Today's
EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Hans
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: National Tell A Fairy Tale
Day: -- Have a happily ever after kind of day - it's National Tell
A Fairy Tale Day! What were once oral histories, myths, and
legends retold around the fire or by traveling storytellers, have
been written down and become known the world over as fairy tales.
The origins of most fairy tales would fail today's standards of
the Association of Fairy Tales. They told unseemlily tales and
would be rated as inappropriate for children. Most traveling
storytellers told fairy tales with dramatic detail to make
children behave, teach a lesson or pass the time much like ghost
stories around a campfire today. Many of the stories have some
basis in truth. For example, some believe Margarete von Waldeck,
the daughter of the 16th century Count of Waldeck, inspired the
story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The area of Germany
where the family lived was known for mining. Some of the tunnels
were so tight they had to use children - or small people such as
dwarfs - to work the mines. Margarete's beauty is well documented,
and her stepmother sent her away. Margarete also fell in love with
a prince but mysteriously died before she could have her happily
ever after. As the stories evolved, they took on a more magical
quality with fictional characters such as fairies, giants,
mermaids and gnomes, and sometimes gruesome story plots. Toes cut
off to fit into a slipper, a wooden boy killing his cricket, or
instead of kissing that frog prince his head must be cut off, but
those are the unrated versions. The brothers Grimm collected and
published some of the more well-known tales we are familiar with
today. Jakob and his brother Wilhelm set out on a quest to
preserve these tales at a time in history when a tradition of oral
storytelling was fading. In 1812, they published their first
volume of stories titled Household Tales. Their stories' darker
qualities were clearly meant for an adult audience.
Rumpelstiltskin is one of the tales they collected. Several other
versions exist and the little man claimed many different names
across Europe. From Trit-a-trot in Ireland to Whuppity Stoorie in
Scotland, Rumplestiltskin makes it difficult for historians to
identify him. While some storytellers have a long and sometimes
ancient history such as Aesop (The Fox and the Goose, The Ant and
the Grasshopper), others are more recent like the Grimm brothers.
First published in 1829, Hans Christian Andersen brought to us
written versions of the Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling,
The Little Mermaid, and many more. Where Grimm's tales could take
on a darker cast and unmistakably written with adults in mind,
Andersen's stories are sweet and warm. So share your favorite
fairy tale with friends and family. Try relating them from memory
as this has long been a tradition. Visit a library or local
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Tex Avery:
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: Tex Avery Day: -- February
26, 1908: #BOTD: #HBD! Tex Avery, American animator, director, and
voice actor known for producing animated cartoons during the
Golden Age Of American Animation (d. August 26, 1980) is #born
Frederick Bean Avery in Taylor, Texas. His most significant work
was for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, crucial
in the evolution of Bugs Bunny, creating Daffy Duck, Droopy, and
Screwy Squirrel, and developing Porky Pig and Chilly Willy into
the personas for which they are remembered. Avery' style of
directing encouraged animators to stretch the boundaries of the
medium to do things in a cartoon that could not be done in the
world of live-action film. An often-quoted line about Avery'
cartoons was, "In a cartoon you can do anything." Tex
Avery died of lung cancer at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank,
California at the age of 72. At the time of his death, he was
developing a character named "Cave Mouse" for a new
Flintstones series. His last words according to Chuck Jones, when
watching a baseball game with another animator, were "I don't
know where animators go when they die, but I guess there must be a
lot of them. They could probably use a good director though."
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: Carnival Day: -- The perfect
reason to let loose and party. A carnival is the perfect excuse to
enjoy a large-scale party with all the trimmings and thrills. One
has only to think back to the heady days of childhood to conjure
up images of candy floss, amusing sideshows, and rides that give
you butterflies. And if you have yet to experience the magic of
the carnival, now is as good a time as any! We love the fact that
the actual officiation of Carnival Day remains a mystery because
it goes well with the idea of what the carnival is, and what it
represents. For ages now, the carnival has always had an air of
mystery and allure to it, probably because it provided certain
thrills which could not be experienced elsewhere. Even in cultural
studies, the term 'carnivalesque' developed from the word
carnival, due to the disruptive and subversive connotations it
holds. This idea was first introduced in the mid-1900s, in the
writings of Russian linguist and literary critic, Mikhail Bakhtin.
According to Bakhtin, the carnival is a space where societal norms
can be subverted for a time, through the use of humor and a touch
of chaos (sounds like a party!). To trace the roots of Carnival
Day, we must go back to the history of the traveling carnival
itself. Way back, as early as 98 A.D., is the first written
account by the Roman historian Tacitus, about carnivals taking
place among Germanic tribes to celebrate the end of winter. We're
sure that there may have been other people groups worldwide, who
had similar festivities. During the Middle Ages in Europe, as
commerce began to burgeon and shape the economic landscape,
agricultural shows and trade fairs began to emerge. It is fair to
say that these were the seeds for what eventually became the
traveling carnival. By 1861, children's rides, which were powered
by steam, had been invented but were not yet in use at carnivals.
It was not until the 1890s that the traveling carnival, as we know
it today, really came into being in the U.S. The pivotal event was
the World's Columbian Exposition fair held in Chicago, in 1893, to
celebrate 400 years since Columbus arrived in the Americas. It
featured the world's first Ferris Wheel and a Midway Plaisance - a
strip of ground about a mile long that featured sideshows like
vaudeville and burlesque, mechanical rides, games of luck or
chance, and curiosity displays. By 1937, the number of carnival
companies grew to 300. In some cases, circuses may also be a part
of the traveling carnival, though the appeal of the carnival was
mainly due to the sideshows, which often offered the layman a
chance to glimpse dangerous or societally 'forbidden' spectacles.
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: National Set A Good Example
Day: -- When we observe kindness in others, we are often inspired
to offer kindness ourselves. Someone set a good example for us to
follow, and we must continue those good examples for others in our
lives. National Set A Good Example Day on February 26th encourages
us to set a good example that inspires others. Everyone influences
others. The influence could be positive or negative. Even from a
young age, we experience good and bad behavior. Parents can
positively influence their children at an early age. Additionally,
many others, such as our extended families, educators, mentors,
community leaders, and even organizations, can positively
influence us in many ways. Some of the ways we can easily set a
good example include: Demonstrating kindness. Being compassionate.
Acting with fairness. Practicing tolerance. Being just. Treating
others with respect.These good examples reflect a person's values
and positively affect them and others. Setting a good example can
be applied in every setting, including home, school, work, and in
the community at large. Set A Good Example Day encourages
individuals of any age and from any background to contribute to
the well being of others. A simple act of kindness, consideration,
or good conduct enhances the person and the whole community.
National Set A Good Example Day encourages everyone to demonstrate
thoughtfulness, courtesy, graciousness, and common sense values
and virtues in their daily lives. Get caught helping another
person. Wear an attitude of respect for other human beings.
Develop the tools in yourself to be efficient, productive, and
responsible, and let others see you using these tools. You can
also: Celebrate others who set good examples. Let them know how
their leadership impacts your life. Be a good example. Demonstrate
positive virtues every day so others can benefit. They will be
more likely to set a good example themselves. Recognize good
examples at work, home, school, and in your community. Share the
good examples you find valuable in your life by using
#SetAGoodExampleDay on social media! The Way to Happiness
Foundation International founded National Set A Good Example Day
on February 26, 2022, to celebrate those who are setting good
examples for others and to encourage more people to do the same.
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: Black Lives Matter Day (The
Killing Of Trayvon Martin): -- February 26, 2012: #DOTD: #RIP:
Trayvon Martin, African American teen, is killed during a walk to
a convenience store by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man of
mixed race who was a neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated
community where Martin was visiting relatives at the time of the
shooting. As of 2023, Zimmerman identifies as Hispanic on voter
registration forms, and in August 2015 began selling prints of his
painting of the Confederate battle flag in conjunction with a gun
seller of Florida Gun Supply in Inverness, Florida, Andy Hallinan,
who is known for saying that Muslims were not welcome at his
store, and that it was "Muslim free". The 2012 acquittal
of Zimmerman from the charge of second-degree murder and his being
set free caused a wave of widespread anger which led to nationwide
campaigns centered around fairness and justice for Black people.
Black Lives Matter Day is celebrated annually on February 26 in
remembrance of Trayvon Martin, and the movement's name is now a
chant against racial discrimination and violence toward black
people. Black people are generally considered those coming from
Africa and settling in different parts of the world. The theory
has it, that among the three sons of Noah, Ham settled in Africa
and his descendants are the ones we currently see living there and
expanding into other areas as well. Although all this is heavily
theoretical, ever since the African dynasties of Hamitic origins
lost control of their lands, and Semitic dynasties took over
around 1300 B.C., the Hamitic population has been enslaved in one
form or the other. Black people have been persecuted and
mistreated heavily, sold into slavery, and have been deprived of
basic human rights. In hopes of better lives and living
conditions, they have migrated to different parts of the world
where mostly nothing drastically changed for them. Those who
migrated to America during pre-colonial times and after the
American Independence were enslaved until the Civil War when
slavery was abolished. Slavery might have ended but it resulted in
the start of hate crimes, all because black people were not white,
and so many people in the world believed in white superiority. All
this time we have continuously seen black people suffering. They
are casually mistreated, discriminated against, and looked upon
with hatred. Some people go the extra mile and murder black
people. A similar thing happened on February 22, 2012, when a
17-year-old African-American teen boy was shot dead by a
Hispanic-American man, George Zimmerman, in Florida. Incidents
like the killing of George Floyd by a white policeman have proven
that black lives have no value. United against this persecution,
Black Lives Matter Day started as a decentralized movement to end
racial discrimination and injustice. Different social
organizations and bodies have raised their voices in favor of
Black Lives Matter, and have openly supported the cause. Ever
since the killing of George Floyd, the chant has gathered greater
support and has been advertised on almost every major forum. On
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: Kuwait Liberation Day: --
February 26, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War:
The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert
Storm: -- Iraqi troops flee from Kuwait City. Following this,
President of Iraq Saddam Hussein announces that Iraq will withdraw
from Kuwait totally and accept the UN resolution. Saddam never did
renounce Iraqi claims over Kuwait. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 -
February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2,
1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of
troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm
(January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a
war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United
States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation
of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the
Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: Kuwait Liberation Day: --
February 26, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War:
The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Gulf War
(The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: The
Highway Of Death: -- About 10,000 retreating Iraqi troops are
killed when coalition aircraft bombed their stolen civilian and
military vehicles; this becomes known as "The Highway Of
Death:. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991),
codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17,
1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense
of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 -
February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by
coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against
Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The
war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War,
First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq
War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Muhammad
Ali Documentaries And Entire Fights DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, February 26, 2026
( #JCKaelin here: When the events
depicted in the movie "Rocky" involving Chuck Wepner
occurred, *they happened in the house I own and live in whose
basement is the office where I'm writing this right now*, as he
lived in what was then an apartment located in our home's second
floor, a home located in the First Ward 12th District of Bayonne
in the northwestern side of Constable Hook. I have been known,
after a weightlifting workout down here beside my office chair, to
step out onto our home's front steps and belt out the lyrics
"GETTING STRONG NOW!" just for laughs! I've regularly
walked by his museum-in-progress at Dillon Tire, at the top of the
rise on Kennedy Boulevard as seen from my house, to and from the
post office to ship my DVDs for decades, and we bank at the same
branch on Broadway. My lovely wife graduated from the same high
school as him (as did Barney Frank I might add, located across the
street from a pizzeria that was once a favorite soda fountain
meeting place for the Beat Generation writers of the late 1950s
such as Jack Kerouac, Herbert Huncke and Gregory Corso [don't know
if Allen Ginsberg or Neal Cassady hung out there, too, but it's as
likely as not, as hanging out in such places was then a Beat
thing]). Everyone in town it seems has a story or three about
Chuck, and he can regularly be seen cruising down "The
Boulevard" in his vintage white Lincoln Continental with
spoked wheels sporting vanity license plates that read "THE
CHAMP" :D ) . ========= February 26, 1939: #BOTD: #HBD! Chuck
Wepner, nicknamed "The Bayonne Bleeder", American
professional boxer, is #born Charles Wepner in New York City into
a family of German, Ukrainian, and Polish descent. Wepner learned
to fight on the streets of Bayonne, New Jersey, saying, "This
was a tough town with a lot of people from the docks and the naval
base and you had to fight to survive". Wepner was about a
year old when he moved in with his grandmother on 28th Street near
Hudson Boulevard (now Kennedy Boulevard). He was raised by his
mother and grandparents, living in a room that was a converted
coal shed until he was 13. He was an avid player of sports in his
youth, playing basketball for the Police Athletic League. At
Bayonne High School, his height helped him get a spot on the
basketball team. At the age of 15, Wepner decided he would join
the U.S. Marines, inspired by the movie Battle Cry. In the
Marines, he became a member of the boxing team, developing a
reputation for being able to withstand other boxers' punches, and
becoming a military champion at one of the airbases. A 1975 Sports
Illustrated article said that Wepner had saved the lives of three
Marine pilots, pulling them from blazing airplanes. He fell just
nineteen seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world
heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 championship fight.
Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former
world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell. He was also the last man
to fight former undisputed world heavyweight champion Sonny
Liston. Wepner's boxing career, and fight with Ali after, inspired
the 1976 film Rocky, and other life events were chronicled in the
2016 film, Chuck. He was also the subject of the 2019 film The
Brawler. Nicknamed "The Bayonne Bleeder" due to repeated
facial injuries in the ring, he took the name that was initially
meant as an insult and made it his nom de guerre. In an interview
with the BBC, Wepner said "I was a big bleeder. I had 328
stitches in my career. My nose was broken nine times in 16 years.
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The
History Of Jazz A Video Retrospective DVD, MP4 Download, USB Drive
Today, February 26, 2026
( #JCKaelin here: This was my Dad's
father's favorite Jazz recording, and he considered it the most
important and influential song of his life. He saw the Original
Dixieland Jass Band (who shortly after recording this song renamed
themslves "Jazz Band") when they came to perform live in
New York City not long after they recorded it there, both seminal
events in the history of Jazz. He said that for days afterwards,
in the streets of New York's Hell's Kitchen where he lived, people
were singing it, playing their records of it with the phonograph
horn projecting out their windows so that folks in the street
could hear it, and dancing to it. A slice of musical history not
to be repeated! ) ========= February 26, 1917: Recording Sessions:
First Recordings: -- Livery Stable Blues, the first Jazz audio
recording, is recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band for
Victor Records at its studio in New York City at 46 West 38th
Street on the 12th floor, as it was the top floor of the building;
recordings of that era typically chose the top floors of buildings
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Today, February 26, 2026
( #JCKaelin here: I saw Canned Heat
perform live at the legendary Fillmore East theater in 1968 at the
tender age of 7 with my Dad and a couple of his brothers. They
were using the new Marshall high-wattage amplifiers that were
about to revolutionize live rock performances due to its GREAT
LOUDNESS. The Fillmore East was a small venue, and the band wanted
to be LOUD. They succeeded -- it was SO loud that I tried
screaming at the top of my lungs to find out if I could hear
myself, and I couldn't; I told my Dad as soon as we left the
theatre that I did that, and he said he did the same thing and he
couldn't hear himself either -- as did one of his brothers, too!
The Bear spent much of the performance trying to fix bassist Larry
Taylor's amp, which kept breaking down, likely because he thought
that amp would "go to eleven" as he blew out at least
one of his tubes as he was trying to have his bass be heard over
the others! The Bear, aptly named because he was enormous, was
wearing a pair of yellow Dr. Denton pajamas. What a weird,
wonderful, unforgettable experience! :) ) ========= February 26,
1943: #BOTD: #HBD! Bob Hite, nicknamed "The Bear",
American singer-songwriter and musician, co-founder of the
psychedlic blues-rock band Canned Heat (d. April 5, 1981) is #born
Robert Ernest Hite in Torrance, California. He was the co-lead
vocalist of the American blues-rock band Canned Heat, from 1965 to
his death in 1981. The Bear was introduced to singer Alan Wilson
by guitarist Henry Vestine, and the two of them helped convince
Chicago blues pianist Sunnyland Slim, who Studs Terkel called "a
living piece of our folk history, gallantly and eloquently
carrying on in the old tradition" (1906-1995) to get back
into the recording studio to record. In 1965, aged 22, Hite formed
a band with Wilson. Vestine joined soon after and this trio formed
the core of Canned Heat. The trio were eventually joined by Larry
Taylor (bass) and Frank Cook (drums). Hite performed with Canned
Heat at Woodstock in August 1969. The performances were not
included in the original (1970) film Woodstock, but are in the
1994 "Director's Cut" version. It appears that Canned
Heat's 'Woodstock Boogie' sung by The Bear was on the original
cut. Canned Heat appeared on a November 1969 episode of Playboy
After Dark. Hite was invited to talk with Hugh Hefner after the
performance, along with other guests Sonny and Cher, Vic Damone,
Dick Shawn and Larry Storch. A 20-year-old Lindsay Wagner, playing
the part of one of Hefner's party guests, sat on Hite's lap and
played a party game. When asked by Hefner what kind of animal Hite
would be if he were an animal, Wagner claimed he'd be a bear. Hite
told her she got it right, that people called him "The Bear."
It was also on this episode that Hite informed Hugh Hefner that he
had over 15,000 78 RPM records. The Bear produced the John Lee
Hooker and Canned Heat album, Hooker 'N Heat (1971). On April 5,
1981, during a break between sets at The Palomino Club in North
Hollywood, Hite was handed a drug vial by a fan. Thinking it
contained cocaine, Hite stuck a straw into the vial and snorted
it. The drug turned out to be heroin and Hite turned blue and
collapsed. A group of roadies put Hite in the band's van and drove
him to a nearby home, where he died, aged 38. His burial details
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26, 1616: Christianity: Roman
Catholicism: The Latin Church (Latin: Ecclesia Latina): The Roman
Curia: The Roman Inquisition (Suprema Congregatio Sanctae Romanae
Et Universalis Inquisitionis [Latin: "The Supreme Sacred
Congregation Of The Roman And Universal Inquisition"]): The
Galileo Affair: -- Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman
Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth
orbits the sun. Galileo was an Italian astronomer, physicist and
polymath, and a central figure in the transition from natural
philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the
scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution. Galileo's
championing of heliocentrism and Copernicanism was controversial
during his lifetime, when most subscribed to either geocentrism or
the Tychonic system. He was the first astronomer to use a
telescope. He met with opposition from astronomers, who doubted
heliocentrism because of the absence of an observed stellar
parallax. The matter was investigated by the Roman Inquisition in
1615, which concluded that heliocentrism was "foolish and
absurd in philosophy, and formally heretical since it explicitly
contradicts in many places the sense of Holy Scripture."
Galileo later defended his views in Dialogue Concerning the Two
Chief World Systems, which appeared to attack Pope Urban VIII and
thus alienated him and the Jesuits, who had both supported Galileo
up until this point. He was tried by the Inquisition, found
"vehemently suspect of heresy", and forced to recant. He
spent the rest of his life under house arrest. While under house
arrest, he wrote one of his best-known works, Two New Sciences, in
which he summarized work he had done some forty years earlier on
the two sciences now called kinematics and strength of materials.
Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the
principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion and also
worked in applied science and technology, describing the
properties of pendulums and "hydrostatic balances",
inventing the thermoscope and various military compasses, and
using the telescope for scientific observations of celestial
objects. His contributions to observational astronomy include the
telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of
the four largest satellites of Jupiter, the observation of
Saturn's rings (though he could not see them well enough to
discern their true nature) and the analysis of sunspots. Known for
his work as astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and
mathematician, Galileo has been called the "father of
observational astronomy", the "father of modern
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26, 1802: #BOTD: #HBD! Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, playwright of the Romantic movement, considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers, reputed Freemason, reputed Rosicrucian, reputed Martinist, reputed Grandmaster of The Priory Of Sion (d. May 22, 1885) is #born Victor-Marie Hugo in Besancon in Eastern France, the youngest son of Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo (1774-1828), a general in the Napoleonic army, and French painter Sophie Trebuchet. Outside of France, Victor Hugo's most famous works are the novels Les Miserables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831. In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Legende des siecles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. Many of his works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the musicals Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Miserables. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. Some writers claim he was a Freemason, while others write that he was a Rosicrucian or a Martinist. Despite a lack of written record establishing his status as a Mason, Hugo's writings contain numerous references to Freemasonry and its philosophies. Although he had requested a pauper's funeral, he was awarded a state funeral by decree of President Jules Grevy. More than two million people joined his funeral procession in Paris from the Arc de Triomphe to the Pantheon, where he was buried. He shares a crypt within the Pantheon with Alexandre Dumas and Emile Zola. Hugo left five sentences as his last will, to be officially published: "I leave 50,000 francs to the poor. I want to be buried in their hearse. I refuse funeral orations of all churches. I beg a prayer to all souls. I believe in God.". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/seofteseboti.html
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February 26, 1815: The Age Of
Enlightenment (The Enlightenment, The Age Of Reason): The Age Of
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French Revolutionary And Napoleonic Wars (The Great French War)
(The French Revolutionary Wars, The Napoleonic Wars): The
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Napoleon's Escape From The Principality Of Elba: -- Napoleon
Bonaparte escapes aboard the Elban Navy brig Inconstant along with
with 700 men from the island of Elba, which had been established
as The Principality Of Elba (Italian: Principato D'Elba) following
the Treaty of Fontainebleau on April 11, 1814 for him both to rule
over as Emperor and to be imprisoned on for the rest of his life.
