVB. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage
• 1971 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. See also General Secretary. A number of International organizations, Communist parties and other bodies use the title Secretary U Thant (ဦးသန့် 22 January 1909 &ndash 25 November 1974) was a Burmese Diplomat and the third Secretary-General The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Earth Day is one of two Observances both held annually during spring in the Northern hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern hemisphere.
• 1972 - The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Buffalo Creek Flood was an incident that occurred on February 26, 1972 when a Coal Slurry impoundment Dam #3 on a hillside West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by
• 1984 - US troops withdraw from Beirut. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982.
• 1986 - People Power Revolution in the Philippines. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. Commissioned on November 26 1986 by American President Ronald Reagan, the Tower Commission was in response to the Iran Contra scandal The United States of America —commonly referred to as the President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries.
• 1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) is a socialist Nicaraguan Political party. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
• 1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed
• 1993 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a Car bomb was detonated below Tower One of the World Trade Center The City of New York The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan
• 1995 - The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Barings Bank (1762 to 1995 was the oldest Merchant bank in London until its collapse in 1995 after one of the bank's employees Nick Leeson, lost £827 Nicholas Leeson (born February 25, 1967) is a former derivatives trader whose unsupervised speculative trading caused the collapse of Barings 4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. The Singapore International Monetary Exchange ( SIMEX) was a Futures exchange in Singapore. In Finance, a futures contract is a standardized Contract, traded on a Futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain Underlying instrument
• 2001 - The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately The Buddhas of Bamyan ( - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley For the province see Bamyan Province. Bamyan ( is the capital of Bamyan Province and the largest town in Hazarajat, central Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,
• 2004 - The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
• 2004 - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Republic of Macedonia (Република President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Boris Trajkovski (Борис Трајковски) ( June 25, 1956 – February 26, 2004) was the president of the Republic Demographics 1971 Croats - 37782 (396% Bosniaks ( ie Bosnian Muslims - 33645 (36 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan
• 2005 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76 of the constitution. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity

Births

• 1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. Wenceslaus (also Wenceslas, Wenzel Václav Venceslao February 26, 1361 – August 16 1419) called the Drunkard, was 1419)
• 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
• 1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. Stefano Landi (baptized February 26, 1587 &ndash October 28, 1639) was an Italian composer and teacher of the early Baroque 1639)
• 1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. Anthony Ashley Cooper 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ( February 26, 1671 &ndash February 4, 1713) was an English Politician, 1713)
• 1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Antoine Augustin Calmet ( February 26, 1672 - October 25, 1757) French Benedictine, was born at Ménil-la-Horgne 1757)
• 1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Hervey ( February 26, 1714 &ndash December 25, 1758) English divine was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton 1758)
• 1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Claude Adrien Helvétius (26 February 1715&ndash26 December 1771 was a French Philosopher and Litterateur. 1771)
• 1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Gian Francesco Albani ( 26 February 1720 &ndash 15 September 1803) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal. 1803)
• 1746 - Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1806)
• 1749 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jeremy Bentham ( IPA: or) (15 February 1748&ndash6 June 1832 was an English Jurist, Philosopher, and legal and Social reformer 1832)
• 1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common François Jean Dominique Arago ( Francesc Joan Dominic Aragó; 26 February 1786 2 October 1853 was a French Catalan Mathematician, 1853)
• 1799 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (26 February 1799 - 28 January 1864 was a French Engineer and Physicist, one of the founders of Thermodynamics 1864)
• 1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist 1885)
• 1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Honoré Daumier ( February 26, 1808 &ndash February 10, 1879) was a French Printmaker, Caricaturist, 1879)
• 1808 - Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nathan B Kelley ( February 26, 1808 in Warren County Ohio &ndash November 20, 1871 in Columbus Ohio) was a 1871)
