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What happend on 26. February in History
In our data base we found 306 events happened on 26. February:
• 364: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 420: Saint Porphyry, Palestine bishop [category: Deaths]
• 1154: King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093) [category: Deaths]
• 1200: Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint (b. 1109) [category: Deaths]
• 1266: King Manfred of Sicily (b. 1232) [category: Deaths]
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• 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. [category: Events]
• 1360: Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) [category: Deaths]
• 1361: Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419) [category: Births]
• 1552: Heinrich Faber, German composer [category: Deaths]
• 1561: Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer [category: Deaths]
• 1564: Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593) [category: Births]
• 1577: King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533) [category: Deaths]
• 1584: Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666) [category: Births]
• 1587: Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) [category: Births]
• 1608: John Still, English bishop [category: Deaths]
• 1611: Antonio Possevino (b. 1533) Jesuit humanist, diplomat, bibliographer [category: Deaths]
• 1630: William Brade, English composer (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
• 1638: Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1581) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1671: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) [category: Births]
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• 1672: Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1677: Nicola Fago, Italian Baroque composer and teacher (d. 1745) [category: Births]
• 1714: James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758) [category: Births]
• 1715: Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1720: Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1723: Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1724: Gottfried Heinrich Bach, German son of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1726: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1732: Francis Marion, American Revolutionary War officer (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1740: Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1746: Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1770: Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1790: Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down. [category: Events]
• 1799: Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1802: Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1802: Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1808: Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1813: Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1815: Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. [category: Events]
• 1821: Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1846: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1852: John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon and advocate (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1857: Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1858: Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1861: King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1861: Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, widow of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1864: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian politician (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1875: Milan Neralić, Croatian fencer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1876: Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing Dynasty China. [category: Events]
• 1879: Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1882: Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1883: Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1887: Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1887: Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1887: William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1889: Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1896: Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov, Soviet politician and ideologist (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1899: Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1900: Fritz Wiessner, American mountaineer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1900: Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1901: Dwight Wilson, Canadian Soldier (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jean Bruller, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1903: Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1903: Orde Charles Wingate, British Major-General, prominent Zionist, eccentric (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1903: Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1907: Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1908: Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1908: Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1909: Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1909: Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. [category: Events]
• 1911: Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1912: Dane Clark, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1913: George Barker, English poet (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1913: Felix Draeseke, German composer (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1914: HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. [category: Events]
• 1916: Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer and comedian (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1917: The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. [category: Events]
• 1918: Otis Ray Bowen, American physician & politician [category: Births]
• 1918: Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1919: Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1919: Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1919: President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park). [category: Events]
• 1920: Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1920: Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1921: Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Karl Aage Præst, Danish football player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1924: Mark Bucci, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1924: Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Doris Belack, American actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1926: Henry Gustav Molaison, American psychiatric patient (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1926: Miroslava, Mexican actress (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1926: Verne Gagne, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1927: Tom Kennedy, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1928: Anatoly Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1928: Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (2001–2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Fats Domino, American musician [category: Births]
• 1928: Monique Leyrac, Canadian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1929: President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. [category: Events]
• 1930: Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1930: Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1931: Robert Novak, American political columnist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1931: Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Johnny Cash, American country singer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: James Goldsmith, Anglo-French businessman (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1933: Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. [category: Events]
• 1935: Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1936: Adem Demaçi, Albanian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. [category: Events]
• 1937: Cliff Osmond, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1937: Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1938: Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot guerilla (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1939: Josephine Tewson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1942: Jozef Adamec, Slovak football player [category: Births]
• 1943: Bill Duke, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1943: Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1943: Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer [category: Births]
• 1943: Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Ronald Lauder, American philanthropist and president of the World Jewish Congress [category: Births]
• 1945: Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels) [category: Births]
