747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1658 - Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
1914 - HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park.
1935 - Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1936 - In the February 26th Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
1961 - Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.
1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1991 - Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah.
1993 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
Famous Birthdays
1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia
1584 - Albert VI of Bavaria
1746 - Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, Duchess of Piacenza
1861 - Nadezhda Krupskaya, widow of Vladimir Lenin
1909 - King Talal of Jordan
1926 - Doris Belack, actress
1954 -HRH Prince Ernst August of Hanover
1968 - Tim Commerford, bassist
1972 - Jonny Quinn, drummer
1979 - Pedro Mendes, footballer
1982 - Nate Ruess, singer-songwriter
1988 - Matteo Ciofani, footballer
1993 - Taylor Dooley, actress
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