February 26
26th February 1984 :Was a Sunday.
The zodiac was Pisces.
The season was Winter.
It was about 22 years ago
Against All Odds by Phil Collins, When Doves Cry by Prince, What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner, Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr., Jump by Van Halen, Like a Virgin by Madonna, Karma Chameleon by Culture Club, Footloose by Kenny Loggins, I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!
were the popular songs that year.
February 26th in History is a day when these people were born; :
1802: Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright
1846: William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman
1916: Jackie Gleason Brooklyn NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
1920: Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa OK, actor
1928: Fats Domino, American singer, NO LA, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
1932: Johnny Cash Kingsland AR, country singer (I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Boy Named Sue)
... and all this happened :
1797: First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba
1936: Volkswagen Beetle car launched by Adolf Hitler
1991: During the Gulf War, Kuwait City is liberated and Iraq begins its withdrawl
1993: Terrorist bomb explosion under the World Trade Center, New York
Top News Headlines on this day:
- H Debehogne discovers asteroids
- N Chernykh discovers asteroids
- Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"
- Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureate
- Last US marines in multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
- Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
Events and birthdays around the world on this day...
In 1802 Victor Hugo, French author, born.
In 1815 Napoleon escapes from Elba to begin second conquest of France.
In 1846 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody (near Davenport, Iowa), frontiersman, born.
In 1848 Second French Republic was proclaimed.
In 1852 John Harvey Kellogg, English Corn Flake inventor.
In 1870 First New York City subway line was opened to the public.
In 1881 S.S. Ceylon begins first round-the-world cruise from Liverpool.
In 1916 Jackie Gleason, Comedian, born.
In 1919 U.S. Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
In 1920 Tony Randall, actor (The Odd Couple), born.
In 1928 Fats Domino, singer, born.
In 1932 Johnny Cash, singer, The Man in Black, born.
In 1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field.
In 1952 PM Winston Churchill announced that Britain had its own atomic bomb.
In 1954 First typesetting machine (photo engraving) used at Quincy, Mass.
In 1955 First aviator to bail out at supersonic speed - G. F. Smith.
In 1969 Levi Eshkol dies, Golda Meir becomes premier of Israel.
In 1970 Beatles release Beatles Again a.k.a. Hey Jude album.
In 1986 Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees in defeat, takes up residence in Hawaii with wife Imelda.
In 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. Islamic terrorists detonate a bomb in the World Trade Centre. 168 people killed in the first terrorist attack on United States soil.
In 1995 Barings Bank disaster. Nick Leeson loses billions of Pounds Sterling in offshore investments, ruining Barings Bank.
Oh and... I was Born too :)
Amongst friends and well wishers... just saying Thank you and god bless to everyone.
posted by Incredibly Indian @ 11:36 AM
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