Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your February 26 shopping experience:
1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the February 26 offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of February 26 at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about
3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a February 26? Wrong! If the February 26 is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.
4. Questions - Got a question about February 26 then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....
5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling February 26? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about February 26 and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.
6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your February 26 wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your February 26 then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the February 26 site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about February 26, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your February 26, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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Events
- 740s BC - Epoch (reference date) (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
- 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1266 - Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles I of Sicily, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined Germany and Sicily force led by Monarch Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
- 1794 - Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.
- 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes.
- 1815 - Napoleon I of France escapes from Elba.
- 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
- 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law.
- 1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatics-metro opens.
- 1885 - The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, was signed
- 1887 - At the Sydney Cricket Ground, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler (cricket) to take eight wickets in a Test cricket innings.
- 1897 - Sigma Pi Fraternity, International was founded at Vincennes University.
- 1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever Jazzrecord for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
- 1919 - An act of the Congress of the United States establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
- 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.
- 1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed.
- 1935 - The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration near Daventry which led directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
- 1936 - In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
- 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.
- 1966 - Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
- 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit organization.
- 1971 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
- 1972 - Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
- 1984 - US troops withdraw from Beirut. President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982.
- 1986 - People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
- 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes United States President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.
- 1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
.
Births
- 1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
- 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
- 1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
- 1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
- 1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
- 1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
- 1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
- 1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
- 1748 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. 1832)
- 1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853)
- 1799 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
- 1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
- 1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
- 1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)
- 1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)
- 1846 - Buffalo Bill, American pioneer, officer, and hunter (d. 1917)
- 1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943 )
- 1857 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)
- 1858 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
- 1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
- 1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin's wife (d. 1939)
- 1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941)
- 1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)
- 1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950)
- 1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)
- 1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
- 1902 - Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
- 1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1979)
- 1906 - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
- 1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
- 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
- 1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
- 1911 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Dane Clark, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Otis Ray Bowen, American politician and physician
- 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
- 1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976)
- 1926 - Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (d. 1955)
- 1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
- 1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
- 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress
- 1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Ally McLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist
- 1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
- 1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)
- 1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director
- 1945 - Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006)
- 1945 - Bob Hite (musician), American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (d. 1981)
- 1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress
- 1945 - Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels)
- 1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1947 - Sandie Shaw, English singer
- 1949 - Emma Kirkby, British early music singer
- 1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1951 - Lee Atwater, American political operative (d. 1991)
- 1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer
- 1954 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
- 1957 - David Muldrow Beasley, American politician
- 1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
- 1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
- 1959 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
- 1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician
- 1962 - Greg Germann, American actor
- 1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
- 1968 - Ed Quinn, American Actor
- 1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player
- 1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
- 1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer
- 1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
- 1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer
- 1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football player
- 1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer
- 1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
- 1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French rallying driver
- 1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
- 1977 - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
- 1977 - Josh Towers, American baseball player
- 1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
- 1978 - Marc Hynes, British racing driver
- 1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
- 1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
- 1979 - Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
- 1979 - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
- 1980 - Gary Majewski, American baseball player
- 1980 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer
- 1981 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
- 1981 - Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer
- 1982 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
- 1983 - Kara Monaco, American model
- 1983 - Pepe, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
- 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer
- 1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
- 1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
- 1987 - Julia Bond, American adult actress
- 1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress
Deaths
- 1154 - King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)
- 1200 - Stefan Nemanja, former Serbian ruler and saint
- 1266 - King Manfred of Sicily
- 1360 - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)
- 1525 - Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler
- 1552 - Heinrich Faber, German composer
- 1561 - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
- 1577 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
- 1608 - John Still, English bishop
- 1630 - William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
- 1638 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1681)
- 1723 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
- 1726 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
- 1770 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. 1692)
- 1802 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718)
- 1813 - Robert Livingston (1746-1813), American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746)
- 1815 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
- 1821 - Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
- 1864 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807)
- 1889 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)
- 1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818)
- 1913 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (b. 1835)
- 1921 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. 1840)
- 1931 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1847)
- 1933 - Princess Thyra of Denmark, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)
- 1947 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868)
- 1950 - Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer, Knighted for WWI War Work (b. 1870)
- 1961 - King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
- 1966 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883)
- 1969 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)
- 1969 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883)
- 1971 - Fernandel, French actor (b. 1903)
- 1981 - Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
- 1985 - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (b. 1910)
- 1989 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911)
- 1990 - Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1938)
- 1993 - Constance Ford, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1994 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
- 1995 - Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921)
- 1997 - David Doyle (actor), American actor (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (b. 1902)
- 2000 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. 1906)
- 2001 - Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricket palyer (b. 1908)
- 2002 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
- 2004 - Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
- 2004 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
- 2005 - Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
- February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
External links
- BBC: On This Day
-
- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 740s BC - Epoch (reference date) (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
- 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1266 - Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles I of Sicily, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined Germany and Sicily force led by Monarch Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
- 1794 - Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.
