In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of death February 26, 1962
The temperature on February 26, 1962 was between -5.4 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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