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What happened in history on this day: February 26?
On February 26 in ...
- 1862 - Battle of Woodburn, Kentucky.
- 1907 - US Congress raises their own salaries to $7500.
- 1914 - New York Museum of Science and Industry is incorporated.
- 1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever jazz record for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
- 1919 - Acadia National Park is established as Lafayette National Park in Maine, USA.
- 1919 - The Grand Canyon in Arizona is established by Congress as a national park in the United States.
- 1929 - The Grand Tetons in Wyoming is established as a national park in the United States.
- 1930 - First red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan, New York City).
- 1933 - Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field, San Francisco.
- 1940 - US Air Defense Command established at Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York.
- 1941 - Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (California).
- 1945 - Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force.
- 1946 - Two killed and ten wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee, USA.
- 1949 - US Air Force plane begins first nonstop around-the-world flight.
- 1953 - Allen W Dulles is promoted from deputy to 5th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1954 - First typesetting machine (photo engraving) is used, in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1954 - Michigan Representative Ruth Thompson (Republican) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records.
- 1962 - US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation.
- 1966 - The launch of AS-201 marks the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
- 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation.
- 1972 - Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, USA, kills 125.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1979 - Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental USA.
- 1983 - Michael Jackson's Thriller album goes to number one on chart and stays there for 37 weeks.
- 1984 - Reverend Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called New York City "Hymietown".
- 1984 - Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named first US poet laureate.
- 1984 - Last US marines in multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon leave Beirut.
- 1985 - 27th Grammy Awards: "What's Love Got to Do With It", Cyndi Lauper win.
- 1987 - NASA launches GEOS-H.
- 1987 - The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security staff.
- 1993 - In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over 1,000.
- 1996 - Silicon Graphics makes a cash tender offer of US$30 per share for 75 percent of Cray Research stock, for a total cost of US$576 million. The merger is expected to be completed by June.
- 1997 - 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes win.
- 1998 - Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial.
- 2003 - An American businessman is admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam with the first identified case of SARS. WHO doctor Carlo Urbani reports the unusual highly contagious disease to WHO.
- 2004 - The United States lifts a 23-year travel ban against Libya.
- 2009 - American automaker General Motors reports it lost US$30.8 billion for 2008. Over the past four years, the company's US$82 billion losses is equivalent to about $56 million a day.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama proposes a 2009/10 budget of US$3.6 trillion, with a US$1.75 trillion deficit, the highest ever, amounting to a 12.3 percent share of the economy, the largest since 1945. Planned spending includes US$634 billion to pay for healthcare reform, US$200 billion fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an extra US$250 billion set aside in case it is needed to bail out US banks.
Births on February 26
- 1913 - Birth of Jon Hall in Fresno, California, USA; actor (Ramor of the Jungle).
- 1914 - Birth of Robert Alda in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dan Lewis - Supertrain, By Popular Demand).
- 1916 - Birth of Jackie Gleason in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners).
- 1919 - Birth of Mason Adams in New York City, New York; actor (Charlie Hume - Lou Grant, Deadliest Season).
- 1920 - Birth of Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg] in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Felix - Odd Couple, Love Sidney).
- 1921 - Birth of Betty Hutton in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA; actress (The Greatest Show on Earth).
- 1924 - Birth of Mark Bucci in New York City, New York, USA; composer (1959 Arts and Letters Award).
- 1926 - Birth of Cynthia Stone in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers).
- 1927 - Birth of Tom Kennedy in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune).
- 1928 - Birth of Antoine "Fats" Domino in New Orleans, Louisiana; rhythm and blues pianist/singer ("Blueberry Hill").
- 1931 - Birth of Robert D Novak in Joliet, Illinois, USA; news reporter (CNN - Evans and Novak).
- 1932 - Birth of Johnny Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas, USA (dies 2003); country singer ("I Walk The Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Boy Named Sue").
- 1933 - Birth of Godfrey Cambridge in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Cotton comes to Harlem).
- 1938 - Birth of Jack Knight in Somerville, Mississippi, USA; actor (Mr Shamley - James at 15).
- 1943 - Birth of Bob "The Bear" Hite in California, USA; singer (Canned Heat - "Going Up the Country").
- 1943 - Birth of Paul Cotton in Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Poco).
- 1948 - Birth of Priscilla Lopez in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien).
- 1950 - Birth of Jonathan Cain in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Bad English, Babys).
- 1954 - Birth of Michael Bolton in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; rock vocalist ("How Am I Supposed To Live Without You", "That's What Love Is All About").
- 1957 - Birth of Connie Carpenter-Phinney in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; 79k cyclist (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1958 - Birth of Susan J Helms in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 54, 64, 78).
- 1962 - Birth of Sheila Cornell in Encino, Florida, USA; softball infielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Matt Jackson in Birmingham, Michigan, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Payless).
- 1967 - Birth of David Howard in Sarasota, Florida, USA; infielder (Kansas City Royals).
- 1967 - Birth of Scott Service; US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1968 - Birth of J T Snow in Long Beach, California, USA; infielder (New York Yankees, California Angels).
- 1970 - Birth of Ben Maruquin in Ventura, California, USA; field hockey sweeper (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Katie O'Neill in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Together We Stand).
- 1973 - Birth of Jenny Thompson in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA; 400 metre freestyle (Olympics-gold-1992, 1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Cindy Werley in Allentown, Pennsylvania; field hockey forward/midfielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Tim Thomas; NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers).
- 1981 - Birth of Maria Sansone; American journalist and Internet personality.
- 1987 - Birth of Julia Bond; American actress.
- 1993 - Birth of Taylor Dooley, American actress.
Deaths on February 26
- 1903 - Richard J Gatling, US inventor (Gatling gun), dies at age 84.
- 1953 - Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies.
- 1965 - Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries.
- 1981 - Howard Hanson, American composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at age 84 (born 1896).
- 1989 - Death of Roy Eldridge, American musician (born 1911).
- 1990 - Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at age 53.
- 1993 - Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at age 64.
- 1994 - Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (first hi-fi), dies at age 87.
- 1994 - William "Bill" M Hicks, American comedian, dies at age 32 (born 1961).
- 1998 - Death of Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902).
- 2002 - Death of Lawrence Tierney, American actor (born 1919).
- 2005 - Death of Jef Raskin in Pacifica, California, USA; project manager of apple Computer's Macintosh, founder of Information Appliance.
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