History Events on February 26

Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.

#Kinemacolor

In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.

#February_26_Incident

Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.

#Vincent_Massey

The Janszoon voyage of 1605-06 becomes the first European expedition to sight Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.

#Janszoon_voyage_of_1605-06

Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.

#Empire_of_Japan

Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.

#Adolf_Hitler

Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.

#Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin

HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

#HMHS_Britannic

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

#Hot_air_balloon

Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.

#Galileo_affair

The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.

#Superliner_(railcar)

The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.

#Christiansborg_Palace_(1st)

Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.

#Egypt-Israel_relations

Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.

#Battle_of_Benevento

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand.

#1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.

#Napoleon

President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.

#Woodrow_Wilson

The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.

#New_York_Philharmonic

Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.

#Robert_Watson-Watt

U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

#Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations

President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

#Calvin_Coolidge

Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.

#Iran-Contra_affair

Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor.

#Valentinian_I

Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket

#Apollo_program

A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.

The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.

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.

A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.

Mongol-Jin War: The Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months.

Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.