Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 26
February 26, 2024 is the 57th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 309 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 26
- 1914 –Ship HMHS, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
- 1917 –The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
- 1935 –Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 1936 –In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
- 1960 –A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
- 1961 –Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.
- 1971 –U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
- 1987 –Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 1991 –Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah.
- 2004 –Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Who were born on February 26?
- 1720 –Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
- 1861 –Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, widow of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1939)
- 1900 –Fritz Wiessner, American mountaineer of German descent (d. 1988)
- 1909 –King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
- 1926 –H.M., Henry Gustav Molaison, the amnesiac patient (d. 2008)
- 1974 –Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
- 1979 –Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
- 1985 –Gee Atherton, British cyclist
- 1985 –Miki Fujimoto, Japanese singer
- 1986 –Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
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