The Allies had invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of
1814, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April. In the Treaty of
Fontainebleau, the Allies exiled Napoleon to Elba, an island of
12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 10 km (6 mi) off the
coast of Tuscany. They gave him sovereignty over the island and
allowed him to retain the title of Emperor. Napoleon attempted
suicide with a pill he had carried after nearly being captured by
the Russians during the retreat from Moscow. Its potency had
weakened with age, however, and he survived to be exiled, while
his wife and son took refuge in Austria. He was conveyed to the
island on HMS Undaunted by Captain Thomas Ussher, and he arrived
at Portoferraio on May 30, 1814. In the first few months on Elba
he created a small navy and army, developed the iron mines,
oversaw the construction of new roads, issued decrees on modern
agricultural methods, and overhauled the island's legal and
educational system. A few months into his exile, Napoleon learned
that his ex-wife Josephine had died in France. He was devastated
by the news, locking himself in his room and refusing to leave for
two days. Separated from his wife and son, who had returned to
Austria, cut off from the allowance guaranteed to him by the
Treaty of Fontainebleau, and aware of rumours he was about to be
banished to a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, Napoleon
escaped from Elba aboard The Inconstant. Two days later, he landed
on the French mainland at Golfe-Juan, a seaside resort on France's
Cote d'Azur (The French Riviera) on the Mediterranean coastline of
the southeast corner of France, and started heading north to begin
what became known as The Hundred Days, the period between
Napoleon's arrival in Paris on March 20, 1815 to take control of
France again and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on
July 8, 1815 (a period of 110 days). The Allies responded to
Napoleon's resumption of power by forming a Seventh Coalition,
which went on to defeat Napoleon at the Battle Of Waterloo on June
18, 1815. With this final defeat, Napoleon was exiled by the
British him to the remote island of Saint Helena in the South
Atlantic, where he died six years later at the age of 51.
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February 26, 1846: #BOTD: #HBD! Buffalo
Bill, American soldier, Medal Of Honor recipient, scout, bison
hunter, showman and Freemason (d. January 10, 1917) is #born
William Frederick Cody in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S.
state of Iowa). Buffalo Bill Cody lived for several years in his
father's hometown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, before the family
returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory.
Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his
father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 14.
During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to
the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout
for the US Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal Of
Honor in 1872. One of the most colorful figures of the American
Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only
twenty-three. He claimed to have killed over 4,000 buffalo within
17 months. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that
displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian
Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his
large company on tours for 30 years in the United States and,
beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and continental Europe.
Buffalo Bill died in Denver, Colorado, aged 70. He was baptized in
the Catholic Church the day before his death by Father Christopher
Walsh of the Denver Cathedral. He received a full Masonic funeral.
Upon the news of Cody's death, tributes were made by King George
V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and President Woodrow Wilson. His funeral
service was held at the Elks Lodge Hall in Denver. The governor of
Wyoming, John B. Kendrick, a friend of Cody, led the funeral
procession to the cemetery. At the time of his death, Cody's
once-great fortune had dwindled to less than 100K USD
(approximately 2.115M USD in January 2023). He left his burial
arrangements with his wife. She said that he had always said he
wanted to be buried on Lookout Mountain, which was corroborated by
their daughter Irma, Cody's sisters, and family friends. But other
family members joined the people of Cody in saying that he should
be buried in the town he founded. On June 3, 1917, Cody was buried
on Lookout Mountain, in Golden, Colorado, west of Denver, on the
edge of the Rocky Mountains, overlooking the Great Plains (not
Lookout Mountain, Georgia). His burial site was selected by his
sister Mary Decker. In 1948 the Cody chapter of the American
Legion offered a 10K USD reward to anyone who could steal Cody's
body and deliver it to Cody, Wyoming. In response, the Denver
chapter of the American Legion mounted a guard over the grave.
There are still rumors about the true burial place of Buffalo Bill
Cody, although Lookout Mountain has a gravesite behind a fence and
under concrete, Cody, Wyoming also claims that a great body swap
was carried out before he was buried in Colorado and instead he is
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February 26, 1852: #BOTD: John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, businessman, inventor, physician, mystic and racist, dry breakfast cereals pioneer, largely responsible for the creation of the flaked-cereal industry and co-inventor of corn flakes in particular (d. December 14, 1943) is #born John Harvey Kellogg in Tyrone, Michigan. Kellogg was an advocate of theological modernism and the Progressive Movement. He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, founded by members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. It combined aspects of a European spa, a hydrotherapy institution, a hospital and high-class hotel. Kellogg treated the rich and famous, as well as the poor who could not afford other hospitals. Kellogg was an advocate of theological modernism and held beliefs different from that of traditional Nicene Christianity. He rejected original sin, inherent human depravity, and held non-Christocentric views, viewing Jesus' atonement as "his exemplary life" on Earth rather than on the Cross. Becoming a Seventh-Day Adventist, (SDA) as their beliefs shifted towards Trinitarianism during the 1890s, Adventists were "unable to accommodate the essentially liberal understanding of Christianity" exhibited by Kellogg, viewing his theology as pantheistic and unorthodox. Disagreements with other members of the SDA led to a major schism within the SDA : he was disfellowshipped in 1907, but continued to follow many of their beliefs and directed the sanitarium until his death. Kellogg helped to establish the American Medical Missionary College in 1895. The college operated independently until 1910, when it merged with Illinois State University. As an early proponent of the germ theory of disease, Kellogg was well ahead of his time in relating intestinal flora and the presence of bacteria in the intestines to health and disease. The sanitarium approached treatment in a holistic manner, actively promoting vegetarianism, nutrition, the use of enemas to clear "intestinal flora", exercise, sun-bathing, and hydrotherapy, as well as the abstention from smoking tobacco, drinking alcoholic beverages, and sexual activity. Kellogg dedicated the last 30 years of his life to promoting eugenics. He co-founded the Race Betterment Foundation, co-organized several National Conferences on Race Betterment and attempted to create a 'eugenics registry'. Alongside discouraging 'racial mixing', Kellogg was in favor of sterilizing 'mentally defective persons', promoting a eugenics agenda while working on the Michigan Board of Health and helping to enact authorization to sterilize those deemed 'mentally defective' into state laws during his tenure. Kellogg was a major leader in progressive health reform, particularly in the second phase of the clean living movement. He wrote extensively on science and health. His approach to "biologic living" combined scientific knowledge with Adventist beliefs, promoting health reform, and temperance. Many of the vegetarian foods that Kellogg developed and offered his patients were publicly marketed: Kellogg's brother, Will Keith Kellogg, is best known today for the invention of the breakfast cereal corn flakes. John Harvey Kellogg died in Battle Creek, Michigan of unspecified causes, aged 91. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek. In his will, Kellogg left his entire estate to The Race Betterment Foundation, his racist eugenics and racial hygiene organization he founded in 1914 in Battle Creek, Michigan due to his concerns about what he called "race degeneracy". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/kebrcoflkibi.html
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February 26, 1882: #BOTD: #HBD! Husband
E. Kimmel, American admiral who at the time of the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor commander in chief of the United States Fleet
(CINCUS) and the U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) (d. May 14, 1968)
is #born Husband Edward Kimmel in Henderson, Kentucky to Sibella
"Sibbie" Lambert Kimmel (1846-1919) and Major Manning
Marius Kimmel (1832-1916), a graduate of West Point who fought
with the Union side during the American Civil War before switching
allegiance to the Confederate States Army to fight alongside his
neighbors. Admiral Kimmel was removed from command after the
December 1941 attack and reduced from four-star to the two-star
rank of rear admiral. He retired from the Navy in early 1942.
Historians agree that the United States was completely unprepared
for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at all levels. Japanese
military forces enjoyed clear superiority in training, equipment,
experience and planning over the Americans. The extent to which
Kimmel himself bore responsibility for the unreadiness of his
Pacific Fleet has been a matter of debate. Some, such as submarine
Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach, concluded that Admiral
Kimmel and General Short, who was also dismissed from command,
were made scapegoats for the failures of superiors in Washington.
Kimmel's supporters point to a series of bureaucratic foul-ups and
circumstances beyond anyone's control that led to the fleet's lack
of preparedness, including poor atmospheric conditions that
blocked a radio warning from the War Department to Pearl Harbor of
a possible attack, forcing it to be sent as a telegram, which
delayed it long enough for the attack to start before Kimmel could
get it. Edwin T. Layton (later Rear Admiral Layton), chief
intelligence officer for Kimmel and one of the officers who knew
Kimmel best, provided support for Kimmel's position. Layton argued
Kimmel had not been provided complete information and that Kimmel
deployed the few reconnaissance resources at his disposal in the
most logical way, given the available information. On the other
hand, Kimmel's critics point out that he had been ordered 10 days
prior to the attack to initiate a "defensive deployment"
of the fleet. Kimmel, thinking the main threat to the fleet was
sabotage, kept much of the fleet in port and did not place the
fleet on alert. When his intelligence unit lost track of Japan's
aircraft carriers, he did not order long-range air or naval
patrols to assess their positions. Husband E. Kimmel died in
Groton, Connecticut, aged 86. He is buried at The United States
Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1994 Kimmel's
family, including his grandson, South Carolina broadcaster Manning
Kimmel IV, attempted for the third time to have Kimmel's four-star
rank reinstated. President Bill Clinton denied the request, as had
Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. On May 25, 1999, the
United States Senate, by a vote of 52-47, passed a non-binding
resolution to exonerate Kimmel and Short and requested that the
President of the United States posthumously restore both men to
full rank. President Clinton did not act on the resolution, nor
did his successors, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The Senate
enquiry in 2000 issued a lengthy exoneration of Kimmel's conduct.
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February 26, 1887: #BOTD: #HBD! William
Frawley, American vaudevillian and actor of stage, screen and
television, best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the
sitcom I Love Lucy, also played "Bub" O'Casey during the
first five seasons of the sitcom My Three Sons and the political
advisor to the Hon. Henry X. Harper (Gene Lockhart) in the film
Miracle On 34th Street (d. March 3, 1966) is #born William Clement
Frawley in Burlington, Iowa, the second son in a family of four
children to Michael A. Frawley (1857-1907) and Mary E. (Brady)
Frawley (1859-1921). He attended Catholic schools and sang in the
choir at St. Paul's Catholic Church. As he got older, he played
small roles in local theater productions at the Burlington Opera
House, and performed in amateur shows, though his mother, a highly
religious woman, discouraged such activities. Frawley began his
career in Vaudeville in 1914 with his wife, Edna Louise Broedt.
Their comedy act, "Frawley and Louise", continued until
their divorce in 1927. He performed on Broadway multiple times. In
1916, he signed with Paramount Studios and appeared in more than
100 films over the next 35 years. For his achievements in the
field of motion pictures, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame, at 6322 Hollywood Blvd, on February 8, 1960. He is
memorialized, as well, in the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in
Jamestown, New York, which also contains his "Hippity-Hoppity"
(frog) costume from an episode of I Love Lucy. Both Frawley and
Vivian Vance were inducted into the Television Academy Hall of
Fame in March 2012. William Frawley died of a heart attack while
walking on Hollywood Boulevard, five days after his 79th birthday.
