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02/26/1936
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Manmohan Desai, filmmaker
Type: Birth
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02/26/1936
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Military coup in Japan
Type: Event
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02/26/1936
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Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen"
Type: Event
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02/26/1937
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C Isherwood/WH Auden's "Ascent of F6," premieres in London
Type: Event
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02/26/1938
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Jack Knight, Somerville Miss, actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1938
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
Type: Event
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02/26/1938
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1st passenger ship equipped with radar
Type: Event
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02/26/1938
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Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
Type: Event
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02/26/1938
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
Type: Event
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02/26/1939
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E Fernandez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/26/1940
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US Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, NY
Type: Event
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02/26/1941
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Utrecht and Zaandam strike against raid on Jews
Type: Event
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02/26/1941
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Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
Type: Death
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02/26/1941
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Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory
Type: Event
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02/26/1941
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2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO
Type: Event
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02/26/1941
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Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (Calif)
Type: Event
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02/26/1941
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Keith Thomson, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1942
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Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies
Type: Event
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02/26/1942
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German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
Type: Event
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02/26/1942
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Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen"
Type: Event
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02/26/1942
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WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
Type: Event
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02/26/1942
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Joop van den Ende, director (Alsmeer Studio)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1942
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Adriaan van Dis, author/TV-host (Nathan Sid, In Africa)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1943
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Bill Duke, actor (Bird on a Wire, Predator)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1943
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Bob "Bear" Hite, Calif, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1943
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German assault moves to Beja North Tunisia
Type: Event
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02/26/1943
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Paul Cotton, LA Calif, rocker (Poco)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1943
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Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect
Type: Birth
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02/26/1944
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Marilyn Michaels, comedienne (ABC Comedy Hour)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1944
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1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
Type: Event
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02/26/1945
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Mitch Ryder, rocker (and Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1945
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Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force
Type: Event
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02/26/1946
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Phyllis Eisenstein, US, sci-fi author (Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1946
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2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn
Type: Event
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02/26/1946
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Bobby "Bingo" Smith, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1947
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Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1947
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Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
Type: Death
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02/26/1948
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Priscilla Lopez, Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1949
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USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
Type: Event
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02/26/1949
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Emma Kirkby, British(?) soprano
Type: Birth
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02/26/1950
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Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/26/1950
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Jonathan Cain, Chicago, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Babys)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1950
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Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75
Type: Death
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02/26/1951
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Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
Type: Event
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02/26/1951
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22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
Type: Event
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02/26/1952
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PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb
Type: Event
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02/26/1952
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Neth-Indonesian Unity conference
Type: Event
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02/26/1953
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Bree Walker, news anchor (WNBC TV, KNBC TV)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1953
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Allen W Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA
Type: Event
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02/26/1953
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Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58
Type: Death
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