What Day of the Week

February 26, 2019 was the 57^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 308 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 364

  Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
• 1266

  Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
• 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.
• 1794

  The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
• 1876

  Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea’s status as a tributary state of Qing Dynasty China.
• 1919

  President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
• 1966

  Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
• 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.

• 1587

  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
• 1671

  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
• 1802

  Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
• 1887

  William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
• 1916

  Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)
• 1922

  Karl Aage Præst, Danish football player
• 1937

  Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1982

  Li Na (tennis), Chinese tennis player
• 1985

  Gee Atherton, British cyclist
• 1988

  Matteo Ciofani, Italian footballer

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