What are the important events that happened on February 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 26 is the 57th day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 309 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 13, 2016 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 404,568 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontaheptagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 337 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,162 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 26 Historical Events
- 364 –Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1909 –Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
- 1935 –Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
- 1952 –Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
- 1960 –A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
- 1961 –Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.
- 1966 –Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
- 1972 –The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
- 1987 –Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 1991 –Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah.
Who were born on February 26?
- 1933 –James Goldsmith, Anglo-French businessman (d. 1997)
- 1950 –Helen Clark, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister (1999–2008)
- 1957 –Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
- 1958 –Greg Germann, American actor
- 1971 –Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
- 1973 –Erinn Bartlett, American actress
- 1977 –Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
- 1979 –Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1984 –Beren Saat, Turkish actress
- 1984 –Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
Who died on February 26?
- 1266 –King Manfred of Sicily (b. 1232)
- 1561 –Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
- 1630 –William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
- 1638 –Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1681)
- 1790 –Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1730)
- 1969 –Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883)
- 1981 –Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
- 1994 –Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
- 2001 –Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. 1906)
- 2008 –Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies) (b. 1947)
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