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02/26/1919
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Luc-Andre Marcel, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1919
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Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1920
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A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, Neth, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1920
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Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38
Type: Death
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02/26/1920
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Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1920
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Antony Kearey, TV producer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1921
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Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/26/1921
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Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1922
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Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1922
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Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1923
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Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts)
Type: Event
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02/26/1924
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Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
Type: Event
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02/26/1924
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Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts and Letters Award)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1924
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Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1925
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James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
Type: Birth
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02/26/1925
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Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player
Type: Birth
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02/26/1925
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Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt
Type: Event
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02/26/1925
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Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive
Type: Birth
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02/26/1926
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Arsene Souffriau, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1926
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Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
Type: Event
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02/26/1926
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Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
Type: Death
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02/26/1926
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Cynthia Stone, Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1926
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Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1926
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Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/26/1927
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Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1927
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Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
Type: Birth
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02/26/1928
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Antione "Fats" Domino, NO LA, rhythm and blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1928
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Everton Weekes, cricketer (one of the 3 W's)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1928
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Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1928
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Aldonis Kalnins, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1929
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Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
Type: Event
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02/26/1930
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"Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
Type: Event
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02/26/1930
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Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1930
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1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
Type: Event
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02/26/1930
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West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
Type: Event
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02/26/1930
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Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/26/1931
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Francisco Kroepfl, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1931
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Robert D Novak, Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans and Novak)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1931
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Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/26/1932
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Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1933
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Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/26/1933
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Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell
Type: Event
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02/26/1933
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Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
Type: Event
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02/26/1933
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Godfrey Cambridge, NYC, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1933
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James Goldsmith, Paris France, corporate raider (Referendum Party)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1934
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Ron Gaunt, cricketer (Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1935
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NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
Type: Event
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02/26/1935
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Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering
Type: Event
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02/26/1935
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RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt)
Type: Event
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02/26/1936
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Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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