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February 26

On This Day in History

February 26

February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 308 days remain until the end of the year (309 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Arizona lottery retailer employee sued after buying $12.8 million ticket knowing it was a winner. An employee at an Arizona Lottery retailer is being taken to court after purchasing a lottery ticket he already knew won a $12.8 million jackpot in The Pick.
2024: Three Calgary friends claim $50M lottery prize after 17 years playing together. Three friends who have playing the lottery together for 17 years are now multi-millionaires, thanks to a Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot win.
2021: New Jersey Lottery publishes report on 2020 anonymous prize claims. Yesterday, the New Jersey Lottery published a review of all prizes over $1 million claimed by anonymous winners in 2020 since the recent enactment of legislation that allows winners to choose to remain anonymous.
2019: Canadian lottery scammers fined $4.6 million. A father and his daughter were each fined $2.3 million for their roles in an insider lottery scam.
2019: Fortune cookie's advice leads man to $100,000 jackpot. A Maryland man said a piece of advice from a fortune cookie turned out to be prescient when he won a $100,000 lottery jackpot.
2018: Lottery becoming a central issue in Alabama governor's race. A lottery has long been debated in Alabama, and in this year's Governor's race the creation of a statewide lottery is becoming a central issue.
2017: Virginia couple wins lottery for fourth time. A Virginia couple has gotten good at winning the lottery, claiming their fourth major prize on Valentine's Day.
2017: $11 million Illinois lottery winner had goosebumps head-to-toe. After nearly two weeks of mystery an Illinois man from Benton has been identified as the winner of the Feb. 13 Illinois Lottery drawing.
2016: Ex-wife of big UK lottery winner still wouldn't take him back. The ex-wife of the man who won a £32.5 million (US$45.5 million) lottery jackpot has said she would not take her former spouse back, even with his multi-million fortune.
2013: N.J. Gov. Christie signs online gambling bill. New Jersey on Tuesday became the biggest state yet to allow regulated online gambling, establishing a template that proponents hope other states will follow for a business that federal authorities long treated as a criminal enterprise.
2013: Wyoming Legislature works on lottery bill compromise. The Wyoming Legislature will vote on a compromise plan for lottery proceeds conceived by a panel of House and Senate legislators.
2013: Tax on Kentucky Lottery tickets no longer being considered. Kentucky lawmakers won't pursue a 6% tax on lottery tickets as a source of revenue to shore up the state's financially troubled pension system for government retirees.
2012: Iowa Lottery to give away millions from jackpot mystery. The Iowa Lottery announced plans Friday to give away $2 million in cash prizes, including a $1 million prize at the Iowa State Fair, with the state's share of a leftover jackpot that went unpaid after a New York lawyer refused to explain how he ended up with the winning ticket.
2009: More Arkansas lottery details emerge. Depending on how much money it collects, Arkansas' state-run lottery could fund college scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $5,500 annually under a draft bill released to lawmakers Wednesday.
2009: Man accused of cashing stolen lottery tickets. A Baltimore man's alleged attempts to cash lottery tickets stolen in a September armed robbery at a Hampstead gas station may have won him nothing but a trip to jail.
2007: Lottery results cell phone service is first of its kind. txtGroups, Inc. and Lottery Post announced today that they are joining forces to provide instant lottery results to North American SMS subscribers.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $52 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $52 million, with a cash option of $28.4 million.
2004: 3rd time of 'almost lucky' still pays $175,000. Enos and Linda Blankenship of Thaxton, Virginia have had five of six winning numbers in the lottery - three times.
