Birthdates Which Occur on February 26:
1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)
1588 Nicolaus Erich composer
1675 Guillaume Delisle Paris France, geographer (Atlas g‚ographique)
and Johann Philipp Treiber composer
1677 Nicola Fago composer
1686 Godefroi L Count d'Estrades French diplomat
1717 John Randall composer
1770 Antoine Reicha composer
1772 Caspar Furstenau composer
1802 Victor Hugo France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
1808 Honor‚ Daumier France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist
1824 Carlos Calvo Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
1825 Hans Balatka composer
1831 Filippo Marchetti composer
1832 John George Nicolay US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
1834 Aleksander Zarzycki composer
1835 Richard Andree German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)
1837 Charles Woeste Belgian count/min of Justice
1838 Wendelin Weissheimer composer
1841 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer English consul-general (Egypt)
1842 Camille Flammarion Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy
1845 Aleksander Rozycki composer
and Alexander III St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS)
1846 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes
1852 John Harvey Kellogg surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry
1857 Emile Cou‚ French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)
1861 Ferdinand I Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18)
1866 Herbert Henry Dow pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)
1867 Siegfried Passarge German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
1869 Nadezjda K Krupskaja Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin
1873 Ewoud van Everdingen Dutch meteorologist
1874 Carl Vogler composer
1875 Emma Dunn actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway)
and Richard Wetz composer
1876 Agustin P Justo y Rolon pres Argentina (1931-38)
and Pauline Musters smallest man (1'11.2" (58.9 cm))
1877 Carel S Adama van Scheltema Dutch poet/writer (socialism)
and Russell Alexander composer
1879 Frank Bridge English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten
1883 Erich R Jaensch German psychologist (eidetism)
1884 Christina A A [Dina] Koud˜s-van Appeldoorn pianist/composer
and Dina Appeldoorn composer
and Hildo Krop Dutch modernistic sculptor
1885 Lili Green [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer
1887 Benegal Narsing Rau India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)
and Grover Cleveland Alexander HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies, Cubs)
1891 Alan Bridge PA, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills)
1893 Ivor Richards English critic [NS]
and William Frawley Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)
1896 Andrei A Zjdanov Russian politician (against Cosmopolitism)
and Eduard Flipse Dutch conductor/composer
1898 Julien de Valckenaere Flemish writer
19-- Barbara Meek Detroit Mich, actress (Archie Bunker's Place, Melba)
and Christopher Templeton Lake Forest Ill, actor (Carol-Young & Restless)
and Damita Jo Freeman Palestine Tx, actress (Jackie Simms-Pvt Benjamin)
and Jonathan Schmock La Jolla Calif, actor (Billy-Double Trouble)
and Kevin Best NYC, actor (Harrison-General Hospital)
and Kitty Foxx XXX actress
and Summer Knight XXX actress (Frat Girls, Unfaithful Entry)
1900 Jean Negulesco Craiova Romania, director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica)
1902 Rudolf Moralt German conductor
and Vercors [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le silence de la mer)
1906 Madeleine Carroll England, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent)
1911 Josef Smrkovsky Czechoslovakia parliament chairman
1913 Jon Hall Fresno Calif, actor (Ramor of the Jungle)
1914 Robert Alda NYC, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand)
and Witold Rowicki composer
1915 Elisabeth Eybers South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)
1916 Mordecai Seter composer
1917 Robert Taft Jr (Sen-R-Oh)
1918 Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)
and Otis R Bowen US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89)
and Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar)
1919 Beppie Nooij actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)
and Luc-Andre Marcel composer
and Mason Adams NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season)
1920 A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek Neth, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
and Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
1921 Betty Hutton Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth)
1922 Margaret Leighton Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart)
1924 Mark Bucci NYC, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award)
and Noboru Takeshita Japanese PM (1987-89)
1925 James Moody US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
1926 Arsene Souffriau composer
and Cynthia Stone Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers)
and Konstantin P Feoktistov Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
1927 Donald Gramm Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
and Tom Kennedy Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune)
1928 Aldonis Kalnins composer
and Anatoli Vasilyevich Filipchenko Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16)
and Antione "Fats" Domino NO LA, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
1930 Lazar Berman Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956)
1931 Francisco Kroepfl composer
and Robert D Novak Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
1932 Johnny Cash Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)
1933 Godfrey Cambridge NYC, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem)
and James Goldsmith Paris France, financier/corporate raider
1936 E I Buinovski cosmonaut
1938 Jack Knight Somerville Miss, actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15)
1942 Adrian van Dis author/TV-host (Nathan Sid, In Africa)
and Joop van den Ende director (Alsmeer Studio)
1943 Bill Duke actor (Bird on a Wire, Predator)
and Bob "Bear" Hite Calif, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country)
and Bob van Reeth Flemish architect
and Paul Cotton LA Calif, rocker (Poco)
1944 Marilyn Michaels comedienne
