February 26th

• 1773

  Pennsylvania approves Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, pioneering solitary confinement in the US.

• 1797

  Bank of England issues its first £1 note. View Post →

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• 1859

  Paul Morphy begins chess match against Augustus Mongredien, eventually winning.

• 1891

  First buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park.

• 1930

  First red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan, NYC.

• 1935

  NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, who then signs with Boston Braves.

• 1935

  RADAR first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.

• 1951

  Bread rationing begins in Czechoslovakia.

• 1973

  Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7 million.

• 1983

  Michael Jackson's album 'Thriller' hits #1, staying there for 37 weeks.

• 1993

  'World Trade Center bombing of 1993' kills 6, injures over 1,000 in NYC.

• 2013

  Hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt kills 19 tourists.

• 2018

  7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Papua New Guinea kills at least 100.

• 2019

  Venice, Italy introduces a day visitors tax.

• 1991

  The world's first web browser, 'WorldWideWeb', presented to the public by Tim Berners-Lee.

• 1932

  Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor, is born.

• 1815

  Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from the Island of Elba, beginning his second conquest of France.

• 1916

  Charlie Chaplin signs a film contract with Mutual.