This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
02/26/1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)

02/26/1564 Christopher Marlowe, dramatist (Dr Faustus), baptized 
02/26/1588 Nicolaus Erich, composer 
02/26/1675 Guillaume Delisle, Paris France, geographer (Atlas g‚ographique) 
02/26/1675 Johann Philipp Treiber, composer 
02/26/1677 Nicola Fago, composer 
02/26/1686 Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat 
02/26/1707 Carlo Goldoni, Ital's lawyer/playwright (Belisario) 
02/26/1717 John Randall, composer 
02/26/1770 Antoine Reicha, composer 
02/26/1772 Caspar Furstenau, composer 
02/26/1802 Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame) 
02/26/1808 Honor‚ Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist 
02/26/1824 Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) 
02/26/1825 Hans Balatka, composer 
02/26/1831 Filippo Marchetti, composer 
02/26/1832 John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) 
02/26/1834 Aleksander Zarzycki, composer 
02/26/1835 Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) 
02/26/1837 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice 
02/26/1838 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer 
02/26/1842 Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy 
02/26/1845 Aleksander Rozycki, composer 
02/26/1845 Alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS) 
02/26/1846 William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 
02/26/1852 John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry 
02/26/1857 Emile Cou‚, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) 
02/26/1861 Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18) 
02/26/1866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical) 
02/26/1867 Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America) 
02/26/1869 Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin 
02/26/1873 Ewoud van Everdingen, meteorologist 
02/26/1874 Carl Vogler, composer 
02/26/1875 Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway) 
02/26/1875 Richard Wetz, composer 
02/26/1876 Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38) 
02/26/1876 Pauline Musters, smallest man (1'11.2' (58.9 cm)) 
02/26/1877 Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism) 
02/26/1877 Russell Alexander, composer 
02/26/1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britte

02/26/1883 Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek) 
02/26/1884 Dina Appeldoorn, composer 
02/26/1884 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor 
02/26/1885 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer 
02/26/1887 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) 
02/26/1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies, Cubs) 
02/26/1891 Alan Bridge, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills) 
02/26/1893 Ivor Richards, English critic 
02/26/1893 William Frawley, Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)

02/26/1896 Eduard Flipse, conductor/composer 
02/26/1898 Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer 
02/26/1900 Jean Negulesco, Spanish director (3 Coins in a Fountain) 
02/26/1902 Menno ter Brak, writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens) 
02/26/1902 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor 
02/26/1902 Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le silence de la mer) 
02/26/1906 Madeleine Carroll, English actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent) 
02/26/1911 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman 
02/26/1913 Jon Hall, Fresno Calif, actor (Ramor of the Jungle) 
02/26/1914 Robert Alda, NYC, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand) 
02/26/1914 Witold Rowicki, composer 
02/26/1915 Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That woman & other Verses

02/26/1916 Mordecai Seter, composer 
02/26/1917 Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh) 
02/26/1918 Edwin Charles 'Preacher' Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) 
02/26/1918 Otis R Bowen, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89) 
02/26/1918 Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar) 
02/26/1919 Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien) 
02/26/1919 Hendrika Mastenbroek, Netherlands, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1936) 
02/26/1919 Luc-Andre Marcel, composer 
02/26/1919 Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season) 
02/26/1920 A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936) 
02/26/1920 Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple

02/26/1921 Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth) 
02/26/1922 Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart) 
02/26/1924 Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award) 
02/26/1924 Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89) 
02/26/1925 James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader 
02/26/1926 Arsene Souffriau, composer 
02/26/1926 Cynthia Stone, Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers) 
02/26/1926 Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1) 
02/26/1927 Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone 
02/26/1927 Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune

02/26/1928 Aldonis Kalnins, composer 
02/26/1928 Anatoli Vasilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16) 
02/26/1928 Antione 'Fats' Domino, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill) 
02/26/1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956) 
02/26/1931 Francisco Kroepfl, composer 
02/26/1931 Robert Novak, Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak) 
02/26/1932 Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)

