February 26

Sunday 26, 1995:

Friday 26, 1993:

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. The buildings would be destroyed in a subsequent attack on September 11, 2001.

Wednesday 26, 1992:

Xocali slaughter. More than 600 people of the town of Xocali, Azerbaijan, are killed by Armenian forces during war in Karabakh.

Tuesday 26, 1991:

Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

Monday 26, 1990:

The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.

Thursday 26, 1987:

Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.

Wednesday 26, 1986:

Robert Penn Warren is named poet laureate of the United States.

Saturday 26, 1972:

Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.

Friday 26, 1971:

Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

Thursday 26, 1970:

National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation.

Saturday 26, 1966:

Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket

Tuesday 26, 1952:

United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.

Saturday 26, 1944:

Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuhrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.

Wednesday 26, 1936:

In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.

Tuesday 26, 1935:

Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration which led directly to the development of RADAR in Britain.

Tuesday 26, 1929:

The Grand Teton National Park is created.

Wednesday 26, 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).

Saturday 26, 1887:

At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.

Saturday 26, 1870:

In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens.

Thursday 26, 1863:

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.

Saturday 26, 1848:

The second French Republic is proclaimed.

Sunday 26, 1815:

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.

Sunday 26, 1797:

The Bank of England issues the first one-pound note.

Wednesday 26, 1794:

Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.

Friday 26, 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. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.

Wednesday 26, 364:

Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

Thursday 26, -747:

Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.

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