413 Historic Events for February 26
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Antione "Fats" Domino, NO LA, rhythm and blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Everton Weekes, cricketer (one of the 3 W's)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Aldonis Kalnins, composer
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| 1929 |
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Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
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| 1930 |
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"Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956)
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| 1930 |
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1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
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| 1930 |
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West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
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| 1930 |
Death |
Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Francisco Kroepfl, composer
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Robert D Novak, Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans and Novak)
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| 1931 |
Death |
Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)
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| 1933 |
Death |
Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74
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| 1933 |
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Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell
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| 1933 |
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Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Godfrey Cambridge, NYC, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
James Goldsmith, Paris France, corporate raider (Referendum Party)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Ron Gaunt, cricketer (Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s)
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| 1935 |
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NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
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| 1935 |
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Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering
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| 1935 |
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RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski, cosmonaut
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