February 26 Explained

Events

Pre-1600

• 747 BC  - According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date.^[1] Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.^[2]
• 320  - Chandragupta I is officially crowned as the first Gupta emperor.^[3]
• 364  - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor.^[4]
• 1266  - Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.^[5]
• 1365  - The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya.^[6]

1601–1900

• 1606  - The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.^[7]
• 1616  - Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.^[8]
• 1775  - The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.^[9]
• 1794  - The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.^[10]
• 1815  - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.^[11]
• 1870  - The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intending as a demonstration for a subway line opens.^[12]
• 1876  - Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.^[13]

1901–present

• 1909  - Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.^[14]
• 1914  -, sister to the, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.^[15]
• 1919  - President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.^[16]
• 1929  - President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96000acres Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.^[17]
• 1935  - Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.^[18]
• 1935  - Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.^{[19] [20]}
• 1936  - In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.^{[21] [22]}
• 1945  - World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
• 1952  - Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
• 1960  - A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
• 1966  - Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
• 1971  - U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• 1979  - The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• 1980  - Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
• 1987  - Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
• 1992  - First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
• 1993  - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.^[23]
• 1995  - The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
• 2008  - The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
• 2012  - A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
• 2012  - Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.^[24]
• 2013  - A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.^[25]
• 2019  - Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.^[26]
• 2021  - A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.^[27]

Births

Pre-1600

• 1361  - Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (d. 1419)
• 1416  - Christopher of Bavaria (d. 1448)
• 1564  - Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator (d. 1593)
• 1584  - Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1666)
• 1587  - Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)

1601–1900

• 1629  - Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Scottish peer (d. 1685)
• 1651  - Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic (d. 1689)^[28]
• 1671  - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (d. 1713)
• 1672  - Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (d. 1757)
• 1677  - Nicola Fago, Italian composer and teacher (d. 1745)
• 1718  - Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773)
• 1720  - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 1803)
• 1729  - Anders Chydenius, Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (d. 1803)^{[29] [30]}
• 1746  - Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (d. 1804)^[31]
• 1770  - Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist (d. 1836)
• 1777  - Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 1854)
• 1786  - François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (d. 1853)
• 1802  - Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885)
• 1808  - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
• 1808  - Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (d. 1871)
• 1829  - Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (d. 1902)
• 1842  - Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author (d. 1925)
• 1846  - Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (d. 1917)
• 1852  - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943)
• 1857  - Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926)
• 1861  - Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
• 1861  - Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician (d. 1939)
• 1866  - Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (d. 1930)
• 1871  - Matti Turkia, Finnish politician (d. 1946)^[32]
• 1877  - Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (d. 1959)
• 1877  - Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (d. 1968)
• 1879  - Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (d. 1941)
• 1880  - Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer (d. 1972)
• 1881  - Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet (d. 1948)
• 1882  - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)
• 1885  - Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
• 1887  - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (d. 1950)
• 1887  - William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1966)
• 1887  - Stefan Grabiński, Polish author and educator (d. 1936)
• 1893  - Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
• 1893  - Dorothy Whipple, English novelist (d. 1966)
• 1896  - Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (d. 1948)
• 1899  - Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1994)
• 1900  - Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)^[33]
• 1900  - Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)