• 1945: Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1946: Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1946: Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets. [category: Events]
• 1947: Sandie Shaw, English singer [category: Births]
• 1947: Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Sharyn McCrumb, American writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Elizabeth George, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1949: Emma Kirkby, British singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Helen Clark, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister (1999–2008) [category: Births]
• 1950: Jonathan Cain, American musician [category: Births]
• 1950: Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Theodoros Pangalos, Greek interim leader (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada. [category: Events]
• 1953: Michael Bolton, American singer [category: Births]
• 1954: Ernst August, Prince of Hanover [category: Births]
• 1954: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (2003–present) [category: Births]
• 1955: Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian [category: Births]
• 1955: Rupert Keegan, English Formula One driver [category: Births]
• 1956: Charlélie Couture, French singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1956: Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer (Southern All-Stars) [category: Births]
• 1956: Kevin Dunn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Michel Houellebecq, French writer [category: Births]
• 1957: David Muldrow Beasley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: Greg Germann, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Karen Berger, American comic book editor [category: Births]
• 1958: Susan J. Helms, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1958: Tim Kaine, American politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Rolando Blackman, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Selig Suskin, Russian-born Israeli agronomist and early Zionist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Jaz Coleman, British musician (Killing Joke) [category: Births]
• 1960: Robert Jaspert, German football manager [category: Births]
• 1960: A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. [category: Events]
• 1961: King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Hassan II becomes King of Morocco. [category: Events]
• 1962: Kelly Gruber, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Chase Masterson, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1964: Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1966: Garry Conille, Prime Minister of Haiti [category: Births]
• 1966: Marc Fortier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket [category: Events]
• 1966: Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1967: Currie Graham, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1967: James Allodi, Canadian actor, writer and director [category: Births]
• 1968: Ed Quinn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: J. T. Snow, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Tim Commerford, American bassist (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave) [category: Births]
• 1969: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1969: Steve Agee, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1969: Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Levi Eshkol, Israeli politician, Prime Minister (1963-death) (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Erykah Badu, American singer (Soulquarians) [category: Births]
• 1971: Hélène Ségara, French singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer [category: Births]
• 1971: Fernandel, French actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. [category: Events]
• 1972: Jonny Quinn, Northern Irish drummer (Snow Patrol) [category: Births]
• 1972: The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1973: Erinn Bartlett, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Jenny Thompson, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1973: Marshall Faulk, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Chad Urmston, American musician [category: Births]
• 1976: Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver [category: Births]
• 1977: Greg Rikaart, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Josh Towers, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Shane Williams, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1977: Tim Thomas, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Marc Hynes, British racing driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Mariano Bainotti, Argentine race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Pascal Kalemba, Congolese footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1979: Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Gary Majewski, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Steve Blake, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. [category: Events]
• 1981: Johnathan Wendel, American video gamer [category: Births]
• 1981: Kertus Davis, American racing driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Sharon Van Etten, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1981: Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Li Na, Chinese tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter (Fun and The Format) [category: Births]
• 1982: Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Jerome Harrison, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Kara Monaco, American model [category: Births]
• 1983: Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Alex de Angelis, San Marino motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1984: Beren Saat, Turkish actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Carolin Nytra, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1985: Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Gee Atherton, British cyclist [category: Births]
• 1985: Miki Fujimoto, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1985: Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Crystal Kay, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Hannah Kearney, American freestyle skier [category: Births]
• 1986: Juliet Simms, American musician and singer (Automatic Loveletter) [category: Births]
• 1986: Leandro dos Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Leila Lopes, Angolan model, Miss Universe 2011 [category: Births]
• 1986: Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. [category: Events]
• 1988: Matteo Ciofani, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Gabriel Obertan, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Kateřina Cachová, Czech heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1990: Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: CL, South Korean singer/rapper (2NE1) [category: Births]
• 1991: Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah. [category: Events]
• 1992: Mikael Granlund, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1992: 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. [category: Events]
• 1993: Taylor Dooley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Constance Ford, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1994: Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. [category: Events]
• 1996: Taya Straton, Australian actress (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: James Algar, American film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (Sybil) (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: George L. Street III American naval officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Kendra and Maliyah Herrin, American conjoined twins [category: Births]
• 2002: Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Boris Trajkovski, President (1999-death) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. [category: Events]
• 2005: Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies and Electric Flag) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Dick Fletcher, American meteorologist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Glory Mukwati, Zimbabwean politician [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Norm Van Lier, American basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Nujabes, Japanese hip hop producer (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Arnošt Lustig, Czech writer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: James A. McClure, American politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Roch Thériault, Canadian leader of a religious group (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Trayvon Martin, American homicide victim (b. 1995) [category: Deaths]
• 747_bce: Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. [category: Events]
• _: Alexander of Alexandria [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Isabelle of France [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Kuwait) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Porphyry of Gaza [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Savior's Day (Nation of Islam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]