February 26 Events |
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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, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Event | The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years. | |
| February 26th, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Event | Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| February 26th, 2001 (February 26 2001) | Event | The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan. | |
| 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, 1993 (February 26 1993) | Event | 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. | |
| February 26th, 1991 (February 26 1991) | Event | Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| February 26th, 1990 (February 26 1990) | Event | The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections. | |
| February 26th, 1987 (February 26 1987) | Event | Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| February 26th, 1986 (February 26 1986) | Event | People Power Revolution in the Philippines. | |
| February 26th, 1984 (February 26 1984) | Event | US troops withdraw from Beirut. President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| February 26th, 1972 (February 26 1972) | Event | The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. | |
| February 26th, 1971 (February 26 1971) | Event | Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. | U Thant Quotes |
| February 26th, 1970 (February 26 1970) | Event | National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation. | |
| February 26th, 1966 (February 26 1966) | Event | Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket | |
| February 26th, 1952 (February 26 1952) | Event | United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| February 26th, 1936 (February 26 1936) | Event | In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. | |
| 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, 1929 (February 26 1929) | Event | The Grand Teton National Park is created. | |
| February 26th, 1919 (February 26 1919) | Event | An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park). | |
| February 26th, 1917 (February 26 1917) | Event | The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever jazz record for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. | |
| February 26th, 1914 (February 26 1914) | Event | HMHS Britannic, sister to the Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast. | |
| February 26th, 1887 (February 26 1887) | Event | At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings. | |
| 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, 1870 (February 26 1870) | Event | In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens. | |
| February 26th, 1863 (February 26 1863) | Event | U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
| February 26th, 1848 (February 26 1848) | Event | The second French Republic is proclaimed. | |
| February 26th, 1815 (February 26 1815) | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| February 26th, 1797 (February 26 1797) | Event | The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes. | |
| February 26th, 1794 (February 26 1794) | Event | Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down. | |
| February 26th, 1658 (February 26 1658) | Event | 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. | |
| February 26th, 1266 (February 26 1266) | Event | 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. | |
| February 26th, 0747 (February 26 0747) | Event | Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy s Nabonassar Era. | Ptolemy Quotes |
| February 26th, 0364 (February 26 0364) | Event | Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. | |
