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 - In Daventry, England, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.
- 1991 - WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser, was introduced.
- 1993 - A bomb-laden van rented by Ramzi Yousef exploded in the underground garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six and injuring more than one thousand people.
Recent days: February 25 – February 24 – February 23
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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.
This page gives Nick Leeson's birthday as 26 February, while his biography page says it is the 25th. So which is it? 81.156.166.35 12:25, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for your message. I can't see anywhere on this page where it states Nick Leeson was born Februrary 26. The only mention of him on this page is in an event in which he was involved. His Wikipedia article gives February 25 as his birthday, as does his official website. So based on those sources, I'd say he was born on the 25th, but there's no mention of him here that seems to need correcting. Fabricationary 17:16, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
