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| February 26th, 2005 (February 26 2005) | Event | Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76 of the constitution. | |
| February 26th, 2005 (February 26 2005) | Death | Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (born in 1943) | Jef Raskin Quotes |
| February 26th, 1995 (February 26 1995) | Event | The United Kingdom s oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. | Ang Lee Quotes |
| February 26th, 1995 (February 26 1995) | Death | Jack Clayton, British film director (born in 1921) | |
| February 26th, 1985 (February 26 1985) | Birth | Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger | |
| February 26th, 1985 (February 26 1985) | Death | Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1910) | |
| February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (died in 2006) | |
| February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Bob Hite, American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (died in 1981) | |
| February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician | |
| February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress | |
| February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels) | |
| February 26th, 1935 (February 26 1935) | Event | The Luftwaffe is re-formed. | |
| February 26th, 1935 (February 26 1935) | Event | The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom. | |
| February 26th, 1885 (February 26 1885) | Event | The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, is signed | |
| February 26th, 1885 (February 26 1885) | Birth | Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (died in 1969) | |
| February 26th, 1815 (February 26 1815) | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| February 26th, 1815 (February 26 1815) | Death | Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (born in 1737) | |
| February 26th, 1715 (February 26 1715) | Birth | Claude Adrien Helvetius, French philosopher (died in 1771) | Philo Quotes |