• 1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville ( February 26, 1814 &ndash October 10, 1876) was a Geologist and Meteorologist. 1876)
• 1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß, ( February 26, 1829 - September 26, 1902) was a German - Jewish immigrant 1902)
• 1846 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. 1917)
• 1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year John Harvey Kellogg ( February 26, 1852 &ndash December 14, 1943) was an American Medical doctor in Battle Creek 1943 )
• 1857 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Émile Coué ( February 26, 1857, Troyes, France &ndash July 2, 1926, Nancy) was a French 1926)
• 1858 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Vladimir Petrovich Serbskiy (Владимир Петрович Сербский, Bogorodsk — Moscow) was one of the founders of the Forensic psychiatry 1917)
• 1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ferdinand I Tsar of Bulgaria (February 26 1861 - September 10 1948 born Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the Prince Regnant 1948)
• 1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin's wife (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1939)
• 1866 - Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herbert Henry Dow ( February 26, 1866 Belleville Ontario, Canada – October 15, 1930) was a Canadian born 1930)
• 1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frank Bridge (26 February 1879 &ndash 10 January 1941 was an English Composer. 1941)
• 1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Husband Edward Kimmel ( February 26, 1882 &ndash May 14, 1968) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy. 1968)
• 1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Aleksandras Stulginskis (born ( February 26 1885 in Kutaliai near Tauragė, Lithuania, Russian Empire; died September 22 The following is a list of rulers over Lithuania — grand dukes kings and presidents — the heads of authority over historical Lithuanian territory 1969)
• 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Grover Cleveland "Old Pete" Alexander ( February 26, 1887 - November 4, 1950) was a Major League Baseball Pitcher 1950)
• 1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Clement Frawley ( February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1966) was an American stage Entertainer, screen 1966)
• 1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Stefan Grabiński ( February 26 1887 - November 12 1936) was a Polish writer 1936)
• 1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ivor Armstrong Richards ( 26 February, 1893 in Sandbach, Cheshire &ndash 7 September, 1979 in Cambridge) was 1979)
• 1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Max Petitpierre ( February 26, 1899 - March 25, 1994) was a Swiss politician jurist and member of the Swiss Federal Council 1994)
• 1902 - Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jean Bruller ( February 26, 1902 – June 10, 1991) was a French Writer and Illustrator who co-founded Les 1991)
• 1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Giulio Natta ( February 26 1903, Imperia - Bergamo, 2 May 1979) was an Italian Chemist, who won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1979)
• 1906 - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Madeleine Carroll ( February 26, 1906 &ndash October 2, 1987) was a British actress, immensely popular in the 1930s 1987)
• 1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dub Taylor ( February 26, 1907 - October 3, 1994) was a prolific American Actor who worked extensively in Westerns 1994)
• 1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery ( February 26, 1908 &ndash August 26, 1980) was an American 1980)
• 1908 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Leela Majumdar (লীলা মজুমদার Lila Mojumdar) ( February 26 1908 Sunil Gangopadhyay says that while the Tagore 2007)
• 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jean-Pierre Wimille ( 26 February 1908 &ndash 28 January 1949) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French 1949)
• 1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Talal I bin Abdullah King of Jordan ( Arabic: طلال بن عبد الله Ṭalāl ibn `Abd Allāh) born February 26, 1909 1972)
• 1909 - Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fanny Cradock (born Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey on February 26 1909 Apthorp House Fairlop Road Leytonstone, Essex, England 1994)
• 1911 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tarō Okamoto (岡本太郎 Okamoto Tarō) ( February 26, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was a Japanese artist noted for his abstract and 1996)
• 1912 - Dane Clark, American actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Dane Clark (disputed date between 1912 and 1915 - September 11 1998) was an American film actor who was known for playing as he labeled himself 1998)
• 1913 - George Barker, English poet (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Granville Barker ( 26 February 1913 &ndash 27 October 1991) was an English Poet and Author. 1991)
• 1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Alda ( February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo, was an American 1986)
• 1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an 1987)
• 1918 - Otis Ray Bowen, American politician (Indiana Governor) and physician