Upon learning of his death, Desi Arnaz immediately took out a
full-page ad in all the trade papers, with the words: "Buenas
noches, amigo." Arnaz, Fred MacMurray, and My Three Sons
executive producer Don Fedderson were pallbearers at his funeral,
and he was buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission
Hills, Los Angeles County, California. Lucille Ball said: "I've
lost one of my dearest friends and show business has lost one of
the greatest character actors of all time. Those of us who knew
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February 26, 1903: #BOTD: #HBD! Orde
Wingate, English Major General renown for his creation of the
Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory
during the Burma Campaign of World War II (d. March 24, 1944) is
#born Orde Charles Wingate in Nainital, United Provinces of Agra
and Oudh, British India (now in Uttarakhand, India). Wingate was
an exponent of unconventional military thinking and the value of
surprise tactics. Assigned to Mandatory Palestine, he became a
supporter of Zionism, and set up a joint British-Jewish
counter-insurgency unit. Under the patronage of the area commander
Archibald Wavell, Wingate was given increasing latitude to put his
ideas into practice during World War II. He created units in
Abyssinia and Burma. At a time when Britain was in need of
morale-boosting generalship, Wingate attracted British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill's attention with a self-reliant
aggressive philosophy of war, and was given resources to stage a
large-scale operation. The last Chindit campaign may have
determined the outcome of the Battle of Kohima, although the
offensive into India by the Japanese may have occurred because
Wingate's first operation had demonstrated the possibility of
moving through the jungle. In practice, both Japanese and British
forces suffered severe supply problems and malnutrition. Wingate
was killed in an aircraft accident late in the war. The casualty
rate the Chindits suffered, especially from disease, is a
continuing controversy. Wingate believed that resistance to
infection could be improved by inculcating a tough mental
attitude, but medical officers considered his methods unsuited to
a tropical environment. Orde Wingate died in a USAAF B-25 Mitchell
bomber of the 1st Air Commando Group which crashed into jungle
hills of present-day Manipur in northeast India, the result of
Wingate's overloading the plane with two extra journalists
contrary to the pilot's protest, killing all 10 men aboard.
Wingate and the nine other crash victims were initially buried in
a common grave close to the crash site near the village of
Bishnupur in the present-day state of Manipur in India. The bodies
were charred beyond recognition, hence individuals could not be
identified under medical practices of the day, as identification
from dental records was not possible. Since five of the ten crash
victims, including both pilots, were Americans, all ten bodies
were exhumed in 1947 and reburied in Imphal, India and yet again
exhumed in 1950 and flown to Arlington National Cemetery in
Virginia for reburial. The exhumation was possible due to a
three-way agreement among the governments of India, United Kingdom
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February 26, 1916: #BOTD: #HBD! Jackie
Gleason, American comedian, actor, writer, singer, composer,
conductor and ufologist known affectionately as "The Great
One" (d. June 24, 1987) is #born Herbert Walton Gleason Jr.
at 364 Chauncey Street in the Stuyvesant Heights (now
Bedford-Stuyvesant) section of Brooklyn. He was baptized John
Herbert Gleason[ and grew up at 328 Chauncey Street, Apartment 1A,
an address he later used for Ralph and Alice Kramden on The
Honeymooners). Developing a style and characters from growing up
in Brooklyn, New York, he was known for his brash visual and
verbal comedy, exemplified by his bus driver Ralph Kramden
character in the television series The Honeymooners. By filming
the episodes with Electronicams, Gleason was later able to release
the series in syndication, which increased its popularity over the
years with new audiences. He also developed The Jackie Gleason
Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through
1970. After originating in New York City, filming moved to Miami,
Florida, in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there.
Among his notable film roles were Minnesota Fats in 1961's The
Hustler (co-starring with Paul Newman), and Buford T. Justice in
the Smokey and the Bandit series from 1977 into the early 1980s
(co-starring Burt Reynolds). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s,
Gleason enjoyed a prominent secondary music career, producing a
series of best-selling "mood music" albums. His first
album, Music for Lovers Only, still holds the record for the
longest stay on the Billboard Top Ten Charts (153 weeks), and his
first 10 albums sold over a million copies each. To date his
output spans some 20-plus singles, nearly 60 long-playing record
albums, and over 40 CDs. Gleason was greatly interested in the
paranormal, buying and reading numerous books on the topic, as
well as on parapsychology and UFOs. In the mid-1950s he built a
compound of spaceship-shaped houses in Peekskill, New York with a
main house called the Mother Ship and a guest house called the
Scout Ship. During that time he was a semi-regular guest on a
paranormal-themed overnight radio show hosted by John Nebel, and
wrote the introduction to Donald Bain's biography of Nebel. After
his death, his large book collection was donated to the library of
the University of Miami. A complete listing of the holdings of
Gleason's library has been issued by the online cataloging service
LibraryThing. According to writer Larry Holcombe, Gleason's known
interest in UFOs allegedly prompted President Richard Nixon to
share some information with him and to disclose some UFO data
publicly. According to a story Gleason's second wife, Beverly
McKittrick Gleason, gave to the National Enquirer, Nixon allegedly
took Gleason to Homestead Air Force Base, Florida to see preserved
alien bodies during the evening of February 19, 1973. In a July 9,
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February 26, 1919: #BOTD: #HBD! Mason
Adams, American character actor and voice-over artist (d. April
26, 2005) is #born Mason Abrams in Brooklyn, New York. Mason Adams
was heard rom the late 1940s until the early 1970s in numerous
radio programs and voiceovers for television commercials. In the
early 1970s he moved into acting and from 1977 to 1982 held
perhaps his most known role, that of Managing Editor Charlie Hume
on Lou Grant. He also acted in numerous other television and movie
roles, most prominently Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and
F/X (1986). He earned an MA degree from the University of Michigan
in Theatre Arts and Speech and also attended the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, studying theater arts. He made his stage debut
in 1940, appearing in summer stock at Baltimore's Hilltop Theater.
Adams was heard on many radio programs during Radio's Golden Age.
A notable recurring role was that of Pepper Young in Pepper
Young's Family, which aired from 1947 to 1959. He also portrayed
the deadly Nazi Atom Man in a classic 1945 serial on the radio
version of The Adventures of Superman. During the 1960s, Adams was
ubiquitous as a voiceover actor in television commercials for
foods and household products, most notably for Chiffon margarine
and Crest toothpaste ("Helps stop cavities before they
start"). He also did the vocal part of the television
commercials for Smucker's preserves ("With a name like
Smucker's, it has to be good!"), a role he resumed in his
later years. His voiceover work resumed in the 1980s when he began
providing the voiceover for Cadbury Creme eggs, which were
advertised on television with Adams' catchy slogan, "Nobunny
knows Easter better than him [the Cadbury Bunny]." Also in
the 1980s, Adams did voice-over TV commercials for
Sherwin-Williams Paints, as well as radio commercials for the
Salvation Army. In addition, Adams was the narrator for Kix
commercials in the 1990s as well as a few Dentyne commercials and
a few Swanson commercials. He was also the announcer for a 1992
WCBS-TV news promo, as well as a 1986 Lysol commercial. In the
early 1990s, he narrated Frontiers of Flight, a Discovery Channel
series on milestones of aviation. In one of the early episodes of
Sesame Street, he voiced a cartoon featuring a "jazzy"
triangle and a "square" square. He voiced those two, as
well as being the narrator, with jazz music in the background.
This cartoon was repeated on the show for many years, well into
the 1980s. During the 1970s, Adams was a co-star of the NBC soap
opera Another World and in 1976 he was in the original 1976
Broadway cast for Checking Out. Following that he landed perhaps
his most famous role, Managing Editor Charlie Hume in the
television series Lou Grant, which aired from 1977 to 1982.
Appearing in the show for its entire run, he landed three straight
Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in 1979, 1980 and
1981, each year alongside his Lou Grant co-star Robert Walden, who
played reporter Joe Rossi. During his run on Lou Grant, Adams
performed perhaps his most often seen role, as the US president in
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981). He also appeared in popular
TV movies, such as The Deadliest Season (1977), Revenge of the
Stepford Wives (1980) and The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982). In
1983, Adams joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory
Company for their first repertory season, appearing in Paradise
Lost, Rain, Inheritors, and The Hasty Heart. This season was
presented initially Off-Off-Broadway at The Real Stage Acting
School and was moved Off-Broadway to the Theatre at St. Peter's
Church. In 1986, he starred as Col. Edward Mason, one of his most
famous feature film roles, in the movie F/X starring Bryan Brown
and Brian Dennehy, and in 1991 he appeared in the action movie Toy
Soldiers. In 1993, Adams starred as Walter Warner Sr. in the movie
Son in Law starring Pauly Shore, and after that he had roles in
Houseguest (1995), Touch (1997) and The Lesser Evil (1998). In the
1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon he played Senator
Clinton P. Anderson. His final role was in the series finale of
Oz. Mason Adams died of natural causes aged 86 in Manhattan, New
York, aged 86. His remains were cremated; the final disposition of
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February 26, 1920: #BOTD: #HBD! Tony
Randall, American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and director
(d. May 17, 2004) is #born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish
family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anthony Leonard Randall is best known
for his role as Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965
play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. In a career spanning about six
decades, Randall received six Golden Globe Award nominations and
six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 1975 for his
work on the sitcom The Odd Couple. Randall served for four years
with the United States Army Signal Corps in World War II,
including work at Arlington Hall for the codebreaking Signal
Intelligence Service. Tony Randall died in his sleep at NYU
Medical Center of pneumonia that he had contracted following
coronary bypass surgery in December 2003. He had been hospitalized
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February 26, 1921: #BOTD: #HBD! Betty
Hutton, American stage, film, and television actress, comedian,
dancer, singer and beauty (d. March 12, 2007) is #born Elizabeth
June Thornburg in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her sister, Marion
Hutton, is best remembered for her singing with the Glenn Miller
Orchestra from 1938 to 1942. The two of them started singing with
their mother in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old.
Troubles with the police kept the family on the move. She appeared
in several musical shorts for Warner Bros., Queens of the Air
(1938), Three Kings and a Queen (1939), Public Jitterbug No. 1
(1939), and One for the Book (1940). Hutton was cast in a Broadway
show, Two for the Show (1940) which ran for 124 performances. The
show was produced by Buddy DeSylva, who then cast Hutton in Panama
Hattie (1940-42). This was a major hit running for 501
performances. It starred Ethel Merman; despite rumors through the
years that Merman demanded from envy that Hutton's musical numbers
be reduced from the show, more careful reports demonstrate that
producer Buddy DeSylva chose to cut just one song of three, "They
Ain't Done Right by Our Nell," due to Hutton's "always
in overdrive" performance style. When DeSylva became a
producer at Paramount Pictures, Hutton was signed to a featured
role in The Fleet's In (1942), starring Paramount's number-one
female star Dorothy Lamour, alongside Eddie Bracken and William
Holden. The film was popular and Hutton was an instant hit with
the moviegoing public. Hutton was one of the many Paramount
contract artists who appeared in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942). The
studio did not immediately promote her to major stardom but did
give her the second lead in a Mary Martin film musical, Happy Go
Lucky (1943). The response was positive and Hutton was given
co-star billing with Bob Hope in Let's Face It (1943). During that
year, she made 1250 USD per week. In 1942, writer-director Preston
Sturges cast Betty as the dopey but endearing small-town girl who
gives local troops a happy send-off and wakes up married and
pregnant, but with no memory of who her husband is, except that a
few "z's" were in his name. This film, The Miracle of
Morgan's Creek, was delayed by Hays Office objections and Sturges'
prolific output and was finally released early in 1944. The film
made Hutton a major star; Sturges was nominated for a Best Writing
Oscar, the film was named to the National Film Board's Top Ten
films for the year, and the National Board of Review nominated the
film for Best Picture of 1944, and awarded Betty Hutton the award
for Best Acting for her performance. The New York Times named it
as one of the 10 Best Films of 1942-1944. Critic James Agee noted
that "the Hays office must have been raped in its sleep"
to allow the film to be released. And although the Hays Office
received many letters of protest because of the film's subject
matter, it was Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1944, playing
to standing-room-only audiences in some theatres. Paramount kept
Hutton busy, putting her in And the Angels Sing (1944) with Fred
MacMurray and Dorothy Lamour, and Here Come the Waves (1944) with
Bing Crosby. Both were huge hits. On the strength of Hutton's
success, she signed a recording contract with the newly formed
Capitol Records (she was one of the earliest artists to do so).
