What Happened on February 26?
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EVENTS ON FEBRUARY 26
Empire of Japan
Year:
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.
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Beach Pneumatic Transit
Year:
1870
The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intended as a demonstration for a subway line, opens.
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Napoleon
Year:
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
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Kinemacolor
Year:
1909
Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
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HMHS Britannic
Year:
1914
HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
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Robert Watson-Watt
Year:
1935
Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
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Calvin Coolidge
Year:
1929
President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
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Woodrow Wilson
Year:
1919
President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
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Christiansborg Palace (1st)
Year:
1794
The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
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East India Company
Year:
1775
The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
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BIRTHS ON FEBRUARY 26
Tony Randall
Year of birth:
1920
Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (died 2004)
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Lucjan Wolanowski
Year of birth:
1920
Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (died 2006)
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Mason Adams
Year of birth:
1919
Mason Adams, American actor (died 2005)
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Otis Bowen
Year of birth:
1918
Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (died 2013)
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Betty Hutton
Year of birth:
1921
Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (died 2007)
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Margaret Leighton
Year of birth:
1922
Margaret Leighton, English actress (died 1976)
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Henry Molaison
Year of birth:
1926
Henry Molaison, American medical patient (died 2008)
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Everton Weekes
Year of birth:
1925
Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee (died 2020)
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Noboru Takeshita
Year of birth:
1924
Noboru Takeshita, Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2000)
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Bill Johnston (cricketer)
Year of birth:
1922
Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007)
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DEATHS ON FEBRUARY 26
Karl Davydov
Year of death:
1889
Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (born 1838)
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Kathinka Kraft
Year of death:
1895
Kathinka Kraft, Norwegian memoirist (born 1826)
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Richard Jordan Gatling
Year of death:
1903
Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (born 1818)
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Felix Draeseke
Year of death:
1913
Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (born 1835)
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Anandi Gopal Joshi
Year of death:
1887
Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (born 1865)
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Alexandros Koumoundouros
Year of death:
1883
Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1817)
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Sybil Ludington
Year of death:
1839
Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (born 1761)
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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
Year of death:
1864
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (born 1807)
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Afzal-ud-Daulah
Year of death:
1869
Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1827)
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Carl Menger
Year of death:
1921
Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (born 1840)
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HOLIDAYS ON FEBRUARY 26
Saint Porphyrius
Christian feast day: Porphyry of Gaza
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February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Saviours' Day
Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)
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Pope Alexander I of Alexandria
Christian feast day: Alexander of Alexandria
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Paula Montal Fornés
Christian feast day: Paula Montal Fornés
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Florence Li Tim-Oi
Christian feast day: Li Tim-Oi (Anglican Church of Canada)
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Saint Isabelle of France
Christian feast day: Isabelle of France
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Emily Malbone Morgan
Christian feast day: Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA))
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Khojaly massacre
Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)
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Public holidays in Kuwait
Liberation Day (Kuwait)
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