1. In 665, February 26, Cheng Zhijie (Cheng Yaojin), Duke of Lu, passed away.

2. In 1802, February 26, French writer Victor Hugo was born.

3. In 1841, February 26, Guan Tianpei fought a bloody battle at Humen.

4. In 1871, February 26, the Franco-Prussian War ended with France's defeat.

5. In 1876, February 26, Japan coerced Korea into concluding the Treaty of Ganghwa.

6. In 1911, February 26, Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, was born.

7. In 1913, February 26, China's first female film actress emerged.

8. In 1914, February 26, Zhao Bingjun, the governor of Zhili, was poisoned and assassinated.

9. In 1917, February 26, Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare and the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.

10. In 1918, February 26, during World War I, German aircraft bombed Venice, Italy.

11. In 1918, February 26, a fire broke out in the stables at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.

12. In 1924, February 26, Hitler and others were put on trial in Munich.

13. In 1930, February 26, traffic lights were installed in New York to protect pedestrians.

14. In 1936, February 26, the Volkswagen brand was born in Germany.

15. In 1936, February 26, the "February 26 Incident" occurred in Japan.

16. In 1951, February 26, the US Constitution Amendment stipulated that the president could only be re-elected twice for a total of 8 years.

17. In 1951, February 26, the World Peace Council decided to resolve the German and Japanese issues peacefully.

18. In 1952, February 26, Winston Churchill announced that the United Kingdom had the atomic bomb.

19. In 1965, February 26, the State Council issued the "Decision on the System of the Southwest Third Front Construction".

20. In 1967, February 26, the United States launched its largest offensive since the start of the Vietnam War.

21. In 1968, February 26, the modern Peking Opera "The Red Lantern" was established as a revolutionary model play.

22. In 1985, February 26, Japan developed the world's first artificial middle ear.

23. In 1989, February 26, China's Zhongshan Station in Antarctica was completed on the coast of Larsemann Hills.

24. In 1990, February 26, the Soviet Union announced the withdrawal of its troops from the Czech Republic.

25. In 1991, February 26, China decided to bid for the 2000 Olympics.

26. In 1991, February 26, the National Superconducting Laboratory was officially established at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

27. In 1993, February 26, a major explosion occurred at the World Trade Center in New York.

28. In 1994, February 26, China for the first time directly cooperated with a foreign government to establish an economic development zone.

29. In 1997, February 26, Israel established a new Jewish settlement.

30. In 2004, February 26, American and Russian astronauts conducted a spacewalk for the first time with no one left in the station.

31. In 2004, February 26, the United Nations convened an emergency meeting on avian influenza prevention and control in Asia.

32. In 2005, February 26, the Japanese H2A rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

33. In 2006, February 26, 100,000 people in Bangkok, Thailand, held a rally to demonstrate against Thaksin.

34. In 2006, February 26, China's first Euro IV diesel engine with independent intellectual property rights was introduced.

35. In 2006, February 26, Ilya Zimin, a leading journalist of Russia's "Independent Television", passed away.

36. In 2007, February 26, the Nepalese government confiscated King Gyanendra's assets and nationalized them.

37. In 2007, February 26, the "Top Ten Moving Chinese Figures of 2006" were announced.

38. In 2008, February 26, China's first Chinese-English bilingual "mobile newspaper - China Daily" was officially launched.

39. In 2011, February 26, Zhu Guangya, a pioneer of China's "Two Bombs and One Satellite" project, passed away.

40. In 2016, February 26, China's first test-tube baby from a frozen-thawed embryo with the longest freezing preservation time was born.

41. In 1815, February 26, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the isle of Elba to begin his second conquest of France.

42. In 1932, February 26, Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas.

43. In 1987, February 26, The Tower Commission rebuked then President Ronald Reagan in its report on the Iran-Contra affair.

44. In 1993, February 26, In New York, a bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the World Trade Center.

45. In 1863, February 26, the International Committee of the Red Cross was established in Geneva.

46. In 1945, February 26, the Yalta Conference was held.

47. In 1904, February 26, the Russo-Japanese War officially began.

48. In 1912, February 26, the Qing Dynasty emperor abdicated.

49. In 1928, February 26, British medical scientist Fleming discovered penicillin.

50. In 1947, February 26, the International Organization for Standardization was officially established.