Buddy DeSylva, one of Capitol's founders, also co-produced her
next hit, the musical Incendiary Blonde (1945), where she played
Texas Guinan. It was directed by veteran comedy director George
Marshall and Hutton had replaced Lamour as Paramount's top female
box-office attraction. Hutton was one of many Paramount stars in
Duffy's Tavern (1945), and was top billed in The Stork Club (1945)
with Barry Fitzgerald, produced by DeSyvla. Hutton went into Cross
My Heart (1946) with Sonny Tufts, which she disliked. She did
however enjoy the hugely popular The Perils of Pauline (1947),
directed by Marshall, where she sang a Frank Loesser song that was
nominated for an Oscar: "I Wish I Didn't Love You So."
Hutton's relationship with Paramount began to disintegrate when
DeSylva left the studio due to illness (he would die in 1950).
"After I left I started doing scripts that I knew weren't
good for me." Hutton's next screen triumph came in Annie Get
Your Gun (1950) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which hired her to
replace Judy Garland in the role of Annie Oakley. The film, with
the leading role retooled for Hutton, was a smash hit, with the
biggest critical praise going to Hutton. She was billed above Fred
Astaire in the 1950 musical Let's Dance. Hutton was one of several
stars in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). She made an unbilled
cameo in Sailor Beware (1952) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, a
remake of The Fleet's In, in which she portrayed Dean's
girlfriend, Hetty Button. She made Somebody Loves Me (1952), a
biography of singer Blossom Seeley, with Ralph Meeker. Hutton then
clashed with Paramount. The New York Times reported that the
dispute resulted from her insistence that her husband at the time,
choreographer Charles O'Curran, direct her in a film. In April
1952 Hutton returned to Broadway, performing in Betty Hutton and
Her All-Star International Show. In July 1952 she announced she
and her husband would form a production company. She left
Paramount in August. Hutton got work in radio, appeared in Las
Vegas where she had a great success. She had the rights to a
script about Sophie Tucker but was unable to raise funds. In 1954,
TV producer Max Liebman, of comedian Sid Caesar's Your Show of
Shows, fashioned his first "Color Spectacular" as an
original musical written especially for Hutton, Satins and Spurs.
Hutton's last completed film was a small one, Spring Reunion
(1957). It was a financial disappointment. She also became
disillusioned with Capitol's management and moved to RCA Victor.
In 1957, she appeared on a Dinah Shore show on NBC that also
featured Boris Karloff; the program has been preserved on a
kinescope. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz took a chance on Hutton in
1959, with their company Desilu Productions giving her a CBS
sitcom, The Betty Hutton Show. Hutton hired the still-blacklisted
and future film composer Jerry Fielding to direct her series. They
had met over the years in Las Vegas when he was blacklisted from
TV and radio and could get no other work, and her Hollywood career
was also fading. It was Fielding's first network job since losing
his post as musical director of Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life
in 1953 after hostile questioning by HUAC. The Betty Hutton Show
ended after 30 episodes. Hutton continued headlining in Las Vegas
and touring across the country. She returned to Broadway briefly
in 1964 when she temporarily replaced a hospitalized Carol Burnett
in the show Fade Out - Fade In. She guest starred on shows like
The Greatest Show on Earth, Burke's Law and Gunsmoke. In 1967, she
was signed to star in two low-budget Westerns for Paramount, but
was fired shortly after the projects began. After the 1967 death
of her mother in a house fire and the collapse of her last
marriage, Hutton's depression and pill addictions escalated. She
divorced her fourth husband, jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, when she
discovered he'd fallen in love with Edie Adams (who would become
Candoli's second wife). She declared bankruptcy the same year.
After losing her singing voice in 1970, Hutton had a nervous
breakdown and later attempted suicide. She regained control of her
life through rehabilitation, and the mentorship of a Roman
Catholic priest, Father Peter Maguire. Hutton converted to Roman
Catholicism, and took a job as a cook at a rectory in Portsmouth,
Rhode Island. She made national headlines when it was revealed she
was practically penniless and working in a rectory. After an
aborted comeback in 1974, she was hospitalized with emotional
exhaustion. Later that year, a well-publicized "Love-In for
Betty Hutton" was held at New York City's Riverboat
Restaurant, emceed by comedian Joey Adams, with several old
Hollywood pals on hand. The event raised 10K USD for Hutton and
gave her spirits a big boost, but steady work still eluded her.
Hutton appeared in an interview with Mike Douglas and a brief
guest appearance in 1975 on Baretta. In 1977, Hutton was featured
on The Phil Donahue Show. Hutton was then happily employed as
hostess at a Newport, Rhode Island, jai alai arena. She also
appeared on Good Morning America, which led to a 1978 televised
reunion with her two daughters. Hutton began living in a shared
home with her divorced daughter and grandchildren in California,
but returned to the East Coast for a three-week return to the
stage. In 1980, she took over the role of Miss Hannigan during the
original Broadway production of Annie while Alice Ghostley was on
vacation. Ghostley replaced the original Miss Hannigan actress,
Dorothy Loudon (who won a Tony Award for the role). Hutton's
rehearsal of the song "Little Girls" was featured on
Good Morning America. Hutton's Broadway comeback was also included
in a profile that was done about her life, her struggle with
pills, and her recovery on CBS News Sunday Morning. A ninth-grade
drop-out, Hutton went back to school and earned a master's degree
in psychology from Salve Regina University in 1986. During her
time at college, Hutton became friends with singer-songwriter
Kristin Hersh and attended several early concerts of Hersh's band,
Throwing Muses. Hersh later wrote the song "Elizabeth June"
as a tribute to her friend, and wrote about their relationship in
further detail in her memoir, Rat Girl. Hutton's last known
performance, in any medium, was on Jukebox Saturday Night, which
aired on PBS in 1983. Hutton stayed in New England and began
teaching comedic acting at Boston's Emerson College. She became
estranged again from her daughters. After the death of her ally,
Father Maguire, Hutton returned to California, moving to Palm
Springs in 1999, after decades in New England. Hutton hoped to
grow closer to her daughters and grandchildren, as she told Robert
Osborne on TCM's Private Screenings in April 2000, though her
children remained distant. She told Osborne that she understood
their hesitancy to accept a now elderly mother. The TCM interview
first aired on July 18, 2000. The program was rerun as a memorial
on the evening of her death in 2007, and again on July 11, 2008,
April 14, 2009, January 26, 2010, and as recently as March 18,
2017. as part of TCM's memorial tribute for Robert Osborne. Betty
Hutton died at her home in Palm Springs, California from colon
cancer complications at the age of 86. She is buried at Desert
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February 26, 1923: #BOTD: #HBD! Richard
A. Peterson, fighter ace and a major in the United States Army Air
Forces (d. June 4, 2000) is #born Richard Allen Peterson in
Hancock, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota until
he left in June 1942 to become an aviation cadet. After finishing
flight training in March 1943, Peterson was assigned to the 357th
Fighter Group and had 15.5 air victories and destroyed 3.5
aircraft on the ground. His P-51 Mustang aircraft were named Hurry
Home Honey after his wife's letter closing. He is also known for
forcing a German pilot to bail out of his aircraft after
witnessing that same pilot deliberately shooting American airmen
in their parachutes, then retaliated by shooting him in his
parachute. After World War II, Peterson returned to the University
of Minnesota and obtained a degree in Architecture which became
his career. Peterson was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished
Flying Cross with 3 oak leaf clusters, and Air Medal with 10 oak
leaf clusters. Richard A. Peterson died of cancer in Minneapolis,
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February 26, 1928: #BOTD: Ariel Sharon,
Israeli general, politician, statesman, war hero and war criminal,
11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006 (d.
January 11, 2014) is #born in Kfar Malal, an agricultural moshav
(an Israeli agricultural settlement), then in Mandatory Palestine,
to Belarussian parents Shmuel Scheinerman (1896-1956) of
Brest-Litovsk and Vera (nee Schneirov) Scheinerman (1900-1988) of
Mogilev. His parents met while at university in Tiflis (now
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia), where Sharon's father was studying
agronomy (the use of agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals,
recreation, or land conservation) and his mother was studying
medicine. They immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1922 in the
wake of the Russian Communist government's growing persecution of
Jews in the region. Ariel "Arik" Sharon rose in the
ranks of the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948, participating
in the 1948 Palestine war as platoon commander of the Alexandroni
Brigade and taking part in several battles. Sharon became an
instrumental figure in the creation of Unit 101 and the reprisal
operations, including the 1953 Qibya massacre, as well as in the
1956 Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War of 1967, the War of Attrition,
and the Yom-Kippur War of 1973. Yitzhak Rabin called Sharon "the
greatest field commander in our history". Upon leaving the
military, Sharon entered politics, joining the Likud party, and
served in a number of ministerial posts in Likud-led governments
in 1977-92 and 1996-99. As Minister of Defense, he directed the
1982 Lebanon War. An official enquiry found that he bore "personal
responsibility" for the Sabra and Shatila massacre of
Palestinian refugees, for which he became known as the "Butcher
of Beirut" among Arabs. He was subsequently removed as
defense minister. From the 1970s through to the 1990s, Sharon
championed construction of Israeli settlements in the
Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. He became the leader of
the Likud in 1999, and in 2000, amid campaigning for the 2001
prime ministerial election, made a controversial visit to the
Al-Aqsa complex on the Temple Mount, triggering the Second
Intifada. He subsequently defeated Ehud Barak in the election and
served as Israel's prime minister from 2001 to 2006. As Prime
Minister, Sharon orchestrated the construction of the Israeli West
Bank barrier in 2002-2003 and Israel's unilateral disengagement
from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Facing stiff opposition to the latter
policy within the Likud, in November 2005 he left Likud to form a
new party, Kadima. He had been expected to win the next election
and was widely interpreted as planning on "clearing Israel
out of most of the West Bank", in a series of unilateral
withdrawals. Following a stroke on January 4, 2006, Sharon
remained in a permanent vegetative coma until his death eight
years later aged 85 at 14:00 local time (12:00 UTC) in the
long-term care facility of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan,
Israel. Sharon's state funeral was held on January 13 in
accordance with Jewish burial customs, which require that
interment take place as soon after death as possible. His body lay
in state in the Knesset Plaza from January 12 until the official
ceremony, followed by a funeral held at the family's ranch in the
Negev Desert. Sharon was buried beside his Romanian Jewish second
wife, Lily, younger sister of his first wife, Margalit, who died
in a car crash in May 1962. Sharon remains a highly polarizing
figure in Middle Eastern history. Israelis almost universally
revere Sharon as a war hero and statesman, whereas Palestinians
and Human Rights Watch have criticized him as a war criminal.
