413 Historic Events for February 26
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Luc-Andre Marcel, composer
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, Neth, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
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| 1920 |
Death |
Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Antony Kearey, TV producer
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| 1921 |
Death |
Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war)
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| 1923 |
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Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts)
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| 1924 |
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Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts and Letters Award)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player
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| 1925 |
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Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Arsene Souffriau, composer
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| 1926 |
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Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
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| 1926 |
Death |
Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Cynthia Stone, Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
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| 1926 |
Death |
Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune)
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