What happend on 26th February

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27.02
1987

Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.

1986

Robert Penn Warren is named poet laureate of the United States.

1972

Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.

1971

Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

1970

National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation.

1966

Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket

1952

United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.

1944

Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuhrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.

1936

In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.

1935

Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration which led directly to the development of RADAR in Britain.