413 Historic Events for February 26
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| 1912 |
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Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)
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| 1913 |
Death |
Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Jon Hall, Fresno Calif, actor (Ramor of the Jungle)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Hermann Lenz, writer
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| 1913 |
Birth |
George G Barker, English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Witold Rowicki, composer
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Robert Alda, NYC, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand)
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| 1914 |
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New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman and Other Verses)
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| 1915 |
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Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher
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| 1916 |
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Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia
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| 1916 |
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Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract
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| 1916 |
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Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WW II)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Mordecai Seter, composer
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| 1917 |
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1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Otis R Bowen, US Sec of Health and Human Services (1985-89)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar)
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| 1918 |
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Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)
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| 1919 |
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Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
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| 1919 |
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Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine
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