• 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dr Otis Ray Bowen (born February 26, 1918) is a retired US politician and physician Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo on February 26, 1918; died May 8, 1985) was an American Science fiction 1985)
• 1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mason Adams ( February 26, 1919 &ndash April 26, 2005) was an American Character actor. 2005)
• 1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hendrika ("Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek ( February 26, 1919 &ndash November 6, 2003) was a Dutch swimmer and 2003)
• 1920 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Daniel Lewis Gardella ( February 26 1920 - March 6 2005) was an American Left fielder in Major League Baseball 2005)
• 1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Randall ( February 26, 1920 &ndash May 17, 2004) was an American comic and Actor. 2004)
• 1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Lucjan Wilhelm Wolanowski (born Lucjan Kon on February 26, 1920, Warsaw, Poland, died February 20, 2006 2006)
• 1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg, February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007) was an American film 2007)
• 1922 - Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Margaret Leighton ( 26 February 1922 &ndash 13 January 1976) was an English actress. 1976)
• 1926 - Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miroslava Stern ( February 26, 1926 - March 10, 1955) was a Mexican actress 1955)
• 1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
• 1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
• 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress
• 1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Kennedy (born James Narz on February 26, 1927, in Louisville Kentucky) is a Television Game show host who had his Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans Louisiana) is a classic R&B and Rock and roll Anatoliy Vasil'yevich Filipchenko ( Анатолий Васильевич Филипченко; born February 26, 1928 in Davydovka Voronezh Oblast Monique Leyrac (born 26 February 1928) is a Canadian singer and actress from Quebec. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lazar Naumovich Berman (Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman; February 26, 1930 &ndash February 6, 2005)
• 1931 - Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alistair ("Ally" Reid MacLeod ( 26 February, 1931 &ndash 1 February, 2004) was a Scottish professional football 2004)
• 1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. 2003)
• 1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist
• 1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak (born February 26, 1931) is a Conservative American political commentator syndicated columnist and journalist Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Hagood Hardy, CM ( February 26 1937 &ndash January 1 1997) was a Canadian composer pianist and Vibraphonist 1997)
• 1938 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Evagoras Pallikarides ( 26 February 1938 - March 14, 1957) was an EOKA fighter during the 1955-1959 campaign against the 1957)
• 1939 - Josephine Tewson, English actress
• 1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Josephine Tewson (born 26 February 1939) is an English Actress best known for her role as Elizabeth in the British television series Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Ray-Jones (born June 7, 1941 in Wells, Somerset - died March 13, 1972 in London) was an English 1972)
• 1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director
• 1943 - Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
• 1945 - Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Duke (born February 26, 1943) is an American Actor and Film director. Dante Ferretti (born February 26 1943) is an Italian Academy Award winning Art director and Costume Designer Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Peter Geoffrey Brock AM ( 26 February, 1945 – 8 September, 2006) otherwise known as "Peter Perfect" "The 2006)
• 1945 - Bob Hite, American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the former anchorman for WFLA-TV in Tampa Florida, see Bob Hite (anchorman. Canned Heat is a Blues-rock /boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965 1981)
• 1945 - Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician
• 1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress
• 1945 - Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels)
• 1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1947 - Sandie Shaw, English singer
• 1949 - Elizabeth George, American novelist
• 1949 - Emma Kirkby, British early music singer
• 1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1950 - Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
• 1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer
• 1954 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
• 1957 - David Muldrow Beasley, American politician
• 1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
• 1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
• 1958 - Greg Germann, American actor
• 1959 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
• 1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician
• 1962 - Kelly Gruber, former Major League Baseball player
• 1964 - Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
• 1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
• 1967 - Currie Graham, Canadian actor
• 1968 - Ed Quinn, American Actor
• 1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player
• 1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
• 1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer
