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February 26th Holidays We have 17 holidays listed for February 26. February 26th is the fifty-seventh day in the Gregorian calendar; it marks the anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson signing the act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park, the launch of the Apollo program’s AS-201 (the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket ...
Feb 26, 2024 · Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Events 1 - 200 of 208. 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 364 Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1266 Battle of Benevento fought in Southern Italy between Manfred of Sicily and army of Charles of Anjou.
Feb 26, 2024 · Major Events. 1616 The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun. 1797 Bank of England issues first £1 note. 1815 Napoléon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100 day re-conquest of France.
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From Britannica Book Of The Year
February 26, 1997
Giuseppe ("Nuccio") Bertone, Italian car-body designer, dies, Turin, Italy.
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Presidents’ Day, in the United States, holiday (third Monday in February) popularly recognized as honouring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The day is sometimes understood as a celebration of the birthdays and lives of all U.S. presidents. What is the history of Presidents' Day?
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- Presidents’ Day is celebrated on the third Monday in the month of February in the United States.
- The birthday of U.S. President George Washington (February 22) was first celebrated as a federal holiday in the United States in the 1880s. In 1968...
- Presidents’ Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February because of the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which moved a number of federal holidays...
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 308 days remain until the end of the year (309 in leap years ). Events. Pre-1600. 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. [1] . Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. [2]
Feb 24, 2015 · Read more. Photo Credit: Bill Turnbull/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. February | 26. Discover what happened on February 26 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries,...