2004: Rebecca Paul Says Tenn. Lottery Should Reach Funding Goal. Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul said at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday the lottery should reach its goal of raising $88 million for education the first year, and may have some left over for preschool education.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$563 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2024
2.$458 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2026
3.$393.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2024
4.$322 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2019
5.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2018
6.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2006
7.$266 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2016
8.€210 Million US$254.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2021
9.$249.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2025
10.$245 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2019
11.$237 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2026
12.$222 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2018
13.$216 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2014
13.$216 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2007
15.$197 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2025
16.€159 Million
US$187.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2026
17.€162.75 Million
US$183.41 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2022
18.$182.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2011
19.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2009
20.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2009
21.€126.18 Million
US$148.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2026
22.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2023
23.€113.95 Million
US$137.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2021
24.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2008
25.$131.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: ChikdifHoris
Friday, Feb 26, 1993
33 years old
1984: Grovel
Sunday, Feb 26, 1984
42 years old
1982: Money Rose
Friday, Feb 26, 1982
44 years old
1980: Sweets1980
Tuesday, Feb 26, 1980
46 years old
1977: Jayjayered
Saturday, Feb 26, 1977
49 years old
1975: Sasi
Wednesday, Feb 26, 1975
51 years old
1972: alwaysbamn
Saturday, Feb 26, 1972
54 years old
1970: Dangel26
Thursday, Feb 26, 1970
56 years old
1967: gina30k
Sunday, Feb 26, 1967
59 years old
1963: Wjred123
Tuesday, Feb 26, 1963
63 years old
1962: Ricky718
Monday, Feb 26, 1962
64 years old
1960: candy apple
Friday, Feb 26, 1960
66 years old
1959: greenapple
Thursday, Feb 26, 1959
67 years old
1958: soothsayer
Wednesday, Feb 26, 1958
68 years old
1956: ir10
Sunday, Feb 26, 1956
70 years old
1950: drturi
Sunday, Feb 26, 1950
76 years old
1949: J R-LOTTOC*$H!
Saturday, Feb 26, 1949
77 years old
1947: oldanthony
Wednesday, Feb 26, 1947
79 years old
1946: lady phantom
Tuesday, Feb 26, 1946
80 years old
1944: NamVet
Saturday, Feb 26, 1944
82 years old
1943: huggy1
Friday, Feb 26, 1943
83 years old
: girlsugar
(year not provided)
: dx123
(year not provided)
: tojacobs
(year not provided)
: paguyse
(year not provided)
: Cashemin
(year not provided)
: Sir Conch
(year not provided)
: thetruthpicks
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
2019: Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot, Pakistan.
2013: A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
2012: A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2012: Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.
2008: The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
1995: The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
1993: World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
1992: First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
1987: Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1980: Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
1979: The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
1971: U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1966: Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
1960: A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
1960: A Kyiv-bound Aeroflot airliner crashes on approach to Snilow Airport in Lviv, killing 32 of the 33 people on board.
1952: Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
1945: World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
1936: In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.
1935: Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1935: Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
1929: President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1919: President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
1914: HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1909: Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
1876: Japan 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.
1870: The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intended as a demonstration for a subway line, opens.
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
1794: The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
1775: The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
1616: Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
1606: The Janszoon voyage of 1605-06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
1365: The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya.
1266: Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
1074: Battle of Kemej: The royal army of Solomon, King of Hungary defeats the force of his rebellious cousin Duke Géza.
364: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
320: Chandragupta I is officially crowned as the first Gupta Emperor.
747 BC: According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.

Births On This Day

2003: Jamal Musiala, German footballer
2002: Gerard Martín, Spanish footballer
2002: César Tárrega, Spanish footballer
2000: Yeat, American rapper
1997: Jessie Bates, American football player
1994: Jacob Trouba, American ice hockey player
1994: Mahra Al Maktoum, Emirati princess.