02/26/1933 Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem) 
02/26/1933 James Goldsmith, Paris France, financier/corporate raider 
02/26/1938 Jack Knight, Somerville Miss, actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15) 
02/26/1942 Joop van den Ende, director (Alsmeer Studio) 
02/26/1943 Bob 'Bear' Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country) 
02/26/1943 Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect 
02/26/1945 Mitch Ryder, rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress) 
02/26/1946 Bobby 'Bingo' Smith, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers) 
02/26/1946 Phyllis Eisenstein, US, sci-fi author (Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile

02/26/1947 Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come) 
02/26/1948 Priscilla Lopez, Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien) 
02/26/1950 Jonathan Cain, keyboardist (Journey-Don't Stop Believing) 
02/26/1953 Michael Bolton, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About) 
02/26/1957 Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Madison Wisc, 79k cyclist (Oly-gold-1984) 
02/26/1957 Keena Rothhammer, US, 800 m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972) 
02/26/1958 Jeff Fithian, actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies) 
02/26/1958 Joe Fithian, actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies) 
02/26/1958 Susan J Helms, Charlotte NC, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 54, sk:64) 
02/26/1965 Brittany York, London England, playmate (Oct, 1990) 
02/26/1970 Katie O'Neill, LA Calif, actress (Together We Stand) 
02/26/1970 Meeno Peluce, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
02/26/1076 Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered 
02/26/1154 Rogier II, King of Sicily, dies 
02/26/1266 Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies 
02/26/1324 Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies 
02/26/1538 Worp van Thabor, Fries abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies 
02/26/1577 Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43 
02/26/1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 7

02/26/1726 Maximilian II M Emanuel, ruler of Bayern, dies 
02/26/1766 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30 
02/26/1770 Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72 
02/26/1770 Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77 
02/26/1810 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 
02/26/1813 Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 
02/26/1823 John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies 
02/26/1827 David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 
02/26/1857 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 
02/26/1859 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 
02/26/1870 Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched 
02/26/1871 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 
02/26/1906 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 
02/26/1913 Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77 
02/26/1921 Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 
02/26/1926 Frederik Pijper, vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 
02/26/1926 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75 
02/26/1930 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies 
02/26/1931 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies 
02/26/1933 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 75 
02/26/1939 E Fern ndez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 
02/26/1947 Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82 
02/26/1950 Harry Lauder, composer, dies at 79 
02/26/1953 Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling), dies 
02/26/1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 
02/26/1959 Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 
02/26/1960 Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83 
02/26/1961 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 
02/26/1961 Mohammed V, ibn Joesoef, sultan/King of Morocco, dies 
02/26/1962 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83 
02/26/1963 Artturi A Leinonen, Finnish journalist/politician (Prophet), dies 
02/26/1965 Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries 
02/26/1966 Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 

02/26/1967 Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70 
02/26/1968 Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies at 55 
02/26/1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 
02/26/1969 Levi Esjkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies 
02/26/1970 Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83 
02/26/1971 Fernandel, [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67

02/26/1971 Joseph Berg, composer, dies at 43 
02/26/1971 Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76 
02/26/1972 Tom Manders, cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 51 
02/26/1973 Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68 
02/26/1977 Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71 
02/26/1981 FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 

02/26/1981 Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84 
02/26/1981 Munabi, assistant to Oegandees president Obote, murdered 
02/26/1982 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45 
02/26/1990 Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 
02/26/1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies 
02/26/1990 Scott Jarvis, dies 
02/26/1992 Gerrit Schulte, [Le fou pedalant], 6 days bicyclist, dies 
02/26/1992 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies at 83 of a stroke 
02/26/1992 S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-Calif), dies at 85 of a stroke 
02/26/1993 Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64 
02/26/1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 
02/26/1993 Mark Kolthoff, painter/photographer, dies at 92 
02/26/1994 Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87 
02/26/1994 Leopold 'Hans' Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
02/26/ 747 -BC- Origin of Era of Nabonassar 
02/26/1266 Battle of Benevento 
02/26/1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000 
02/26/1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmont as bishop of Utrecht 
02/26/1616 Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo 
02/26/1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 
02/26/1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary) 
02/26/1815 Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 
02/26/1832 Russian czar declares realm  of Poland-Russia 
02/26/1834 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified 
02/26/1848 Marx & Engels publish 'Communist Manifesto' 
02/26/1852 British troop ship Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 
02/26/1859 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins

02/26/1862 Battle of Woodburn, KY 
02/26/1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act 
02/26/1866 New York Legislature establishes NYC Metropolitan Board of Health 
02/26/1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states 
02/26/1870 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) 
02/26/1877 Geheim compromise Dem-Rep over pres election result 
02/26/1881 SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool 
02/26/1885 Conference of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England 
02/26/1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park 
02/26/1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich 
02/26/1893 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec) 
02/26/1895 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine 
02/26/1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 
02/26/1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 
02/26/1913 J Rheden discovers asteroid #744 Aguntina 
02/26/1914 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated 
02/26/1915 Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) fire attack) 
02/26/1916 French cruiser Province sinks in Mediterranean Sea, kills 3100 
02/26/1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 
02/26/1917 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) 
02/26/1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 
02/26/1919 Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette N P), Maine 
02/26/1919 Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 
02/26/1919 US Congress opens Grand Canyon National Park 
02/26/1923 Italian nationalist & fascists merge 
02/26/1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins 
02/26/1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt 
02/26/1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street 
02/26/1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1091 Spiraea 
02/26/1930 'Green Pastures' opens at Mansfield Theater 
02/26/1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 
02/26/1935 Germany began Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 
02/26/1935 NY Yankees release Babe Ruth 
02/26/1936 Military coup in Japan 
02/26/1938 1st passenger ship equipped with radar 
02/26/1938 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1452 Hunnia 
02/26/1938 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) 
02/26/1940 US Air Defense Command established at Mitchel Field, LI, NY 
02/26/1941 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO 
02/26/1941 Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (Calif) 
02/26/1941 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1632 Siebohme 
02/26/1941 Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory 
02/26/1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb 
02/26/1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 
02/26/1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message 'Sighted sub sank same' 
02/26/1942 Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project 'Wunderwaffe

02/26/1943 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2841 Puijo 
02/26/1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed 
02/26/1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin 
02/26/1946 2 killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn 
02/26/1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight 
02/26/1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified 
02/26/1951 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia 
02/26/1952 Neth-Indonesian Unity conference 
02/26/1952 PM Winston Churchill announced that Britain had its own atomic bomb 
02/26/1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Mass 
02/26/1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith 
02/26/1956 Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge 
02/26/1960 Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia 
02/26/1960 USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating 
02/26/1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ 
02/26/1962 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation 
02/26/1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY 
02/26/1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania 
02/26/1966 KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting 
02/26/1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ 
02/26/1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmissi

02/26/1970 Beatles release 'Beatles Again' aka 'Hey Jude' album 
02/26/1972 Dam break in WV kills 107 
02/26/1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek WV, kills 125 
02/26/1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m 
02/26/1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris 
02/26/1975 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show) 
02/26/1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747) 
02/26/1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US 
02/26/1980 Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time 
02/26/1980 Milt coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname 
02/26/1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn & Bost

02/26/1981 Boston & Minnesota play most penalty-filled NHL game-406 min total 
02/26/1981 French Train … Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 
02/26/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3268 De Sanctis 
02/26/1983 Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 week

02/26/1983 Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission 
02/26/1984 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3575 & #3576 
02/26/1984 Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, 'Hymietown' 
02/26/1984 Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureat

02/26/1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Friese 11 city skating race (6:55:16) 
02/26/1986 Former Philippines President Ferdinand E Marcos fled in defeat 
02/26/1986 Robert Penn Warren appointed US poet laureate 
02/26/1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs 
02/26/1987 NASA launches GEOS-H 
02/26/1987 NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record 
02/26/1987 USSR resumes underground nuclear testing 
02/26/1987 Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record 
02/26/1988 ... Luding skates world record 1000m (1:17.65) 
02/26/1989 Lowest rated pressure in Netherlands (955 hpa) 
02/26/1989 NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster 
02/26/1990 Moscow begins pulling 73,000 troops out of Czechoslovakia 
02/26/1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capita

02/26/1991 NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together 
02/26/1992 Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortio

02/26/1993 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 
02/26/1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09) 
  
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