Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/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