Human Rights Watch asserts that Sharon should have been held
criminally accountable for his role in a number of human rights
abuses, particularly the September 16-18, 1982 Sabra And Shatilla
Massacre in Lebanon, in which between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians,
mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias, were killed in Beirut's
Sabra neighbourhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp by the
Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias in Lebanon,
with the support of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Human Rights
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February 26, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD! Fats
Domino, African American pianist and singer-songwriter, one of the
pioneers of rock and roll music (d. October 24, 2017) is #born
Antoine Domino Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana. He sold more than 65
million records, and between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10
hits. During his career, Domino had 35 records in the U.S.
Billboard Top 40, and five of his pre-1955 records sold more than
a million copies, being certified gold. His musical style was
based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones,
bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums. His 1949 release "The
Fat Man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock
and roll record. His two most famous songs are "Ain't That A
Shame" and "Blueberry Hill". Fats Domino died at
his home in Harvey, Louisiana, at the age of 89, from natural
causes, according to the coroner's office. He is buried at Mount
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February 26, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Johnny
Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, author and actor (d.
September 12, 2003) is #born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas.
John R. Cash is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His
genre-spanning songs and sound embraced country, rock and roll,
rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won
Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock
and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Born in Arkansas to poor
cotton farmers, Cash rose to fame in the prominent country music
scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after four years in the United States
Air Force. Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice,
the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band
characterized by train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a
rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble
demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark, all-black stage
wardrobe, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".
He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself,
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash," followed by his signature song
"Folsom Prison Blues". Much of Cash's music contained
themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in
the later stages of his career. His other signature songs include
"I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire", "Get
Rhythm", and "Man in Black". He also recorded
humorous numbers like "One Piece at a Time" and "A
Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter,
called "Jackson" (followed by many further duets after
their wedding); and railroad songs including "Hey, Porter",
"Orange Blossom Special", and "Rock Island Line".
During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several
late-20th-century rock artists, notably "Hurt" by Nine
Inch Nails, "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden and "Rowboat"
by Beck. Johnny Cash died aged 71 at Baptist Hospital in Nashville
of complications from diabetes at around 2:00 am Central Time -
less than four months after his wife. He was buried next to her at
Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville,
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February 26, 1935: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: The Luftwaffe: The
History Of The Luftwaffe: -- Adolf Hitler orders the reformation
of the Luftwaffe, the aerial warfare branch of the Wehrmacht
unified armed forces of Germany, in violation of the provisions of
the Treaty Of Versailles. Germany's military air arms during World
War I, the Luftstreitkrafte of the Imperial Army and the
Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Imperial Navy had been disbanded in
May 1920 as a result of the terms of the Treaty Of Versailles
which stated that Germany was forbidden to have any air force.
During the interwar period, German pilots were trained secretly in
violation of the treaty at Lipetsk Air Base in Soviet Union. With
the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Versailles
Treaty, the Luftwaffe's existence was publicly acknowledged on 26
February 1935, just over two weeks before open defiance of the
Versailles Treaty through German re-armament and conscription
would be announced on 16 March. The Condor Legion, a Luftwaffe
detachment sent to aid Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil
War, provided the force with a valuable testing ground for new
tactics and aircraft. Partially as a result of this combat
experience, the Luftwaffe had become one of the most
sophisticated, technologically advanced, and battle-experienced
air forces in the world when World War II broke out in 1939. By
the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader
(wings). The Luftwaffe also operated Fallschirmjager paratrooper
units. The Luftwaffe proved instrumental in the German victories
across Poland and Western Europe in 1939 and 1940. During the
Battle Of Britain, however, despite inflicting severe damage to
the RAF's infrastructure and, during the subsequent Blitz,
devastating many British cities, the German air force failed to
batter the beleaguered British into submission. From 1942, Allied
bombing campaigns gradually destroyed the Luftwaffe's fighter arm.
From late 1942, the Luftwaffe used its surplus ground support and
other personnel to raise Luftwaffe Field Divisions. In addition to
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destruction of Allied bombers, the Luftwaffe was overwhelmed by
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trained pilots and aviation fuel. In January 1945, during the
closing stages of the Battle Of The Bulge, the Luftwaffe made a
last-ditch effort to win air superiority, and met with failure.
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military forces as a whole, the Luftwaffe ceased to be an
effective fighting force. After the defeat of Germany, the
Luftwaffe was disbanded in 1946. During World War II, German
pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories, while over 75,000
Luftwaffe aircraft were destroyed or significantly damaged. Of
these, nearly 40,000 were lost entirely. The Luftwaffe had only
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and later Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim for the
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industry employing tens of thousands of prisoners. The Luftwaffe's
demand for labor was one of the factors that led to the
deportation and murder of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews
in 1944. The Oberkommando der Luftwaffe organized Nazi human
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February 26, 1935: Radar: History Of
Radar: -- Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near
Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the
United Kingdom. Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was a Scottish
pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology. Watt
began his career in radio physics with a job at the Met Office,
the United Kingdom's national weather service, where he began
looking for ways to accurately track thunderstorms using the radio
signals given off by lightning. This led to the 1920s development
of a system later known as huff-duff. Although well publicized at
the time, the system's enormous military potential was not
developed until the late 1930s. Huff-duff allowed operators to
determine the location of an enemy radio in seconds and it became
a major part of the network of systems that helped defeat the
U-boat threat. It is estimated that huff-duff was used in about a
quarter of all attacks on U-boats. In 1935 Watt was asked to
comment on reports of a German death ray based on radio. Watt and
his assistant Arnold Frederic Wilkins quickly determined it was
not possible, but Wilkins suggested using radio signals to locate
aircraft at long distances. This led to a February 1935
demonstration where signals from a BBC short-wave transmitter were
bounced off a Handley Page Heyford aircraft. Watt led the
development of a practical version of this device, which entered
service in 1938 under the code name Chain Home. This system
provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air
Force win the Battle Of Britain. After the success of his
invention, Watson-Watt was sent to the US in 1941 to advise on air
defence after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. He returned and
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February 26, 1936: The Interwar Period
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October Incident (The Imperial Colors Incident): The February 26
Incident (The 2-26 Incident) (Japanese: Ni Ni-Roku Jiken): -- An
initially successful but ultimately failed coup occurs in Japan,
organized by the radical Imperial Way Faction (Kodoha), a group of
young Imperial Japanese Army officers, with the goal of purging
the government and military leadership of their factional rivals
and ideological opponents. Internal military opposition and the
anger of the Emperor seals the fate of the coup. Although the
rebels succeeded in assassinating several leading officials
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government center of Tokyo, they failed to assassinate Prime
Minister Keisuke Okada or secure control of the Imperial Palace.
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anger at the coup, meant they were unable to achieve a change of
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against them, the rebels surrendered on 29 February. Unlike
earlier examples of political violence by young officers, the coup
attempt had severe consequences. After a series of closed trials,
19 of the uprising's leaders were executed for mutiny and another
40 imprisoned. The Imperial Way Faction lost its influence within
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February 26, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Mitch
Ryder, American singer, songwriter and guitarist who has recorded
more than two dozen albums over more than four decades is #born
William S. Levise, Jr. Hamtramck, Michigan. His band Mitch Ryder
and The Detroit Wheels recorded several hit records for his
DynoVoice Records and New Voice labels in the mid to late 1960s,
most notably 1964's "Devil with a Blue Dress On", their
highest-charting single at number 4, "Jenny Take a Ride!",
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February 26, 1947: #BOTD: #HBD! Sandie
Shaw, English singer and psychotherapist, is #born Sandra Ann
Goodrich in Dagenham, then in Essex, England. Shaw was one of the
most successful British female singers of the 1960s. She had three
UK number one singles with "(There's) Always Something There
to Remind Me" (1964), "Long Live Love" (1965) and
"Puppet on a String" (1967). With "Puppet on a
String", she became the first British entry to win the
Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to the UK top 40, for the
first time in 15 years, with her 1984 cover of the Smiths song
"Hand in Glove". Shaw announced her retirement from the
music industry in 2013. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight
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Today, February 26, 2026
February 26: Levi Strauss Day: --
February 26, 1829: #BOTD: #HBD! Levi Strauss, German-born American
businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue
jeans, Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) in 1853 in San Francisco,
California (d. September 26, 1902) was born Lob Strauss into an
Ashkenazi Jewish family in Buttenheim in the Franconia region of
the Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Confederation. In 1847, aged
18, Strauss travelled with his mother and two sisters to the
United States to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun
a wholesale dry goods business in New York City called J. Strauss
Brother & Co., at 108 Liberty Street in Manhattan. After
arriving in New York, Strauss worked as an itinerant peddler of
goods from his brother's store: kettles, blankets and sewing
goods. Levi's sister Fanny and her husband David Stern moved to
St. Louis, Missouri, while Levi went to live in Louisville,
Kentucky, and sold his brothers' supplies there. Levi became an
American citizen in January 1853. The family decided to open a
West Coast branch of their dry goods business in San Francisco,
which was the commercial hub of the California Gold Rush. Levi was
chosen to represent them, and he took a steamship for San
Francisco, where he arrived in early March 1854 and joined his
sister's family. Strauss opened his wholesale business as Levi
Strauss & Co. and imported fine dry goods from his brothers in
New York, including clothing, bedding, combs, purses, and
handkerchiefs. He made tents and later jeans while he lived with
Fanny's growing family. Jacob W. Davis was one of his customers
and the inventor of riveted denim pants, and in 1871, he went into
business with Strauss to produce blue jeans. The two men patented
the new style of work pants in 1873. Levi Strauss, a member of the
Reform branch of Judaism, helped establish Congregation Emanu-El,
the first Jewish synagogue in the city of San Francisco. He also
gave money to several charities, including special funds for
orphans. The Levi Strauss Foundation started with an 1897 donation
to the University of California, Berkeley, that provided the funds
for 28 scholarships. The Levi Strauss museum is located in the
1687 house where Strauss was born Buttenheim, Germany. There is
also a visitors center at Levi Strauss & Co. headquarters in
San Francisco, which features historical exhibits. In 1994, he was
inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy
& Western Heritage Museum. Levi Strauss died aged 73 in San
Francisco, California, and was buried in the Home of Peace
Cemetery in Colma, California. He left his company to his four
nephews, Jacob, Sigmund, Louis, and Abraham Stern, the sons of his
sister Fanny and her husband David Stern. His estate was worth
about 6M USD (equivalent to 149M USD in 2020).