• 1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
• 1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer
• 1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football player
• 1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer
• 1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
• 1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
• 1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
• 1976 - Chad Urmston, American musician
• 1977 - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
• 1977 - Greg Rikaart, American actor
• 1977 - Josh Towers, Major League Baseball player
• 1977 - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
• 1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
• 1978 - Marc Hynes, British racing driver
• 1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
• 1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
• 1979 - Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
• 1979 - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 - Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer/actor
• 1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
• 1980 - Gary Majewski, Major League Baseball player
• 1981 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
• 1981 - Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer
• 1982 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
• 1983 - Kara Monaco, American model
• 1983 - Varick Pyr, Hip-Hop artist
• 1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
• 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer
• 1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
• 1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
• 1986 - Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress
• 1987 - Julia Bond, American porn star
• 1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress

Deaths

• 1154 - King Roger II of Sicily (b. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Giannis Ioannidis ( Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; born February 26, 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece) Marta Kristen (born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen on February 26, 1945 in Norway) is an American actress, specializing in character-type Mitch Ryder (born William S Levise Jr, February 26 1945, in Hamtramck Michigan) is The Detroit Wheels were an American rock group from Detroit Michigan. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ahmed Hassan Zewail (أحمد حسن زويل (born February 26 1946 in Damanhur, Egypt) is an Egyptian American scientist and the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich on 26 February 1947) was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is an article about the American detective novelist Elizabeth George Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby (b February 26, 1949) is a soprano singer and one of the world's most renowned Early music specialists Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950 is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand. The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in Jonathan Cain (born Jonathan Leonard Cain, 26 February 1950, in Chicago Illinois) is an American Musician, most known Bad English was an American Rock band supergroup formed in 1988 reuniting Keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite In particular the article while well-referenced appears to be substantially written from the aggrieved perspective of Michael Corby Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for his Soft rock Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) "Erdoğan" redirects here For the Turkish Helicopter Erdoğan see Kamov Ka-50. This is a chronological list of Prime Ministers of Turkey, since the establishment of that position in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. has gained fame as a Japanese Multi-instrumentalist, Singer-songwriter, and willingness to experiment with music and film Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) David Muldrow Beasley (born February 26 1957) is a Republican who served one term as the Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999 Joseph Mullen (born February 26 1957 in New York NY) is a retired American professional Ice hockey player who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michel Houellebecq (miʃɛl wɛlˈbɛk (born Michel Thomas) born 26 February 1958 (birth certificate or 1956 on the French island of Réunion Gregory Andrew Germann (born February 26, 1958) is an American Actor. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rolando "Ro" Antonio Blackman (born February 26, 1959 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired American Basketball player in Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born February 26, 1960) is a musician composer singer/song-writer and music producer Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kelly Wayne Gruber (born February 26, 1962 in Houston Texas) played at Westlake High School where his number was later retired and was a Major League Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an Actor and Martial arts expert winning numerous Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Najwa Karam (born February 26, 1966 in Zahle Lebanon) is a Lebanese singer Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Currie Graham (born February 26, 1967) is a Canadian stage, Film and Television Actor. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Edward Quinn, (born 26 February 1968 in Berkeley, California, USA is an American actor who has appeared in several film and TV roles Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Thomas "J T" Snow Jr (born February 26, 1968 in) is a former Major League Baseball player Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Video game music composer He was born in 1969 and worked freelance beginning in 1990. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Erica Abi Wright (born February 26 1971 better known by her Stage name Erykah Badu is a Grammy -nominated American soul Martin Karl "Max Martin" Sandberg (born February 26, 1971) is an ASCAP -awarded and Grammy -nominated Swedish pop-dance Hélène Ségara (born Hélène Rizzo, on February 26, 1971 in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France) is a French female singer Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Marshall William Faulk (born February 26, 1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former American football Running back, who Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal) is a Norwegian former footballer who spent the majority of his Jennifer ("Jenny" Beth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is a former competitive swimmer and one of the most decorated Olympians in history Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Career Early career Loeb was born in Haguenau, Alsace, and grew up in Oberhoffen-sur-Moder. Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nikolaos Siranidis (born February 26, 1976 in Athens) is a Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chad Stokes Urmston was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Urmston was a member of the band Hermit Thrush which later gave birth to the band Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Marty Reasoner (born 26 February, 1977 in Rochester New York) is a professional Gregory Andrew Rikaart (born February 26 1977) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, currently on the cast of the Soap opera Joshua Eric Towers (born February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme California) is a Right-handed Major League Baseball Starting Shane Mark Williams (born 26 February 1977 in Swansea) is a Welsh Rugby union player who plays as a for the Ospreys Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born February 26, 1978 in Dakar, Dakar Region) is a Senegalese professional footballer. Marc Hynes (born February 26 1978 in Guildford) is a British racing driver John Nicholas Tartaglia (born February 16 1978) is an American Singer, Actor, Dancer, and Puppeteer. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is an English Singer-songwriter and Guitarist Mariano Bainotti, (born February 26, 1979) is a TC2000 Race car driver born in San Basilio Argentina. Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes ( pron 'peðɾu 'mẽðɨʃ born 26 February 1979 in Guimarães) simply known as Pedro Mendes, is a Shalim Gerardo Ortiz Goyco (born February 26, 1979 in San Juan Puerto Rico) is a singer/actor Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Not to be confused with the actor Alex Fong Chung-Sun. Alex Fong Lik-Sun is a professional swimmer -turned- Actor and Singer Gary Wayne Majewski (məˈʤɛski born February 26, 1980, in Houston Texas) is a pitcher who currently plays for the Cincinnati Reds in Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Kertus Davis from Gaffney South Carolina was born February 26, 1981 and is a NASCAR driver Johnathan Wendel (born February 26, 1981 in Houston Texas) also known by the Pseudonym Fatal1ty, is a professional Electronic Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Song Hye-kyo (born November 22, 1981; registered on February 26, 1982) is a South Korean model and actress. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Kara Monaco (born February 26 1983 in Lakeland Florida) is an American model. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (born 26 February 1984 in Natalia Lafourcade (born Natalia Lafourcade Silva on 26 February 1984 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Latin Grammy -winning Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Alexandria Caroline "Ally" Hilfiger (born February 26 1985, New York City) is an American Heiress, Socialite, model Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951 in Elmira New York) is a American Fashion designer and founder of the brand Tommy Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) is a JPop singer signed to the Sony Music Entertainment Japan records label Teresa Edwina Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian Model and Actress. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Julia Bond (born February 26 1987 is an American Pornographic actress. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Taylor Marie Dooley (born February 26, 1993 in Grosse Pointe Michigan) is an American child actress. Roger II ( 22 December 1095 &ndash 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his 1093)
• 1200 - Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint
• 1266 - King Manfred of Sicily
• 1360 - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. Stefan Nemanja ( Old Church Slavonic: Стѣфань Serbian: Стефан Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Manfred ( Venosa, 1232 &ndash Benevento February 26, 1266) was the King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266 Roger de Mortimer 2nd Earl of March (c1328 &ndash February 26, 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War 1328)
• 1552 - Heinrich Faber, German composer
• 1561 - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
