February 26 Events

2011 After winning a Liberal Party of British Columbia ballot, Canadian politician Christy Clark becomes the second woman to be Premier of British Columbia
2011 In Hollywood, California, the 83rd Academy Awards are held at the Kodak Theater, celebrating the best films of 2010
2010 Suicide bombers carry out a number of attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people
2009 Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War
1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial
1998 Steven M. Gluckstern completes sale of New York Islanders
1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)
1997 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins
1995 London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson
1994 Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
1994 St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 11-1
1993 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
1993 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1993 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
1992 "Search and Destroy" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances
1991 Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. New Zealand (119 and 102)
1991 Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
1991 New York - New Jersey Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
1990 U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991
1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 634 performances
1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
1989 Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa)
1989 New York Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
1988 Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65)
1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs
1987 NASA launches GEOS-H
1987 NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair
1987 U.S.S.R. resumes nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 Washington blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record