1993: Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player
1992: Mikael Granlund, Finnish hockey player
1991: Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer
1991: Kevin Plawecki, American baseball player
1990: Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler
1989: Gabriel Obertan, French footballer
1986: Mārtiņš Karsums, Latvian ice hockey player
1986: Hannah Kearney, American skier
1986: Teresa Palmer, Australian actress
1985: Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
1984: Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
1984: Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter
1984: Beren Saat, Turkish actress
1983: Jerome Harrison, American football player
1983: Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1982: Li Na, Chinese tennis player
1982: Matt Prior, South African-English cricketer
1982: Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter
1981: Kevin Dallman, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player
1981: Kertus Davis, American race car driver
1981: Simon Maljevac, Slovenian politician
1981: Robert Mathis, American football player
1981: Oh Seung-bum, South Korean footballer
1981: Sharon Van Etten, American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
1980: Steve Blake, American basketball player
1979: Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: Steve Evans, Welsh footballer
1979: Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1978: Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer
1977: Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player and coach
1977: Greg Rikaart, American actor
1977: Tim Thomas, American basketball player
1977: James Wan, Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer
1977: Shane Williams, Welsh rugby union player
1976: Nalini Anantharaman, French mathematician
1976: Chad Urmston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: P. J. Axelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1974: Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne
1974: Sébastien Loeb, French racing driver
1974: Bonnie Somerville, American actress
1973: Marshall Faulk, American football player
1973: Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager
1973: Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
1972: Maz Jobrani, American comedian and actor
1971: Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1971: Max Martin, Swedish-American record producer and songwriter
1971: Hélène Segara, French singer-songwriter and actress
1970: Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player and executive
1970: Mark Harper, English accountant and politician, former Secretary of State for Transport and former Minister of State for Immigration
1969: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer
1968: Tim Commerford, American bass player
1968: Leif Rohlin, Swedish ice hockey player
1967: Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
1967: Gene Principe, Canadian sports reporter and broadcaster
1966: Garry Conille, Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1966: Marc Fortier, French-Canadian ice hockey player
1966: Jennifer Grant, American actress
1966: Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
1965: James Mitchell, American wrestler and manager
1964: Mark Dacascos, American actor, martial artist, and television personality
1963: Chase Masterson, American actress, singer, and activist
1962: Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician
1960: Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1959: Rolando Blackman, Panamanian-American basketball player
1959: Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
1958: Greg Germann, American actor and director
1958: Liza 'N' Eliaz, Belgian, transgender, hardcore DJ (died 2001)
1958: Susan Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
1958: Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
1957: David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
1957: Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach
1957: John Jude Palencar, American artist and illustrator
1957: Keena Rothhammer, American swimmer
1956: Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
1955: Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
1954: Prince Ernst August of Hanover
1954: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, 12th President of Turkey
1953: Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor
1953: Barbara Niven, American actress and writer
1951: Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (died 2014)
1950: Jonathan Cain, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950: Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1950: Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (died 2026)
1949: Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts (died 2023)
1949: Elizabeth George, American author and educator
1949: Emma Kirkby, English soprano
1948: Sharyn McCrumb, American author
1947: Sandie Shaw, English singer and psychotherapist
1946: Colin Bell, English footballer (died 2021)
1946: Bingo Smith, American basketball player (died 2023)
1946: Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1945: Peter Brock, Australian racing driver (died 2006)
1945: Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress
1945: Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter
1944: Christopher Hope, South African author and poet
1944: Ronald Lauder, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria
1943: Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
1943: Bill Duke, American actor and director
1943: Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
1943: Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1981)
1942: Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager (died 2018)
1940: Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (died 2013)
1939: Chuck Wepner, American boxer
1937: Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (died 2011)
1936: José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (died 2014)
1934: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
1933: James Goldsmith, French-British businessman and politician (died 1997)
1932: Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2003)
1931: Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2004)
1931: Robert Novak, American journalist and author (died 2009)
1931: Josephine Tewson, English actress (died 2022)
1928: Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2017)
1928: Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2014)
1927: Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor (died 2020)
1926: Doris Belack, American actress (died 2011)
1926: Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (died 2015)
1926: Henry Molaison, American medical patient (died 2008)
1925: Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee (died 2020)
1924: Marc Bucci, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (died 2002)
1924: Noboru Takeshita, Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2000)
1922: Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007)
1922: Margaret Leighton, English actress (died 1976)
1921: Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (died 2007)
1920: Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (died 2005)
1920: Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (died 2004)
1920: Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (died 2006)
1919: Mason Adams, American actor (died 2005)
1918: Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (died 2013)
1918: Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (died 1980)
1918: Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (died 1985)
1916: Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (died 1987)
1914: Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director (died 1986)
1911: Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (died 1996)
1910: Vic Woodley, English footballer (died 1978)
1909: Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic (died 1994)
1909: Talal of Jordan (died 1972)
1908: Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (died 1980)
1908: Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (died 1971)
1908: Jean-Pierre Wimille, French racing driver (died 1949)
1906: Madeleine Carroll, English actress (died 1987)
1903: Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
1903: Orde Wingate, English general (died 1944)
1902: Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (died 1991)
1900: Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (died 1989)
1900: Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (died 1988)
1899: Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1994)
1896: Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (died 1948)
1893: Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
1893: Dorothy Whipple, English novelist (died 1966)