• 1577 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. Heinrich Faber (before 1500 &ndash 26 February 1552) was a German music theorist, Composer, and Kantor. Jorge de Montemayor ( Jorge de Montemor) (1520? &ndash February 26, 1561) was a Portuguese Novelist and Poet, who wrote Eric XIV (Erik XIV (13 December 1533 &ndash 26 February 1577 was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568 1533)
• 1608 - John Still, English bishop
• 1630 - William Brade, English composer (b. John Still (c 1543 - February 26, 1608) Bishop of Bath and Wells, formerly reputed to be the author of Gammer Gurton's Needle William Brade (1560 &ndash February 26, 1630) was an English Composer, violinist, and Viol player of the late Renaissance 1560)
• 1638 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac ( October 9, 1581 - February 26, 1638) was a French Mathematician born in Bourg-en-Bresse 1681)
• 1723 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas D'Urfey ( Tom Durfey) ( 1653 - 26 February 1723) was an English writer and wit 1653)
• 1726 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Maximilian II ( July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726) known as either Max Emanuel and Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach 1662)
• 1770 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Giuseppe Tartini (April 8 1692 &ndash February 26 1770 was an Italian Composer and Violinist. 1692)
• 1802 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Esek Hopkins ( 26 April 1718 &ndash 26 February 1802) was Commander in Chief of the Fleet throughout the American Revolutionary War 1718)
• 1813 - Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1746)
• 1815 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ( December 26, 1737 - February 26, 1815) was a famous general of the Habsburg Emperors 1737)
• 1821 - Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Joseph-Marie Comte de Maistre (1 April 1753- 26 February 1821 was a French-speaking Savoyard lawyer diplomat writer and philosopher 1753)
• 1864 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (or La Fontaine), 1st Baronet ( October 4 1807 – February 26 1864 Montreal) 1807)
• 1883 - Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alèxandros Koumoundoùros (in Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος) ( 1817 - February 26 1883) was born in 1817)
• 1889 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Juljewitsch Davydov (Карл Юльевич Давыдов ( -) was a Russian Cellist of great renown during his time and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1838)
• 1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Dr Richard Jordan Gatling ( September 12, 1818 &ndash February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the 1818)
• 1913 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Felix August Bernhard Draeseke ( October 7 1835 &ndash February 26 1913) was a Composer of the "New German School" admiring 1835)
• 1921 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar This article is about the economist not about his son the mathematician Karl Menger. 1840)
• 1931 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Otto Wallach ( 27 March, 1847 - 26 February, 1931) was a German Chemist and Nobel laureate for work on Alicyclic The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1847)
• 1933 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amelia Caroline Charlotte Anne Danish Thyra Amalia Caroline Charlotte Anna) 29 September 1853 – 26 February Christian IX ( April 8, 1818 - January 29, 1906) was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29 1853)
• 1943 - Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodor Eicke ( October 17 1892 &ndash February 26, 1943) was a Nazi official SS- Obergruppenführer, commander 1892)
• 1947 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Heinrich Häberlin ( September 6, 1868 - February 26, 1947) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council 1868)
• 1950 - Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer, Knighted for WWI War Work (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Henry Lauder ( 4 August 1870 - 26 February 1950) known professionally as Harry Lauder, was a notable Scottish 1870)
• 1961 - King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mohammed V ( August 10, 1909 &ndash February 26, 1961) (محمد الخامس was Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1909)
• 1966 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar (विनायक दामोदर सावरकर (born May 28, 1883 in Bhagur – February 26, 1883)
• 1969 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל born Levi Školnik (לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק on 25 October 1895, died 26 February 1969) The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead 1895)
• 1969 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Karl Theodor Jaspers ( February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969) was a German Psychiatrist and Philosopher who 1883)
• 1971 - Fernandel, French actor (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin ( May 8, 1903 &ndash February 26, 1971) better known as Fernandel, was a French 1903)
• 1981 - Howard Hanson, American composer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Howard Harold Hanson ( October 28, 1896 &ndash February 26, 1981) was an American Composer, conductor, educator 1896)
• 1981 - Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Robert Fordyce Aickman ( 27 June 1914 &ndash 26 February 1981) was an English Conservationist and writer of fiction and nonfiction 1914)
