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
- 1909 –Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
- 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).
- 1920 –The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in Berlin.
- 1935 –Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
- 1972 –The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
- 1980 –Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
- 1991 –Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah.
- 1992 –Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
- 1995 –The United Kingdom’s oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
- 2004 –Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Who were born on February 26?
- 1740 –Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
- 1814 –Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)
- 1907 –Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1933 –James Goldsmith, Anglo-French businessman (d. 1997)
- 1937 –Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
- 1950 –Helen Clark, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister (1999–2008)
- 1958 –Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
- 1958 –Susan J. Helms, astronaut
- 1960 –Robert Jaspert, German football manager
- 1985 –Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
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