- 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes.
- 1815 - Napoleon I of France escapes from Elba.
- 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
- 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law.
- 1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatics-metro opens.
- 1885 - The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, was signed
- 1887 - At the Sydney Cricket Ground, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler (cricket) to take eight wickets in a Test cricket innings.
- 1897 - Sigma Pi Fraternity, International was founded at Vincennes University.
- 1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever Jazzrecord for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
- 1919 - An act of the Congress of the United States establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
- 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.
- 1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed.
- 1935 - The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration near Daventry which led directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
- 1936 - In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
- 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.
- 1966 - Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
- 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit organization.
- 1971 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
- 1972 - Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
- 1984 - US troops withdraw from Beirut. President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982.
- 1986 - People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
- 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes United States President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.
- 1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
.
Births
- 1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
- 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
- 1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
- 1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
- 1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
- 1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
- 1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
- 1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
- 1748 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. 1832)
- 1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853)
- 1799 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
- 1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
- 1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
- 1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)
- 1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)
- 1846 - Buffalo Bill, American pioneer, officer, and hunter (d. 1917)
- 1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943 )
- 1857 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)
- 1858 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
- 1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
- 1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin's wife (d. 1939)
- 1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941)
- 1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)
- 1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950)
- 1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)
- 1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
- 1902 - Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
- 1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1979)
- 1906 - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
- 1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
- 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
- 1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
- 1911 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Dane Clark, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Otis Ray Bowen, American politician and physician
- 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
- 1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976)
- 1926 - Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (d. 1955)
- 1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
- 1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
- 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress
- 1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Ally McLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist
- 1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
- 1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)
- 1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director
- 1945 - Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006)
- 1945 - Bob Hite (musician), American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (d. 1981)
- 1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress
- 1945 - Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels)
- 1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1947 - Sandie Shaw, English singer
- 1949 - Emma Kirkby, British early music singer
- 1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1951 - Lee Atwater, American political operative (d. 1991)
- 1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer
- 1954 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
- 1957 - David Muldrow Beasley, American politician
- 1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
- 1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
- 1959 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
- 1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician
- 1962 - Greg Germann, American actor
- 1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
- 1968 - Ed Quinn, American Actor
- 1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player
- 1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
- 1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer
- 1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
- 1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer
- 1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football player
- 1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer
- 1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
- 1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French rallying driver
- 1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
- 1977 - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
- 1977 - Josh Towers, American baseball player
- 1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
- 1978 - Marc Hynes, British racing driver
- 1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
- 1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
- 1979 - Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
- 1979 - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
- 1980 - Gary Majewski, American baseball player
- 1980 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer
- 1981 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
- 1981 - Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer
- 1982 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
- 1983 - Kara Monaco, American model
- 1983 - Pepe, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
- 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer
- 1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
- 1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
- 1987 - Julia Bond, American adult actress
- 1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress
Deaths
- 1154 - King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)
- 1200 - Stefan Nemanja, former Serbian ruler and saint
- 1266 - King Manfred of Sicily
- 1360 - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)
- 1525 - Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler
- 1552 - Heinrich Faber, German composer
- 1561 - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
- 1577 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
- 1608 - John Still, English bishop
- 1630 - William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
- 1638 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1681)
- 1723 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
- 1726 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
- 1770 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. 1692)
- 1802 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718)
- 1813 - Robert Livingston (1746-1813), American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746)
- 1815 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
- 1821 - Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
- 1864 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807)
- 1889 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)
- 1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818)
- 1913 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (b. 1835)
- 1921 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. 1840)
- 1931 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1847)
- 1933 - Princess Thyra of Denmark, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)
- 1947 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868)
- 1950 - Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer, Knighted for WWI War Work (b. 1870)
- 1961 - King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
- 1966 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883)
- 1969 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)
- 1969 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883)
- 1971 - Fernandel, French actor (b. 1903)
- 1981 - Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
- 1985 - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (b. 1910)
- 1989 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911)
- 1990 - Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1938)
- 1993 - Constance Ford, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1994 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
- 1995 - Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921)
- 1997 - David Doyle (actor), American actor (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (b. 1902)
- 2000 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. 1906)
- 2001 - Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricket palyer (b. 1908)
- 2002 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
- 2004 - Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
- 2004 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
- 2005 - Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances
- Bahá'í Faith - February 26, Day 1 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
- Nation of Islam - Savior's Day - commemoration of the birthdate of Wallace Fard Muhammad, believed to be Allah in human form, the saviour of the Black (people).
- Liberation Day in Kuwait (1991).
Liturgical feasts
- February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
External links
- BBC: On This Day
-
- On This Day in Canada
February 26 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of the year (309 in leap years).
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The power behind the throne Helen Mirren may the recognisable face of The Queen at the Oscars but Christine Langan is the producer who brought her to the screen.
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1991: Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City. The Kuwaiti capital is liberated by the Gulf War Allies after 208 days of Iraqi occupation.
