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, 2025 is the 57th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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
- 747 BCE –Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy’s Nabonassar Era.
- 1658 –Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
- 1815 –Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
- 1919 –President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
- 1935 –Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1980 –Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
- 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.
- 1993 –World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
Who were born on February 26?
- 1858 –Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
- 1901 –Dwight Wilson, Canadian Soldier (d. 2007)
- 1918 –Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
- 1950 –Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
- 1960 –Jaz Coleman, British musician
- 1967 –James Allodi, Canadian actor, writer and director
- 1979 –Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
- 1983 –Kara Monaco, American glamor model
- 1986 –Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress
- 1993 –Taylor Dooley, American actress
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