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26: Pete's Sake Day: -- A
celebration of "minced oaths" - an offensive word or
phrase is substituted by a polite phrase. Other examples include
'For crying out loud!' and 'Sugar!' Such euphemisms have been used
for centuries whenever people have done something clumsy or when
they simply need to vent. But why has 'For Pete's Sake' been
singled out for special attention? It is because Pete here is
likely to refer to St. Peter. However, it is a euphemism used in
replacement for God. Since its inception, For Pete's Sake Day has
garnered quite some popularity. The creators of For Pete's Sake
Day, Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holidays, only described the
day by saying "A world wonders -after all these years, who is
Pete and why do we do or not do things for his sake?". It
makes sense if you think about how often we use the phrase and how
prevalent it is in our daily vocabulary. While we don't know
everything about the phrase, we can learn a little bit about it.
'For Pete's sake' is a minced oath, a euphemistic saying where
words that are more acceptable to society replace words that are
considered rude. Minced oaths have been used for centuries. The
phrase being celebrated today perhaps came into being in the
1920s. An older version, 'for the love of Pete,' was recorded in
print in 1918. It was likely based on the saying 'for the love of
Mike,' which dates to the 1880s. This phrase was a euphemism for
"for the love of God," a saying that dates to the early
18th century. All of these sayings express frustration,
irritation, and annoyance, or sometimes even marvel or wonder.
Another similar phrase is 'For pity's sake,' which may help
explain why the word 'Pete' was chosen, being that they both start
with the letter 'P.' The most common speculation is that the Pete
being referenced in the phrase is none other than Saint Peter
himself. Whatever the reason behind the day might be, it's a fun
way to investigate the etymological roots of commonly used
phrases.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1964: The History Of Sports:
The History Of Sports In The United States: The History Of Boxing:
The History Of Heavyweight Boxing: -- The day after his victory in
the heavyweight boxing match Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay I,
Cassius Clay, having coverted to Islam, changes his name to
Cassius X, in accordance with the established naming protocols of
The Nation Of Islam (NOI). Cassius X would soon change his name
again, this time permanently. On March 6, 1964, Nation Of Islam
leader Elijah Muhammad announced in a radio address "This
Clay name has no meaning... Muhammad Ali is what I will give him
as long as he believes in Allah and follows me", naming him
after the Ottoman founder of modern Egypt who ruled from 1805 to
1848 and founder of The Muhammad Ali Dynasty that ruled Egypt
until the revolution of 1952 when King Farouk was overthrown by
the Free Officers Movement led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel
Nasser, establishing the Republic of Egypt.
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Today, February 26, 2026( #JCKaelin here: My own favorite Jazz
recording, the first "big band" recording, is Fletcher
Henderson's "Christopher Columbus, which features my favorite
jazz trumpeter, "Little Jazz" Roy Eldridge!) =========
February 26, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP: Roy Eldridge, African American
jazz trumpet player, reverently nicknamed "Little Jazz"
or just "Jazz", considered one of history's greatest
jazz trumpeters, along with earlier jazz trumpet innovator Louis
Armstrong, who strongly influenced him, and pioneer bebop pioneer
Dizzy Gillespie, whom Eldridge strongly influenced, and one of the
most influential of all musicians of the swing era, and a
precursor of the bebop era (b. January 30, 1911) #dies at the age
of 78 at the Franklin General Hospital in Valley Stream, New York,
three weeks after the death of his wife, Viola; after suffering a
heart attack in 1980, Eldridge gave up playing for health reasons.
Roy Eldridge was born David Roy Eldridge on the North Side of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Roy Eldridge had a sophisticated use of
harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions (a now common
chord substitution found in jazz as well as in classical music),
and his virtuosic solos, which teased up, down and around the main
melody, exhibited a departure from the smooth and lyrical style of
Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke before him, and laid the
foundation of the phrenetic and staccato style of Charlie Parker
and Dizzy Gillespie who followed him. Expert in jazz, swing and
big band music, his versatility and originality ensured his
involvement with a wide range of different jazz musicians and
styles, including Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holiday, Benny
Carter, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl
Hines, Count Basie (who called Eldridge "the greatest trumpet
I'd ever heard in my life"), Charles Mingus, Max Roach and
many more. As the featured soloist in the bands of Artie Shaw and
Gene Krupa, Eldridge was something of an exception, as black
musicians in the 1930s were not allowed to appear in public with
white bands. Artie Shaw commented on the difficulty Roy had in his
band, noting that "Droves of people would ask him for his
autograph at the end of the night, but later, on the bus, he
wouldn't be able to get off and buy a hamburger with the guys in
the band." Krupa, on at least one occasion, spent several
hours in jail and paid fines for starting a fistfight with a
restaurant manager who refused to let Eldridge eat with the rest
of the band. Eldridge has a Queens street sign at Liberty Ave,
part of the Jazz Greats along the Van Wyck Expressway which
commemorates Queens as the home of Jazz in the 40's and 50's. He
had his home in on 109th Avenue in Hollis, Queens.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1991: #DOTD: #RIP: Slim
Gaillard, also known as McVouty, African American bomber pilot,
jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone,
and tenor saxophone in a career that spanned music, film and
television for nearly six decades (b. January 9, 1911) #dies of
cancer in London, England, aged 80. He is buried at Pacific View
Memorial Park cemetery in Corona Del Mar, California. Slim
Gaillard was born Bulee Gaillard; along with Gaillard's date of
birth, his lineage and place of birth are disputed. Many sources
state that he was born in Detroit, Michigan, though he said that
he was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, of an Afro-Cuban mother called
Maria (Mary Gaillard) and a German-Jewish father called Theophilus
(Theophilus Rothschild) who worked as a ship's steward. During an
interview in 1989, Gaillard added: "They all think I was born
in Detroit because that was the first place I got into when I got
to America." However, the 1920 census lists one "Beuler
Gillard" as living in Pensacola, Florida, having been born in
April 1918 in Alabama. Researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc have
concluded that he was born in June 1918 in Claiborne, Alabama,
where a "Theophilus Rothchild" [sic] had been raised the
son of a successful merchant in the small town of Burnt Corn;
other documents give his name as Wilson, Bulee, or Beuler Gillard
or Gaillard. At the age of twelve, he accompanied his father on a
world voyage and was accidentally left behind on the island of
Crete. On a television documentary in 1989, he said, "When I
was stranded in Crete, I was only twelve years old. I stayed there
for four years. I traveled on the boats to Beirut and Syria and I
learned to speak the language and the people's way of life."
After learning a few words of Greek, he worked on the island
"making shoes and hats". He then joined a ship working
the eastern Mediterranean ports, mainly Beirut, where he picked up
some knowledge of Arabic. When he was about 15, he re-crossed the
Atlantic, hoping the ship would take him home to Cuba, but it was
bound for the U.S. and he ended up in Detroit. He never saw either
of his parents again. Alone and unable to speak English, he tried
to get a job at Ford Motor Company but was rejected because of his
age. He worked at a general store owned by an Armenian family,
with whom he lived for some time, then tried to become a boxer.
During Prohibition in 1931 or 1932, he drove a hearse with a
coffin that was packed with whiskey for the Purple Gang. He
attended evening classes in music and taught himself to play
guitar and piano. When Duke Ellington came to Detroit, he went
backstage and met his hero. Determined to become a musical
entertainer, he moved to New York City and entered the world of
show business as a "professional amateur". Gaillard
recalled much later: "The MC would say, "Here they come,
all the hopefuls!" Well, we may have been hopefuls but we
weren't amateurs. Of course, you had to be a little bad in spots.
If you were too good you'd lose the amateur image. I would be a
tap dancer this week, next week I'd play guitar, two weeks later
some boogie-woogie piano. They paid us 16 USD a show. I did one
with Frank Sinatra, I got 16 and he got 16. Every time I see him I
say, "Got a raise yet, Frank?" Slim Gaillard was noted
for his comedic vocalese singing and word play in his own
constructed language called "Vout-o-Reenee", for which
he wrote a dictionary. In addition to English, he spoke five
languages (Spanish, German, Greek, Arabic, and Armenian) with
varying degrees of fluency. He rose to prominence in the late
1930s with hits such as "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy
Floy)" and "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)" after
forming Slim and Slam with Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart.
During World War II, Gaillard served as a B-26 bomber pilot in the
Pacific. In 1944, he resumed his music career and performed with
notable jazz musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie,
and Dodo Marmarosa. In the 1960s and 1970s, he acted in
films-sometimes as himself-and also appeared in bit parts in
television series such as Roots: The Next Generations. In the
1980s, Gaillard resumed touring the circuit of European jazz
festivals. He followed Dizzy Gillespie's advice to move to Europe
and, in 1983, settled in London, England, where he died.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1990: #DOTD: #RIP: Cornelius
Gunter, African American rhythm and blues singer, original member
of The Platters, lead vocalist of The Coasters, most active in the
1950s and 1960s (b. November 14, 1936) #dies when an unknown
assassin shot him to death sitting in his car while traveling
through North Las Vegas, Nevada on February 26, 1990 (some files
say February 27), aged 53. Gunter, who was gay and in later years
preferred to spell his name Cornell Gunther, was in the process of
making a new comeback, and was working regularly in Las Vegas
leading an ensemble he called Cornell Gunter and the Coasters when
was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car, shot through
the windshield. He is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. He was the second
member of the group to die in a shooting in the Las Vegas area;
the other, Nathaniel (Buster) Wilson, was shot in the head in
April 1980, and his dismembered body was dumped near Hoover Dam
and in a canyon near Modesto, California. The survivors of his
group continue to tour as "The Original Cornell Gunter's
Coasters Inc." Cornelius Gunter was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 as a member of The Coasters. Cornell
E. Gunter was born in Coffeyville, Kansas. Gunter joined the group
in 1957 and sang on such hits as "Poison Ivy", "Yakety
Yak", and "Charlie Brown." He had recorded with the
yet-unnamed Platters, singing back-up on Big Jay McNeely's
recording "Nervous Man Nervous" on Federal Records in
1953. Gunter also was a member of The Flairs as well as The
Coasters. The title song from the 1957 Susan Oliver film, The
Green Eyed Blonde, was sung by Gunter. Will "Dub" Jones
and Gunter joined The Coasters as replacements for Bobby Nunn and
Leon Hughes in early 1958. After Gunter left the Coasters, he
toured with Dinah Washington. in 1961, he was part of a group
called "D's Gentleman" which featured future members of
The Dells Charles Barksdale and Johnny Carter as well as Richard
Harris and William Herndon. In 1963, he formed his own Coasters
group; they were usually billed as "The Fabulous Coasters".
