| 364 |
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On the death of Jovian, a conference at Nicaea chooses Valentinan, an army officer who was born in the central European region of Pannania, to succeed him in Asia Minor. |
| 1154 |
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William the Bad succeeds his father, Roger the II, in Sicily. |
| 1790 |
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As a result of the Revolution, France is divided into 83 departments. |
| 1815 |
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Napoleon and 1,200 of his men leave Elba to start the 100-day re-conquest of France. |
| 1848 |
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Karl Marx and Frederick Engels publish The Communist Manifesto in London. |
| 1871 |
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France and Prussia sign a preliminary peace treaty at Versailles. |
| 1901 |
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Boxer Rebellion leaders Chi-Hsin and Hsu-Cheng-Yu are publicly executed in Peking. |
| 1914 |
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Russian aviator Igor Sikorsky carries 17 passengers in a twin engine plane in St. Petersburg. |
| 1916 |
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General Henri Philippe Petain takes command of the French forces at Verdun. |
| 1917 |
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President Wilson publicly asks congress for the power to arm merchant ships. |
| 1924 |
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U.S. steel industry finds claims an eight-hour day increases efficiency and employee relations. |
| 1933 |
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Ground is broken for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. |
| 1936 |
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Japanese military troops march into Tokyo to conduct a coup and assassinate political leaders. |
| 1941 |
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British take the Somali capital in East Africa. |
| 1943 |
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U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators pound German docks and U-boat lairs at Wilhelmshaven. |
| 1945 |
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Syria declares war on Germany and Japan. |
| 1951 |
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The 22nd Amendment is added to the Constitution limiting the Presidency to two terms. |
| 1964 |
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Lyndon B. Johnson signs a tax bill with $11.5 billion in cuts. |
| 1965 |
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Norman Butler is arrested for the murder of Malcom X. |
| 1968 |
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Thirty-two African nations agree to boycott the Olympics because of the presence of South Africa. |
| 1970 |
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Five Marines are arrested on charges of murdering 11 South Vietnamese women and children. |
| 1972 |
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Soviets recover Luna 20 with a cargo of moon rocks. |
| 1973 |
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A publisher and 10 reporters are subpoenaed to testify on Watergate. |
| 1990 |
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Daniel Ortega, communist president of Nicaragua, suffers a shocking election defeat at the hands of Violeta Chamorro. |
| 1993 |
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A bomb rocks the World Trade Center in New York City. Five people are killed and hundreds suffer from smoke inhalation. |
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Born on February 26 |
| 1802 |
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Victor Hugo, French novelist and poet (Les Misérables). |
| 1829 |
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Levi Strauss, creator of blue jeans. |
| 1832 |
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John George Nicolay, private secretary to Abraham Lincoln |
| 1846 |
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William Frederick Cody, aka "Buffalo Bill". |
| 1877 |
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Rudolph Dirks, cartoonist, creator of the "Katzenjammer Kids." |
| 1879 |
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Mabel Dodge Luhan, American biographer. |
| 1893 |
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I(vor) A(rmstrong) Richards, writer, critic and teacher. |
| 1928 |
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Antoine "Fats" Domino, American singer. |
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