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| February 26th |
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| About February 26th is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (309 in leap years). Births 1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, invented corn flakes cereal 1829 - Levi Strauss, founded first blue jeans company 1928 - Fats Domino, singer, songwriter, pianist 1931 - Bob Novak, political columnist, author 1932 - Johnny Cash, singer, songwriter 1953 - Michael Bolton, musician, singer 1958 - Tim Kaine, former Virginia Governor, DNC chairman 1962 - David Foster Wallace, author (Infinite Jest) 1971 - Erykah Badu, R&B singer, actress 1973 - Marshall Faulk, Hall of Fame running back Deaths 1813 - Robert Livingston, U.S. Founding Father 1994 - Bill Hicks, comedian, satirist, musician 2004 - Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia 2009 - Johnny Kerr, basketball player, coach, announcer Events 1885 - Arizona State University is founded. 1919 - The Grand Canyon in Arizona becomes a national park by an Act of Congress and is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. 1929 - Grand Teton National Park is established. 1952 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that Britain had developed an atomic bomb. 1991 - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces on Baghdad Radio the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. 1993 - Islamic terrorists explode a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center killing six people. 1995 - The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank, collapses after gambling away $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. 2003 - Darfur Liberation Front's attacks the town of Gulu escalating the conflict in Darfur. |
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