Gunter made several solo singles in the late 1950s and early
1960s, including a cover version of Sam Cooke's "You Send Me"
on Dot Records in 1957. Gunter, who was gay and in later years
preferred to spell his name Cornell Gunther, was in the process of
making a new comeback, when an unknown assassin shot him in his
car in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 26, 1990 (some files say
February 27). The survivors of his group continue to tour as "The
Original Cornell Gunter's Coasters Inc." Cornelius Gunter was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 as a member
of The Coasters.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1933: #BOTD: #HBD! Godfrey
Cambridge, African American stand-up comic and actor (d. November
29, 1976) is #born in New York City to immigrants from British
Guiana. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell,
Godfrey Cambridge was acclaimed by Time magazine in 1965 as "one
of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians." His
first role was as a bartender in the Off-Broadway play Take a
Giant Step. He made his Broadway debut in the original production
of Herman Wouk's 1957 play Nature's Way. Cambridge received a 1962
Tony Award nomination as part of the original cast of Purlie
Victorious, a play written by and starring Ossie Davis; he was
featured in an opening-night cast that also included Ruby Dee,
Alan Alda, Sorrell Booke, Roger C. Carmel, Helen Martin, and Beah
Richards. Godfrey's memorable film roles include The Last Angry
Man (1959), in which he played a character called "Nobody
Home", The President's Analyst (1967), where he plays a
depressed government agent, and Watermelon Man (1970), in which he
played the lead character, a white bigot who one day wakes up and
discovers his skin color has turned black. He also had a starring
role in the 1970 Ossie Davis adaptation of the Chester Himes novel
Cotton Comes to Harlem, as well as its 1972 sequel, Come Back,
Charleston Blue. Cambridge made a cameo appearance in director
Sidney Lumet's Bye Bye Braverman (1968) as a Yiddish speaking NYC
cab driver involved in a car collision with the main protagonists,
and another as a gay underworld figure in the 1975 film Friday
Foster. His other film appearances included roles in The Busy Body
(1967), The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968), The Biscuit Eater
(1972), Beware! The Blob (1972), and Whiffs (1975). He hosted,
financed, and produced Dead is Dead (1970), a drug-awareness film.
It gave an uncensored look at the downside of drug abuse, showing
actual addicts injecting drugs and going through withdrawal.
Cambridge appeared on several network television programs,
including Car 54 Where Are You? ("The Curse of the
Snitkins"), The Dick Van Dyke Show ("The Man From My
Uncle"), I Spy ("Court of the Lion"), The Monkees
("It's a Nice Place to Visit"), and Police Story ("Year
of the Dragon"). He also had a small speaking part as a
member of Sgt. Bilko's platoon in The Phil Silvers Show, 1957
episode "Boys Town". Cambridge gave an acclaimed
performance alongside Tom Bosley in the episode "Make Me
Laugh" of Rod Serling's Night Gallery, a story about a failed
comedian who looks to a genie for a quick fix to success; the
episode was directed by Steven Spielberg. He perhaps reached his
largest television audience in a series of comical commercials for
Jockey brand underwear. He later appeared in Jean Genet's The
Blacks: A Clown Show, giving a performance that earned him an Obie
Award in 1961. Four years later he did a stock version of A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. In addition to acting,
Cambridge had major success as a stand-up comedian. By 1965 he was
earning "as much as 4K USD a week...in all respects a
headliner, working the best places, such as San Francisco's Hungry
i and Hollywood's Crescendo." He appeared on The Tonight Show
and was introduced by his favorite actress Joan Crawford on The
Hollywood Palace. His routines were imbued with biting sarcasm and
the trenchant topical humor that was common in comedic circles at
the time. He was noted for comic lapses from standard educated
speech to Black street-speak. Cambridge, along with writer Maya
Angelou and actor Hugh Hurd, organized one of the first benefits
for Martin Luther King Jr. held in New York City; according to
Angelou, it was held at the Village Gate in the late 1950s and
raised 9K USD for King's civil rights movement. (On his 1964 album
Ready Or Not, Cambridge joked he was supporting Barry Goldwater,
saying that the GOP presidential nominee had "come flat out
against slavery...in principle!"). Cambridge married actress
Barbara Ann Teer in 1962; the couple divorced three years later.
During the 1970s he remained in semi-retirement, making few public
appearances and marrying Audriano Meyers in 1972.Godfrey Cambridge
died of a heart attack at the age of 43 while on the Burbank,
California, set of the ABC television movie Victory at Entebbe, in
which he was to portray Idi Amin. Amin commented that Cambridge's
death was "punishment from God." He is interred at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1965: #DOTD: #RIP: Jimmie
Lee Jackson, African American civil rights activist in Marion,
Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church (b. December 16, 1938)
#dies at Good Samaritan Catholic hospital in Selma, Alabama after
having been beaten by two Alabama state troopers, one of whom,
James Bonard Fowler, fatally shot him while unarmed and
participating in a peaceful voting rights march eight days prior.
Jimmie Lee Jackson was born in Marion, Alabama. His death helped
inspire the Selma to Montgomery marches in March 1965, a major
event in the civil rights movement that helped gain congressional
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This opened the door to
millions of African Americans being able to vote again in Alabama
and across the Southern United States, regaining participation as
citizens in the political system for the first time since the turn
of the 20th century. Most had been disenfranchised since then by
state constitutions and discriminatory practices that made voter
registration and voting more difficult. In 2005, former Alabama
State Trooper Fowler admitted that he had shot Jackson, then lied
that it was in self-defense soon after street lights had gone out
and a melee had broken out. Fowler was indicted in 2007 in
Jackson's death. In 2010 he pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was
sentenced to six months in prison.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 2008: #DOTD: #RIP: Buddy
Miles, American drummer, singer, songwriter, composer, and record
producer (b. September 5, 1947) #dies of congestive heart disease
aged 60 at his home in Austin, Texas, with his family by his side.
There was no funeral; Miles was cremated, and his ashes were
scattered in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, where he had been
born George Allen Miles Jr. He was a founding member of the
Electric Flag (1967), a pioneering American blues rock soul group,
led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and
Miles. He was founder, leader and frontman of the Buddy Miles
Express, formed after the Electric Flag broke up, and later, the
Buddy Miles Band. He was a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys
(1969-1970), recording a live album on January 1, 1970, at the
Fillmore East in New York City that was the first album without
his original group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the last
full-length album released before his death. Miles also played and
recorded with Carlos Santana and others. Additionally, he sang
lead vocals on the critically and commercially acclaimed
"California Raisins" claymation TV commercials which won
an Emmy Award and one nomination and recorded two California
Raisins R & B albums.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 25, 2013: #DOTD: #RIP: C.
Everett Koop, American admiral, pediatric surgeon and public
health administrator, 13th United States Surgeon General (b.
October 14, 1916) #dies at the age of 96 at his home in Hanover,
New Hampshire. According to a Koop aide, he had been ill for
several months and had suffered kidney failure the previous week.
No official determination of cause of death has yet been announced
as of 2023. Charles Everett Koop was vice admiral in the Public
Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as Surgeon General
under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According to the
Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general to
become a household name." Koop was known for his work on
tobacco use, AIDS, and abortion, and for his support of the rights
of disabled children.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1966: Rocket Launches: The
History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold
War: The Space Age: Space Programs Of The United States: Human
Spaceflight Programs: Project Apollo: The Saturn Rocket Family:
The Saturn C-5 (The Saturn V): AS-201 (SA-201, Apollo 1-A): -- The
first flight of the Saturn IB rocket occurs when AS-201, the first
uncrewed test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo
command and service module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle, is
launched at 16:12:01 UTC from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 34
(LC-34) after months of delays and problems. The spacecraft
consisted of the second Block I command module and the first Block
I service module. The suborbital flight was a partially successful
demonstration of the service propulsion system and the reaction
control systems of both modules, and successfully demonstrated the
capability of the Command Module's heat shield to survive re-entry
from low Earth orbit. The first stage worked perfectly, lifting
the rocket to 57 kilometers (31 nmi), when the S-IVB took over and
lifted the spacecraft to 425 kilometers (229 nmi). The CSM
separated and continued upwards to 488 kilometers (263 nmi). The
Command/Service Module (CSM) then fired its own rocket to
accelerate the spacecraft towards Earth. The first burn lasted for
184 seconds. It then fired later for ten seconds. This proved that
the engine could restart in space, a crucial part of any crewed
flight to the Moon. It entered the atmosphere traveling 8,300
meters per second (27,000 ft/s). It splashed down 37 minutes after
launch, 72 kilometers (39 nmi) from the planned touch down point,
and was on board the aircraft carrier USS Boxer two hours later.
There were three problems encountered on the flight. The service
module engine worked properly for only 80 seconds, interrupted by
the presence of helium pressurant gas in the combustion chamber.
Helium was used to pressurize the fuel tanks but should not have
been in the combustion chamber. This was caused by a break in an
oxidizer line that allowed helium to mix with the oxidizer. The
second problem was an electrical system failure which caused the
command module to lose steering control during reentry. Last,
measurements that were intended to be taken during reentry, failed
due to a short circuit. Both of these problems were found to be
due to incorrect wiring, and were easily fixed. After the flight
the capsule was also used for drop tests at White Sands Missile
Range. It is now on display at the Strategic Air and Space Museum,
Ashland, Nebraska.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1918: #BOTD: #HBD! Theodore
Sturgeon, American fiction author of primarily fantasy, science
fiction, and horror, as well as a critic (d. May 8, 1985) is #
born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York. His name
was legally changed to Theodore Sturgeon at age eleven after his
mother's divorce and remarriage to William Dicky ("Argyll")
Sturgeon. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120
short stories, 11 novels, and several scripts for Star Trek: The
Original Series. Sturgeon's science fiction novel More Than Human
(1953) won the 1954 International Fantasy Award (for SF and
fantasy) as the year's best novel, and the Science Fiction Writers
of America ranked "Baby Is Three" number five among the
"Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time" to 1964.
Ranked by votes for all of their pre-1965 novellas, Sturgeon was
second among authors, behind Robert Heinlein.
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Today, February 26, 2026February 26, 1955: Aesthetics: Performing
Arts: Finales: Television Finales: American Television Finales: --
Space Patrol (1950 TV series), the American science fiction
adventure series on the ABC television network set in the 30th
century that was originally aimed at juvenile audiences via
television, radio, and comic books, is broadcast for the last
time. It premiered on ABC from on March 9, 1950. It soon developed
a sizable adult audience, especially with the addition of Virginia
Hewitt in a surprisingly short miniskirt for the 1950s to provide
"blonde cheesecake appeal" to adult men during what
otherwise was a Saturday morning children's show. By 1954 the
program consistently ranked in the top 10 shows broadcast on a
Saturday. The stories followed the 30th-century adventures of
Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry (Ed Kemmer) of the United Planets
Space Patrol and his young sidekick Cadet Happy (Lyn Osborn), as
they faced interplanetary villains with diabolical schemes. The
show was targeted to children, but attracted a sizable adult
audience. Many episodes featured commercial tie-in merchandise,
like toys and mail-order premiums, that were advertised during
commercial breaks. Many of the ads for corporate sponsor Ralston
Purina's Chex cereals used the show's space opera motif in their
pitches. A unique feature of the TV and radio adventures was that
the premium of the month was often worked into the story action.
This permitted young viewers to feel that they were participating
in the radio or televised adventures. Space Patrol's best known
premium was a "Name the Planet" contest wherein the
winner was awarded the program's Terra IV spaceship. The prize was
a giant trailer in the shape of the series' space craft. One of
the many "Name the Planet" commercials may be viewed
online. The program sponsored a Space Patrol club, which viewers
could join. Continuing merchandise tie-ins perpetuated the
connection, producing such a sizable following that many of the
nation's magazines chronicled the phenomenon.s
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