1945 Mitch Ryder rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress)
1946 Bobby "Bingo" Smith NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
and Phyllis Eisenstein US, sci-fi author (Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile)
1947 Sandi Shaw [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come)
1948 Priscilla Lopez Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien)
1950 Jonathan Cain Chicago, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Babys)
1953 Michael Bolton Ct, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About)
1957 Connie Carpenter-Phinney Madison Wisc, 79k cyclist (Oly-gold-1984)
and Keena Rothhammer US, 800 m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1958 Jeff Fithian actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
and Joe Fithian actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
and Susan J Helms Charlotte NC, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 54, 64)
1961 Krista Lane XXX actress (Behind Blue Eyes, Cabaret Sin, Jane Bond)
1965 Brittany York London England, playmate (Oct, 1990)
1966 Jennifer Grant
1970 Katie O'Neill LA Calif, actress (Together We Stand)
and Meeno Peluce Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears)
1973 Jenny Thompson US, 100m freestyle swimmer (world record)
1974 Ron Fox soccer player (Willem II)
1994 Creason Carbo Moss daughter of US actor Ronn Moss
Deaths Which Occured February 26:
1076 Godfried III with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered
1154 Rogier II King of Sicily, dies
1266 Manfred bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies
1324 Dino Compagni Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies
1538 Worp van Thabor Fries abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
1577 Erik XIV Wasa King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
1726 Maximilian II M Emanuel ruler of Bayern, dies
1766 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, dies at 30
1770 Fran‡ois Hanot composer, dies at 72
Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
1810 Johann Ernst Rembt composer, dies at 60
1813 Robert R Livingston US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66
1823 John P Kemble English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies
1827 David Moritz Michael composer, dies at 75
1857 Ole Andreas Lindeman composer, dies at 88
1859 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert composer, dies at 64
1870 Wyatt Outlaw black leader of Union League in NC, lynched
1871 Charles Niellon Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
1903 Richard J Gatling US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
1906 Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer, dies at 70
1909 Caran d'ache [Emmanuel Poir‚], French illustrator, dies
1913 Felix Draeseke composer, dies at 77
1921 Carl Menger Austrian economist, dies at 81
1926 Frederik Pijper vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller composer, dies at 75
1930 Raffaele Merry del Val Spanish Cardinal, dies
1931 Otto Wallach German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies
1933 Antonio Nicolau Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 75
1939 E Fern ndez Arb¢s Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75
1941 Jan Keizer Zaanse February striker, shot to death
1947 Ben Webster actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
1950 Harry Lauder (Maclennan) Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75
1953 Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies
Martinus Nijhoff poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling), dies
1954 William R Inge English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93
1956 Herman Courtens Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72
1959 Lou Costello actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
1960 Aleksandar Belic Swedish linguist, dies at 83
1961 Karl Albiker German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83
Mohammed V ibn Joesoef, sultan/King of Morocco, dies
1962 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer, dies at 83
1963 Artturi A Leinonen Finnish journalist/politician (Prophet), dies
1965 Jimmie Lee Jackson civil rights activist, dies of injuries
1966 Minerva Urecal actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71
1967 Harry McNaughton comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70
1968 Eric Feldary actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
1969 Karl Jaspers German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86
Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies
1970 Ethel Leginska composer, dies at 83
1971 Fernandel [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67
Joseph Berg composer, dies at 43
Joseph Desire Fernandel comedian, dies of cancer at 67
Tullio Carminati actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76
1972 Tom Manders cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 51
1973 Mary Finney actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
1977 Bukka White rocker, dies at 43
Maxime Jacob composer, dies at 71
1981 FC Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
Howard Hanson US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
Munabi assistant to Oegandees president Obote, murdered
1982 Gabor Szabo Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
1990 Cornell Gunther US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53
Maurine Stuart Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
Scott Jarvis dies^
1992 Gerrit Schulte [Le fou pedalant], 6 days bicyclist, dies
Jean R Yawkey owner (Boston Red Sox), dies at 83 of a stroke
S I Hayakawa (Sen-R-Calif), dies at 85 of a stroke
1993 Constance Ford US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
Fletcher Knebel author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81
Mark Kolthoff painter/photographer, dies at 92
1994 Avery Fisher US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87
Leopold "Hans" Kohr Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84
Religious Observances on February 26:
Christian Feast of St Nestor
RC Alexander, patriarch of Alexandria
616 Christ Commem of St Ethelbert, king of Kent; baptized by Augustine
2002 Jewish Purim-Feast of Lot (Adar 14, 5762 AM)
Things to Remember for February 26:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
20 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
