26 February
Sleeping Day in Public Places
Fifty-seventh day of the year, there are 308 days left until the end of the year
We still have to wait 114 days until summer, and only 24 days by spring
Name day celebrates: Aleksander, Bogumił, Dionizy, Faustinian, Dionizy, Garlinda, Klaudian, Loutmeat, Lutoslaw, Lutosłąwa, Mirosław, Mirosława, Nikolina, Nestor, Otokar, Porphyry, Porphyry
Holidays in the world:
Kuwait Liberation Day
in Poland:
1927 Dąbrowski's Mazurka has officially become the Polish national anthem
1941 The Jewish ghetto in Góra Kalwaria was liquidated
1971 Premiere of the first episode of the television series Noce i dnie directed by Jerzy Antczak
1999 The President of the Republic of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, signed documents ratifying Poland's membership in NATO
February 26 in Norway:
1931 decision to change city names from Nidaros to Trondheim
26 February in the world:
1870 The German main bank, Commerzbank AG, is established
1919 Grand Canyon National Park has been established
1949 Boeing B-50 Superfortress (also known as the "Lucky Lady II") began the first successful non-stop round-the-world flight in the history of aviation, which lasted 94 hours
1999 The premiere of the Intel Pentium III microprocessor
2017 The 89th Oscars were awarded
26 in Music:
2006 British singer George Michale was arrested on drug possession charges. A 42-year-old singer was found fainting in a car in an area of Hyde Park in central London. Among other things, the artist found hashish and strong sedatives and painkillers. George Michael was released on bail
Famous People Born:
W 1932 Johnny Cash is born
W 1953 Michale Bolton is born in the world
W 1971 year comes Erica Abi Wright known as Erica Badu
W 1973 of the year, the German DJ ATB is born