On Feb. 26, 1993, a bomb exploded in the garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
On Feb. 26, 1852, John Harvey Kellogg, the American physician who developed dry cereal, was born. Following his death on Dec. 14, 1943, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1815 | Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France. |
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| 1848 | The Second French Republic was proclaimed. |
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| 1870 | New York City's first pneumatic-powered subway line was opened to the public. (The tunnel was only a block long.) |
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| 1919 | Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. |
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| 1932 | Country musician Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Ark. |
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| 1952 | Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain had developed its own atomic bomb. |
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| 1987 | The Tower Commission issued its report on the Iran-Contra affair, rebuking President Ronald Reagan for failing to control his national security staff. |
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| 1991 | Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced on Baghdad Radio that he had ordered his forces to withdraw from Kuwait. |
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| 1995 | Barings PLC, Britain's oldest investment banking firm, collapsed after a securities dealer lost more than $1.4 billion by gambling on Tokyo stock prices. |
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| 2001 | A U.N. tribunal convicted Bosnian Croat political leader Dario Kordic and military commander Mario Cerkez of war crimes for ordering the systematic murder and persecution of Muslim civilians during the Bosnian war. |
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Current Birthdays
Singer Michael Bolton turns 58 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
R&B singer Erykah Badu turns 40 years old today.
AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber
| 1928 | Fats Domino, R&B singer, turns 83 |
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| 1945 | Mitch Ryder, Rock singer, turns 66 |
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| 1950 | Jonathan Cain, Rock musician (Journey), turns 61 |
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| 1958 | Greg Germann, Actor ("Ally McBeal"), turns 53 |
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| 1958 | Tim Kaine, Former governor of Virginia, turns 53 |
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| 1975 | Mark DeRosa, Baseball player, turns 36 |
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| 1973 | Marshall Faulk, Football player, turns 38 |
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Historic Birthdays
John Harvey Kellogg2/26/1852 - 12/14/1943American physician who developed dry cereal.Go to obituary »
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German king (as Wenceslas IV, King of Bohemia) |
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| 56 | Archibald Argyll 2/26/1629 - 6/30/1685
Scottish Protestant leader |
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| 83 | Victor Hugo 2/26/1802 - 5/22/1885
French poet, novelist and dramatist |
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| 70 | William F. Cody 2/26/1846 - 1/10/1917
American buffalo hunter and Indian scout |
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| 71 | Honore Daumier 2/26/1808-2/10/1879
French caricaturist, painter and sculptor |
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| 64 | Herbert H. Dow 2/26/1866 - 10/15/1930
American founder of Dow Chemical Co. |
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| 91 | Rudolph Dirks 2/26/1877 - 4/20/1968
American cartoonist of "Katzenjammer Kids" |
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| 70 | Francesco Borgongini-Duca 2/26/1884 - 10/4/1954
Italian Vatican cardinal |
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| 66 | Sir Benegal Narsing Rau 2/26/1887 - 11/29/1953
Indian jurist |
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| 63 | Grover Cleveland Alexander 2/26/1887 - 11/4/1950
American professional baseball player |
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| 89 | Vercors (b. Jean Marcel Bruller) 2/26/1902 - 6/10/1991
French novelist and artist |
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| 53 | Margaret Leighton 2/26/1922 - 1/13/1976
English stage and film actress |
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