Born on February 26
February 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on February 26, you share a birthday with Victor Hugo, Ariel Sharon and Christopher Marlowe. February 26 babies are Pisces, with amethyst as their birthstone and the violet as their birth flower. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on February 26
- 1802Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright
- 1928Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel
- 1564Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator
- 1956Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
- 1946Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1983Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
- 1984Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
- 1903Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1982Li Na, Chinese tennis player
- 1973Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager
What happened on February 26
- 747 BCAccording to Ptolemy, the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonassar began, marking a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records.
- 1606Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing in Australia, although he believed that he was on New Guinea.
- 1870The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intended as a demonstration for a subway line, opens.
- 1876Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
- 1909Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
- 1919President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
- 1929President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
- 1935With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.
- 1952Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
- 1966Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
- 1971U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
- 1979The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.
Also observed on February 26
- Liberation Day (Kuwait)
- Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)
Questions, answered
What star sign is February 26?
People born on February 26 are Pisces. Their birthstone is amethyst and their birth flower is the violet.
Which famous people were born on February 26?
Victor Hugo (1802), Ariel Sharon (1928), Christopher Marlowe (1564), Michel Houellebecq (1956), Ahmed Zewail (1946), Pepe (1983) were all born on February 26.
What happened on February 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1966, Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket; in 1971, U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day; in 1979, The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.
Can I get a newspaper front page from February 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any February 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “February 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.