1887: Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (died 1950)
1887: William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (died 1966)
1887: Stefan Grabiński, Polish author and educator (died 1936)
1885: Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (died 1969)
1882: Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (died 1968)
1881: Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet (died 1948)
1880: Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer (died 1972)
1879: Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (died 1941)
1877: Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (died 1959)
1877: Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (died 1968)
1871: Matti Turkia, Finnish politician (died 1946)
1866: Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (died 1930)
1866: Gustave Mathieu, French anarchist illegalist, suspected of being one of Ravachol's main accomplices (died 1947)
1861: Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (died 1948)
1861: Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician (died 1939)
1857: Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (died 1926)
1852: John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (died 1943)
1846: Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (died 1917)
1842: Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author (died 1925)
1829: Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (died 1902)
1808: Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (died 1879)
1808: Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (died 1871)
1802: Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1885)
1786: François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (died 1853)
1777: Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (died 1854)
1770: Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist (died 1836)
1746: Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (died 1804)
1729: Anders Chydenius, Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (died 1803)
1720: Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (died 1803)
1718: Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (died 1773)
1714: Biagio Bellotti, Italian painter and architect (died 1789)
1677: Nicola Fago, Italian composer and teacher (died 1745)
1672: Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (died 1757)
1671: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (died 1713)
1651: Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic (died 1689)
1629: Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Scottish peer (died 1685)
1587: Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (died 1639)
1584: Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (died 1666)
1564: Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator (died 1593)
1416: Christopher of Bavaria (died 1448)
1361: Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (died 1419)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (born 1985)
2017: Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (born 1919)
2016: Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1932)
2016: Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (born 1933)
2015: Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (born 1916)
2015: Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (born 1917)
2015: Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
2015: Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (born 1960)
2014: Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (born 1933)
2014: Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (born 1927)
2013: Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (born 1926)
2013: Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (born 1917)
2013: Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (born 1922)
2012: Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
2011: Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1926)
2010: Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (born 1974)
2009: Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1932)
2009: Wendy Richard, English actress (born 1943)
2009: Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1947)
2008: Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (born 1925)
2006: Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (born 1905)
2005: Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (born 1943)
2004: Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (born 1905)
2004: Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (born 1956)
2002: Lawrence Tierney, American actor (born 1919)
2000: George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1913)
2000: Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (born 1916)
1998: Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
1997: David Doyle, American actor (born 1929)
1995: Jack Clayton, English director and producer (born 1921)
1994: Bill Hicks, American comedian (born 1961)
1993: Constance Ford, American model and actress (born 1923)
1989: Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (born 1911)
1985: Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
1981: Robert Aickman, English author and activist (born 1914)
1981: Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (born 1896)
1969: Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1895)
1969: Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)
1966: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (born 1883)
1961: Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (born 1878)
1961: Mohammed V of Morocco (born 1909)
1952: Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (born 1878)
1951: Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (born 1912) executed with 21 others
1950: Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (born 1870)
1947: Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1868)
1945: Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (born 1860)
1943: Potato Creek Johnny, American gold prospector (born c. 1866)
1943: Theodor Eicke, German general (born 1892)
1936: February 26 Incident: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1854)
1936: February 26 Incident: Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1858)
1936: February 26 Incident: Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (born 1874)
1931: Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1847)
1930: Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (born 1863)
1921: Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (born 1840)
1913: Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (born 1835)
1906: Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (born 1874)
1903: Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (born 1818)
1895: Kathinka Kraft, Norwegian memoirist (born 1826)
1889: Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (born 1838)
1887: Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (born 1865)
1883: Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1817)
1869: Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1827)
1864: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (born 1807)
1839: Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (born 1761)
1821: Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (born 1753)
1815: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (born 1737)
1813: Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (born 1746)
1806: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (born 1762)
1802: Esek Hopkins, American admiral (born 1718)
1790: Joshua Rowley, English admiral (born 1730)
1770: Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1692)
1726: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (born 1662)
1723: Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (born 1653)
1638: Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (born 1581)
1630: William Brade, English violinist and composer (born 1560)
1625: Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (born 1568)
1611: Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (born 1533)
1608: John Still, English bishop (born 1543)
1603: Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, spouse of Maximilian II (born 1528)
1577: Eric XIV of Sweden (born 1533)
1548: Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (born 1514)
1462: John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English politician (born 1408)
1360: Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English commander (born 1328)
1349: Fatima bint al-Ahmar, Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (born c.1260)
1275: Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (born 1240)
1266: Manfred, King of Sicily (born 1232)
1154: Roger II of Sicily (born 1095)
943: Muirchertach mac Néill, King of Ailech (Ireland)
420: Porphyry of Gaza, Greek bishop and saint (born 347)

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