413 Historic Events for February 26
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Alan Bridge, PA, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills)
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| 1891 |
Event |
1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Ivor A "I A" Richards, English poet/critic (Meaning of Meaning) [NS]
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| 1893 |
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2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich
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| 1893 |
Birth |
William Frawley, Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)
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| 1893 |
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Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
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| 1895 |
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Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Jean Negulesco, Craiova Romania, director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica)
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| 1901 |
Death |
Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
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| 1901 |
Death |
Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le Silence de la Mer)
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| 1903 |
Death |
Richard J Gatling, US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Madeleine Carroll, England, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Nikos Ghika, artist
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| 1906 |
Death |
Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70
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| 1907 |
Event |
US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500
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| 1907 |
Event |
Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, Doc?)
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| 1909 |
Death |
Caran d'Ache, [Emmanuel Poir‚], French illustrator, dies
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Phyllis Fanny Primrose-Pechey Cradock, TV Chef
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia MP chairman
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