• 1985 - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Tjalling Charles Koopmans ( August 28, 1910 February 26, 1985) was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich, of the 1975 The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1910)
• 1989 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American 1911)
• 1990 - Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Cornell Gunter ( 14 November 1936 &ndash 26 February 1990) was an American Rhythm and blues Singer, most active The Coasters are a Rhythm and Blues / Rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s 1938)
• 1993 - Constance Ford, American actress (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Constance Ford ( July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) was an American actress and model. 1923)
• 1994 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) William Melvin Hicks ( December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian. 1961)
• 1995 - Jack Clayton, British film director (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Jack Clayton ( 1 March, 1921 &ndash 26 February, 1995) was a British Film director who specialised in bringing literary 1921)
• 1997 - David Doyle, American actor (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar David Fitzgerald Doyle ( December 1, 1929 - February 26, 1997) was an American Actor. 1929)
• 1998 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Theodore William Schultz ( April 30, 1902 February 26, 1998) was the 1979 winner (jointly with William Arthur Lewis) of the Nobel The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1902)
• 2000 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. George Levick Street III (July 27 1913 – February 26 2000 was a Submariner in the United States Navy. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. (b. 1913)
• 2001 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Arturo Uslar Pietri ( May 16, 1906 – February 26, 2001) was one of the most prominent Venezuelan figures of the twentieth century 1906)
• 2002 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Tierney ( March 15, 1919 &ndash February 26, 2002) was an American actor 1919)
• 2003 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Kurt Christian Goethals ( August 4, 1928 in Heule - February 26, 2003 in Kortrijk) was a Racing driver from 1928)
• 2004 - Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Shankarrao Bhaurao Chavan ( July 14, 1920 - February 26, 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister 1920)
• 2004 - Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Adolf Erik Ehrnrooth ( February 9, 1905 &ndash February 26, 2004) was a Finnish General. 1905)
• 2004 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Boris Trajkovski (Борис Трајковски) ( June 25, 1956 – February 26, 2004) was the president of the Republic The Macedonian Presidency is the Presidency of the Republic of Macedonia. 1956)
• 2005 - Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jef Raskin ( March 9, 1943 &ndash February 26, 2005) was an American Human-computer interface expert best-known for starting 1943)
• 2008 - Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies; b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Allen Miles Jr ( September 5, 1947 &ndash February 26, 2008) known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock Band of Gypsys is a Live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrix's 1947)
• 2008 - Dick Fletcher, Meteorologist (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Richard R "Dick" Fletcher ( September 18, 1942 &ndash February 26, 2008) was an Emmy Award winning AMS certified 1942)
• 2008 - Glory Mukwati, Zimbabwean politician

Holidays and observances

• Bahá'í Faith - February 26, Day 1 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Glory Mukwati (died February 26 2008) was a Zimbabwean politician See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind Ayyám-i-Há refers to a period of four or five Intercalary days in the Bahá'í calendar, where Bahá'ís celebrate the Festival of Ayyám-i-Há The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap
• Nation of Islam - Savior's Day - commemoration of the birthdate of Wallace Fard Muhammad, believed to be Allah in human form, the saviour of the black race. The Nation of Islam ( NOI) (أمة الإسلام Ummah al-Islāmu) is a group founded in Detroit, Michigan, Savior's Day is a Holiday of the Nation of Islam (NOI and the Nation of Gods and Earths. Wallace Fard Muhammad (born between 1877 and 1893 year of death unknown was a Preacher and founder of the Nation of Islam (NOI Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse
• Liberation Day in Kuwait (1991). Liberation Day is a Day, often a Public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place similar to an Independence day. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
• Saint Nestor (died 251)
• Saint Alexander of Alexandria
• Saint Isabel of France
• February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Little is known about Saint Nestor, also known as Saint Nestor of Perge or Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, other than that he was Bishop Pope Alexander of Alexandria (died April 17, 326) was the nineteenth Pope of Alexandria from 313 to his death Saint Isabel of France (March 1225– 23 February 1270) was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. Feb 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb 27 2006 Sunday of the Last Judgment ( see Paschal

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