26TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ALEXANDER OF ALEXANDRIA; ST
PORPHYRY OF GAZA; ST NESTOR OF MAGYDUS; & ST VICTOR THE HERMIT." |
| 26TH |
1531 |
AN EARTHQUAKE IN LISBON, PORTUGAL, KILLS 20,000 PEOPLE. |
| 26TH |
1791 |
FIRST POUND NOTE ISSUED IN ENGLAND. |
| 26TH |
1804 |
THE FIRST CHURCH SERVICE IN TASMANIA IS CONDUCTED BY
"ROBERT KNOPWOOD" ON THE SITE OF HOBART TOWN HALL. |
| 26TH |
1815 |
"NAPOLEON" ESCAPES FROM EXILE
ON THE ISLAND OF ELBA & RETURNS TO FRANCE. |
| 26TH |
1837 |
THE MIGRANT SHIP LADY McNAGHTON ARRIVES IN PORT
JACKSON, 44 CHILDREN HAD DIED FROM MEASLES & WHOOPING COUGH, & 10 ADULTS FROM
TYPHUS.
A FURTHER 80 DIED SOON AFTER ARRIVAL. |
| 26TH |
1839 |
THE FIRST "GRAND NATIONAL
STEEPLECHAES" WAS RUN AT AINTREE. |
| 26TH |
1872 |
39 PEOPLE FROM NEW GUINEA DIED WHEN THE 156 ton BRIG
"MARIA" BECAME WRECKED ON BRAMBLE REEF OFF CARDWELL, QUEENSLAND. MURDER AND
MAYHEM FOLLOWED, WITH THE CAPTAIN TAKING THE ONLY GOOD LIFEBOAT, LATER TO DIE AT THE HANDS
OF ABORIGINES. |
| 26TH |
1893 |
TWO CLYDESDALE HORSES SET A RECORD BY
PULLING 48 TONS ON A SLEDGE IN MICHIGAN. |
| 26TH |
1916 |
MORE THAN 3,000 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN A GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS
THE FRENCH CRUISER "PROVENCE" IN THE MEDITERANEAN. |
| 26TH |
1918 |
STANDS AT THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,
COLLAPSE & BURN, KILLING 604. |
| 26TH |
1935 |
"ROBERT WATSON-WATT" GAVE THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION
OF RADAR AT DAVENTRY, ENGLAND. |
| 26TH |
1936 |
THE FIRST FACTORY TO MANUFACTURE THE
VOLKSWAGEN CAR HAS BEEN INAUGURATED AT FALLERSLEBEN, SAXONY IN GERMANY BY ‘ADOLPH
HITLER.’ |
| 26TH |
1949 |
CYCLONE KILLS 4 & SEVERE DAMAGE REPORTED IN ROCKHAMPTON,
GLADSTONE, & BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND. |
| 26TH |
1952 |
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER "WINSTON
CHURCHILL" ANNOUNCED THAT BRITAIN HAD IT’S OWN ATOMIC BOMB. |
| 26TH |
1960 |
SEVEN PEOPLE DIED AND 24 WERE INJURED WHEN A RAILWAY BRIDGE
OVER THE MEDWAY CREEK NEAR BOGANTUNGAN QUEENSLAND COLLAPSED AS THE TRAIN WAS CROSSING IT. |
| 26TH |
1988 |
THE PREMIER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MR.
BRIAN BURKE RESIGNED. |
| 26TH |
1990 |
FORMER LEAD TENOR OF THE "COASTERS," "CORNELL
GUNTER" WAS MURDERED IN LAS VEGAS, AGED 53. "YAKETY YAK" THE GROUPS ONLY
NUMBER ONE HIT, WAS RELEASED DURING "GUNTER’S" 4 YEARS WITH THE GROUP. |
| 26TH |
1991 |
KUWAITI RESISTANCE LEADERS DECLARE THEY
HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THEIR CAPITAL. |
| 26TH |
1993 |
SIX PEOPLE DIED WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED UNDER THE WORLD TRADE
CENTRE IN NEW YORK. |
| 26TH |
1994 |
HUNDREDS OF FRENCH AND BRITISH
EXECUTIVES MET FOR LUNCH AT THE HALFWAY MARK OF THE TUNNEL UNDER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. |
| 26TH |
1995 |
BARINGS PLC MERCHANT BANK IS DECLARED BANKRUPT AFTER THE
FIRMS CHIEF SINGAPORE TRADER, "NICHOLAS LEESON" LOSES $1billion ON UNAUTHORISED
TRANSACTIONS. |
| 26TH |
1995 |
BRITISH POLITICIANS & MEDICAL
GROUPS CALL FOR A BAN ON BOXING, AFTER "GERALD McCELLAN" 27, SUFFERS BRAIN
DAMAGE AT THE HANDS OF WBC SUPER MIDDLE WEIGHT CHAMPION, "NIGEL BENN" OF GREAT
BRITAIN. |
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