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February 26 Events in History - February 26 Birthdays - February 26 Deaths
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February 26, 1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial February 26, 1998 Steven M. Gluckstern completes sale of New York Islanders February 26, 1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09) February 26, 1997 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins February 26, 1995 London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson February 26, 1994 Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm February 26, 1994 St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 11-1 February 26, 1993 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die February 26, 1993 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards February 26, 1993 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 February 26, 1992 "Search and Destroy" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances February 26, 1991 Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. NZ (119 and 102) February 26, 1991 Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame February 26, 1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital February 26, 1991 New York - New Jersey Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together February 26, 1990 U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czech by July, 1991 February 26, 1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 634 performances February 26, 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am February 26, 1989 Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa) February 26, 1989 New York Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster February 26, 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs February 26, 1988 Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65) February 26, 1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs February 26, 1987 NASA launches GEOS-H February 26, 1987 NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record February 26, 1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair February 26, 1987 U.S.S.R. resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. February 26, 1987 Washington blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record February 26, 1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16) February 26, 1985 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins February 26, 1984 Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut February 26, 1984 Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse February 26, 1984 Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called New York City, "Hymietown" February 26, 1984 Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st U.S. poet laureate February 26, 1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks February 26, 1982 Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9 February 26, 1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released February 26, 1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minnesota and Bost February 26, 1981 French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run February 26, 1980 Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time February 26, 1980 Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname February 26, 1980 R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs. Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft February 26, 1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US February 26, 1978 Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," premieres in New York City February 26, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic February 26, 1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747) February 26, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 26, 1975 "Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore New York City for 75 performances February 26, 1975 1st televised kidney transplant on the Today Show February 26, 1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris February 26, 1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m February 26, 1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 February 26, 1970 "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances February 26, 1970 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album February 26, 1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission February 26, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. February 26, 1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ February 26, 1966 KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, New Mexico (CBS) begins broadcasting February 26, 1965 Dutch Government of Marijnen falls February 26, 1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania February 26, 1962 Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad..." premieres in New York City February 26, 1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation February 26, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs. New York February 26, 1960 Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia February 26, 1960 USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating February 26, 1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ February 26, 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open February 26, 1956 Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge February 26, 1955 "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances February 26, 1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith February 26, 1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts February 26, 1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records February 26, 1953 Allen W. Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA February 26, 1952 Neth-Indonesian Unity conference February 26, 1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb February 26, 1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified February 26, 1951 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia February 26, 1950 Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York City February 26, 1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight February 26, 1946 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn February 26, 1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force February 26, 1944 1st female U.S. Navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed February 26, 1943 German assault moves to Beja North Tunisia February 26, 1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb February 26, 1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies February 26, 1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same" February 26, 1942 Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen" February 26, 1941 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO February 26, 1941 Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized, California February 26, 1941 Utrecht and Zaandam strike against raid on Jews February 26, 1941 Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory February 26, 1940 U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York February 26, 1938 1st passenger ship equipped with radar February 26, 1938 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) February 26, 1938 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer February 26, 1938 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee February 26, 1937 C Isherwood/WH Auden's "Ascent of F6," premieres in London February 26, 1936 Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" February 26, 1936 Military coup in Japan February 26, 1935 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering February 26, 1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves February 26, 1935 RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt) February 26, 1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field February 26, 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell February 26, 1930 "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater February 26, 1930 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City) February 26, 1930 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England February 26, 1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park February 26, 1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street February 26, 1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government February 26, 1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins February 26, 1923 Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts) February 26, 1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine February 26, 1919 Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona February 26, 1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604 February 26, 1917 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) February 26, 1916 Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 February 26, 1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract February 26, 1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia February 26, 1914 New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated February 26, 1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) February 26, 1907 Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) February 26, 1907 U.S. Congress raised their own salaries to $7,500 February 26, 1895 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine February 26, 1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich February 26, 1893 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec) February 26, 1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park February 26, 1891 Henrik Ibsens "Hedda Gabler," premieres in Oslo February 26, 1887 George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG February 26, 1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England February 26, 1884 British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II February 26, 1881 Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill February 26, 1881 SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool February 26, 1870 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered) February 26, 1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states February 26, 1869 Franz Schubert's "4th Tragic," premieres February 26, 1866 New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health February 26, 1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act February 26, 1862 Battle of Woodburn, Kentucky February 26, 1859 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins February 26, 1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die February 26, 1848 2nd French Republic proclaimed February 26, 1848 Marx and Engels publish "Communist Manifesto" February 26, 1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) February 26, 1834 1st U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified February 26, 1832 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I February 26, 1815 Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France February 26, 1804 Vice-admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad February 26, 1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St. jail (Phila) (1st solitary) February 26, 1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia February 26, 1732 Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church (Phila) February 26, 1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo February 26, 1590 Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda February 26, 1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht February 26, 1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Spain, kills 20,000-30,000 February 26, 1266 Battle of Benevento |