1901–present

• 1902  - Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (d. 1991)
• 1903  - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)^[34]
• 1903  - Orde Wingate, English general (d. 1944)
• 1906  - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
• 1908  - Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980)
• 1908  - Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971)^[35]
• 1908  - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French racing driver (d. 1949)
• 1909  - Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic (d. 1994)
• 1909  - Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
• 1910  - Vic Woodley, English footballer (d. 1978)
• 1911  - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
• 1914  - Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1986)
• 1916  - Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (d. 1987)^[36]
• 1918  - Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)
• 1918  - Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (d. 1980)
• 1918  - Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (d. 1985)
• 1919  - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1920  - Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (d. 2005)
• 1920  - Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2004)^[36]
• 1920  - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (d. 2006)
• 1921  - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)^[36]
• 1922  - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman (d. 2007)
• 1922  - Margaret Leighton, English actress (d. 1976)
• 1924  - Marc Bucci, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002)
• 1924  - Noboru Takeshita, Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
• 1925  - Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee (d. 2020)^{[37] [38]}
• 1926  - Doris Belack, American actress (d. 2011)^[39]
• 1926  - Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)^[40]
• 1926  - Henry Molaison, American medical patient (d. 2008)^[41]
• 1927  - Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor (d. 2020)^{[42] [43] [44]}
• 1928  - Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2017)^[45]
• 1928  - Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2014)^[46]
• 1931  - Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)^[47]
• 1931  - Robert Novak, American journalist and author (d. 2009)^[36]
• 1931  - Josephine Tewson, English actress (d. 2022)
• 1932  - Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2003)^[36]
• 1933  - James Goldsmith, French-British businessman and politician (d. 1997)
• 1934  - Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936  - José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1937  - Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1939  - Chuck Wepner, American boxer
• 1940  - Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (d. 2013)
• 1942  - Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager (d. 2018)
• 1943  - Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1943  - Bill Duke, American actor and director
• 1943  - Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
• 1943  - Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1981)
• 1944  - Christopher Hope, South African author and poet
• 1944  - Ronald Lauder, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria
• 1945  - Peter Brock, Australian racing driver (d. 2006)
• 1945  - Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress
• 1945  - Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter
• 1946  - Colin Bell, English footballer (d. 2021)
• 1946  - Bingo Smith, American basketball player (d. 2023)^[48]
• 1946  - Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1947  - Sandie Shaw, English singer and psychotherapist
• 1948  - Sharyn McCrumb, American author
• 1949  - Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts (d. 2023)^[49]
• 1949  - Elizabeth George, American author and educator
• 1949  - Emma Kirkby, English soprano^[50]
• 1950  - Jonathan Cain, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1950  - Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand^[51]
• 1951  - Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (d. 2014)
• 1953  - Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor^[52]
• 1953  - Barbara Niven, American actress and writer^[53]
• 1954  - Prince Ernst August of Hanover
• 1954  - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, 12th President of Turkey^[36]
• 1955  - Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
• 1956  - Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
• 1957  - David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
• 1957  - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach^[54]
• 1957  - John Jude Palencar, American artist and illustrator^[55]
• 1957  - Keena Rothhammer, American swimmer^[56]
• 1958  - Greg Germann, American actor and director^[52]
• 1958  - Liza 'N' Eliaz, Belgian, transgender, hardcore DJ^[57]
• 1958  - Susan Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
• 1958  - Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
• 1959  - Rolando Blackman, Panamanian-American basketball player^[58]
• 1959  - Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1960  - Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1962  - Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician
• 1963  - Chase Masterson, American actress, singer, and activist^[36]
• 1964  - Mark Dacascos, American actor, martial artist, and television personality^[52]
• 1965  - James Mitchell, American wrestler and manager
• 1966  - Garry Conille, Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1966  - Marc Fortier, French-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966  - Jennifer Grant, American actress^[52]
• 1966  - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
• 1967  - Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
• 1967  - Gene Principe, Canadian sports reporter and broadcaster^[59]
• 1968  - Tim Commerford, American bass player^[52]
• 1968  - Leif Rohlin, Swedish ice hockey player^[60]
• 1969  - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer
• 1970  - Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player and executive^[61]
• 1970  - Mark Harper, English accountant and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
• 1971  - Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress^[52]
• 1971  - Max Martin, Swedish-American record producer and songwriter
• 1971  - Hélène Segara, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1972  - Maz Jobrani, American comedian and actor^[52]
• 1973  - Marshall Faulk, American football player
• 1973  - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1973  - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer^[62]
• 1974  - Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne
• 1974  - Sébastien Loeb, French racing driver
• 1975  - P. J. Axelsson, Swedish ice hockey player^[63]
• 1976  - Nalini Anantharaman, French mathematician
• 1976  - Chad Urmston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977  - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1977  - Greg Rikaart, American actor^[52]
• 1977  - Tim Thomas, American basketball player
• 1977  - James Wan, Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer^[52]
• 1977  - Shane Williams, Welsh rugby union player^[64]
• 1978  - Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer
• 1979  - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[52]
• 1979  - Steve Evans, Welsh footballer
• 1979  - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer^[65]
• 1980  - Steve Blake, American basketball player
• 1981  - Kevin Dallman, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player^[66]
• 1981  - Kertus Davis, American race car driver
• 1981  - Simon Maljevac, Slovenian politician^[67]
• 1981  - Robert Mathis, American football player^[68]
• 1981  - Oh Seung-bum, South Korean footballer
• 1982  - Li Na, Chinese tennis player
• 1982  - Matt Prior, South African-English cricketer
• 1982  - Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter^[52]
• 1983  - Jerome Harrison, American football player
• 1983  - Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
• 1984  - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer^[69]
• 1984  - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter^[52]
• 1984  - Beren Saat, Turkish actress
• 1985  - Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer^[70]
• 1986  - Mārtiņš Karsums, Latvian ice hockey player^[71]
• 1986  - Hannah Kearney, American skier^[72]
• 1986  - Teresa Palmer, Australian actress^[52]
• 1989  - Gabriel Obertan, French footballer
• 1990  - Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991  - Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer^[73]
• 1991  - Kevin Plawecki, American baseball player^[74]
• 1992  - Mikael Granlund, Finnish hockey player^[75]
• 1993  - Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player^[76]
• 1994  - Jacob Trouba, American ice hockey player^[77]
• 1997  - Jessie Bates, American football player^[78]
• 2000  - Yeat, American rapper^[79]
• 2003  - Jamal Musiala, German footballer^[80]

