Tukuk-OS📅 February 26
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2014 — Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.
- 2013 — A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.
- 2012 — African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.
- 2008 — In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.
Korean WarNew York Philharmonic2008 visit by New York Philharmonic to North Korea
- 1995 — Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.
- 1979 — The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.
- 1936 — Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.
Imperial Japanese ArmyFebruary 26 incidentTakahashi Korekiyo
- 1935 — Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I.
- 1935 — With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.
- 1917 — The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.
- 1914 — RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
- 1903 — Storm Ulysses struck Ireland, felling thousands of trees and causing damage to up to a quarter of all houses in Dublin.
- 1815 — Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
- 1606 — Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing in Australia, although he believed that he was on New Guinea.
- -747 — According to Ptolemy, the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonassar (name in Akkadian pictured) began, marking a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records.
Births
- 2004 — Bibisara Assaubayeva, Kazakhstani chess grandmaster
- 2003 — Jamal Musiala, German footballer
- 2002 — Gerard Martín, Spanish footballer
- 2002 — César Tárrega, Spanish footballer
- 2000 — Yeat, American rapper
- 1997 — Jessie Bates, American football player
- 1994 — Jacob Trouba, American ice hockey player
- 1994 — Mahra Al Maktoum, Emirati princess.
- 1993 — Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player
- 1992 — Mikael Granlund, Finnish hockey player
- 1991 — Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer
- 1991 — Kevin Plawecki, American baseball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (born 1985)
- 2017 — Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (born 1919)
- 2016 — Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1932)
- 2016 — Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (born 1933)
- 2015 — Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (born 1916)
- 2015 — Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (born 1917)
- 2015 — Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
- 2015 — Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (born 1960)
- 2014 — Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (born 1933)
- 2014 — Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (born 1927)
- 2013 — Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (born 1926)
- 2013 — Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (born 1917)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Alexander of Alexandria
- Christian feast day: Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Isabelle of France
- Christian feast day:
Li Tim-Oi (Anglican Church of Canada)
Florence Li Tim-OiCalendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada)
- Christian feast day: Paula Montal Fornés
- Christian feast day: Porphyry of Gaza
- Christian feast day: February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)
- Liberation Day (Kuwait)
- Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)
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