Talk:February 26
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February 26: Liberation Day in Kuwait (1991); Savior's Day in the Nation of Islam.
- 1266 - King Manfred of Sicily was killed at the Battle of Benevento, fighting Angevin forces led by Charles, the Count of Anjou.
- 1815 - The Hundred Days: Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) escaped from exile in Elba.
- 1935 - Adolf Hitler ordered the German air force Luftwaffe reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I.
- 1935 - In Daventry, England, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.
- 1993 - A van rented by Ramzi Yousef exploded in the underground garage of the World Trade Center in New York City in the World Trade Center bombing, killing six and injuring more than 1,000 people.
Recent days: February 25 – February 24 – February 23
Purim is a moveable feast and falls on March 7-8, 2004, according to http://www.haverim.org/Jewish%20Pages/purim%202004.htm -- not Feb 26. Moveable feasts oughtn't to be placed on the calendar.