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 420  - Porphyry of Gaza, Greek bishop and saint (b. 347)
• 943  - Muirchertach mac Néill, king of Ailech (Ireland)
• 1154  - Roger II of Sicily (b. 1095)^[81]
• 1266  - Manfred, King of Sicily (b. 1232)
• 1275  - Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (b. 1240)^[82]
• 1349  - Fatima bint al-Ahmar, Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (b. c.1260)^[83]
• 1360  - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English commander (b. 1328)
• 1462  - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English politician (b. 1408)
• 1548  - Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514)
• 1577  - Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)^[84]

1601–1900

• 1603  - Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528)
• 1608  - John Still, English bishop (b. 1543)
• 1611  - Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)
• 1625  - Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)
• 1630  - William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560)
• 1638  - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)
• 1723  - Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1726  - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
• 1770  - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
• 1790  - Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730)
• 1802  - Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
• 1806  - Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)^[85]
• 1813  - Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815  - Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821  - Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1839  - Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (b. 1761)^[86]
• 1864  - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1869  - Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1827)^[87]
• 1883  - Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887  - Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889  - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)

1901–present

• 1903  - Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906  - Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)^[88]
• 1913  - Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921  - Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930  - Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931  - Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
• 1936  - February 26 Incident:
  • Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1854)
  • Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1858)
  • Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (b. 1874)
• 1943  - Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)
• 1945  - Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)
• 1947  - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868)
• 1950  - Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)
• 1951  - Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with 21 others^[89]
• 1952  - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1961  - Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1961  - Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
• 1966  - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1969  - Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)
• 1969  - Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1981  - Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1981  - Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1985  - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1989  - Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (b. 1911)
• 1993  - Constance Ford, American model and actress (b. 1923)
• 1994  - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
• 1995  - Jack Clayton, English director and producer (b. 1921)
• 1997  - David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1998  - Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 2000  - George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)
• 2000  - Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (b. 1916)^[90]
• 2002  - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2004  - Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
• 2004  - Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
• 2005  - Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)
• 2006  - Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (b. 1905)^[91]
• 2008  - Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (b. 1925)
• 2009  - Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2009  - Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
• 2009  - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)
• 2010  - Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974)
• 2011  - Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2012  - Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2013  - Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926)
• 2013  - Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917)
• 2013  - Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922)
• 2014  - Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2014  - Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927)
• 2015  - Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916)
• 2015  - Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917)
• 2015  - Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2015  - Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (b. 1960)
• 2016  - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)
• 2016  - Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (b. 1933)
• 2017  - Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (b. 1919)^[92]

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Alexander of Alexandria
  • Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Isabelle of France
  • Li Tim-Oi (Anglican Church of Canada)
  • Porphyry of Gaza
  • February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)
• Liberation Day (Kuwait)
• Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
  • Historical Events on February 26

Notes and References

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2. Book: Depuydt, Leo. Calendars and Years in Ancient Egypt: The Soundness of Egyptian and West Asian Chronology in 1500-500 BC and the Consistency of the Egyptian 365-Day Wandering Year. Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East. Steele. John M.. Oxford, UK. Oxbow Books. 2007. 9781842173022. 46.
3. Book: Chapter 11 – The Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps: Chandragupta I to Kumaragupta I.
4. Book: Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland. The Roman Imperial Coinage: The family of Constantine I: A.D. 337-364, by J. P. C. Kent. 1981. Spink. 978-0-900696-85-5. 31. 2019-12-23. 2020-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120432/https://books.google.com/books?id=JyvTAAAAMAAJ. live.
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