Historical events on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 1606
Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing in Australia, although he believed that he was on New Guinea.
Willem Janszoon was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. He served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 1603–1611 and 1612–1616,
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FEBRUARY 26, 1917
The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.
The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery
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FEBRUARY 26, 1935
Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He
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FEBRUARY 26, 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.
Daventry is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, close to the border
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FEBRUARY 26, 1815
Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French
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FEBRUARY 26, 1979
The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.
The Superliner is a type of bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used by Amtrak, the national rail passenger carrier in the United
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FEBRUARY 26, 2013
A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.
On 26 February 2013, a hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 out of the 21 people on board. A
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FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.
Ming Pao is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas
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FEBRUARY 26, 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.
HMHS Britannic was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star
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FEBRUARY 26, 747 BC
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.
This article concerns the period 749 BC – 740 BC.
FEBRUARY 26, 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.
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North
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FEBRUARY 26, 1936
Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.
The Imperial Japanese Army was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central
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