Today's Holidays in February 26

✡️ Religious Observances

• Hindu: Maha Shivratri major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. ↗
• 2012 — A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. ↗
• 2008 — The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea. ↗
• 1996 — Keddies, the Southend-on-Sea department store closes it doors after 104 years of trading. ↗
• 1995 — The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer
• 1992 — Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 — Kateřina Cachová, Czech heptathlete
• 1990 — Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1989 — Gabriel Obertan, French footballer