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Birthday February 26, 1564 Christopher Marlowe, dramatist (Dr. Faustus) (baptized) |
Birthday February 26, 1802 Victor Hugo, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame) in France |
Birthday February 26, 1808 Honore Daumier, French painter & lithographer & caricaturist |
Birthday February 26, 1842 Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy |
Birthday February 26, 1846 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, near Davenport Iowa -- frontiersman |
Birthday February 26, 1852 John Harvey Kellogg, physician -- inspired flaked cereal industry |
Birthday February 26, 1866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry |
Birthday February 26, 1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies & Cubs) |
Birthday February 26, 1914 Robert Alda, Actor (Bittersweet Love & House of Excorcism) |
Birthday February 26, 1916 Jackie Gleason, Actor (Honeymooners & Smokey & the Bandit) |
Birthday February 26, 1917 Robert Taft Jr. ,(R), former senator from Ohio |
Birthday February 26, 1919 Mason Adams, Actor |
Birthday February 26, 1920 Tony Randall, Actor (The Odd Couple) |
Birthday February 26, 1921 Betty Hutton |
Birthday February 26, 1924 Noboru Takeshita, Japanese prime minister (1987-, ) |
Birthday February 26, 1926 Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1) |
Birthday February 26, 1928 Fats Domino, singer |
Birthday February 26, 1928 Anatoli V. Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 7 & 16) |
Birthday February 26, 1928 Fats Domino is born in New Orleans |
Birthday February 26, 1931 Robert Novak |
Birthday February 26, 1932 Johnny Cash, Country singer the Man in Black |
Birthday February 26, 1948 Priscilla Lopez, in NY |
History February 26, 1564 Christopher Marlowe is baptized |
History February 26, 1813 The Chancellor Dies |
History February 26, 1862 In camp with Elisha Hunt Rhodes |
History February 26, 1917 President Wilson learns of Zimmermann Telegram |
History February 26, 1929 Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park |
History February 26, 1929 Grand Teton National Park is established |
History February 26, 1935 Hitler organizes Luftwaffe |
History February 26, 1945 Corregidor's last gasp |
History February 26, 1949 Lucky Lady II begins nonstop global flight |
History February 26, 1965 First South Korean troops arrive |
History February 26, 1968 Mass graves discovered in Hue |
History February 26, 1972 Dam collapses in West Virginia |
History February 26, 1984 Last U.S. Marines leave Beirut |
History February 26, 1990 Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections |
History February 26, 1993 World Trade Center is bombed |
History February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombed |
History February 26, 1996 Stockton gets 11,000th NBA assist |
History February 26, 2005 Oscar winner Halle Berry accepts Razzie for Catwoman |
History February 26, 2007 Honda introduces Formula One Earth Car |
History February 26, 2012 Florida teen Trayvon Martin is shot and killed |