22 Days Astrological sign: Pisces
[Ancient Rome] a d iv Kal Mar (common years)
Today - Total eclipse visible over Central & South America & Caribbean
Highlights in History Which Occur February 26:
747 -BC- Origin of Era of Nabonassar
1266 Battle of Benevento
1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000
1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmont as bishop of Utrecht
1616 Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia
1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary)
1815 Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
1832 Russian czar declares realm of Poland-Russia
1834 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified
1848 Marx & Engels publish "Communist Manifesto"
1852 British troop ship Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die
1859 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins
1862 Battle of Woodburn, KY
1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act
1866 New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health
1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states
1870 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
1877 Geheim compromise Dem-Rep over pres election result
1881 SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool
1885 Conference of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England
1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park
1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich
and Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
1895 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine
1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)
1913 J Rheden discovers asteroid #744 Aguntina
1914 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated
1915 Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) fire attack)
1916 French cruiser Province sinks in Mediterranean Sea, kills 3100
and Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia
1917 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604
1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine
and Congress form Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
1923 Italian nationalist & fascists merge
1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt
1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1091 Spiraea
1930 "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
1935 Germany began Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering
and NY Yankees release Babe Ruth
1936 Military coup in Japan
1938 1st passenger ship equipped with radar
and G Kulin discovers asteroid #1452 Hunnia
and Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
1940 US Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, NY
1941 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO
and Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (Calif)
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1632 Siebohme
and Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory
1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
and Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies
and WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
and Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen"
1943 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2841 Puijo
1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin
1946 2 killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn
1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
and Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
1952 Neth-Indonesian Unity conference
and PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb
1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Mass
1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith
1956 Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge
1960 Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia
and USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating
and Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1962 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation
and Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania
1966 KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ
1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
1970 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
1972 Dam break in WV kills 107
and Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek WV, kills 125
1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris
1975 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1980 Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
and Milt coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn & Bost
and Boston & Minnesota play most penalty-filled NHL game-406 min total
and French Train … Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run
and H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3268 De Sanctis
1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks
and Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission
1984 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3575 & #3576
and Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"
and Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureate
1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Friese 11 city skating race (6:55:16)
and Former Philippines President Ferdinand E Marcos fled in defeat
and Robert Penn Warren appointed US poet laureate
1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs
and NASA launches GEOS-H
and NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
and Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
1989 Lowest rated pressure in Netherlands (955 hpa)
and NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
1990 Moscow begins pulling 73,000 troops out of Czechoslovakia
1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
and NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
1992 Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion
1993 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
1994 Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
Today - Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)
1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, W. Va. killing
125 and leaving 4,000 homeless.
Your Special Reminders for February 26:
1890 65øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1990 7øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 57th day of the year with 308 days left (Numerology = 1)
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