What Day of the Week

February 26, 2022 was the 57^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 308 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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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• 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.
• 1815

  Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
• 1917

  The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
• 1935

  Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
• 1936

  In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
• 1971

  U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• 1972

  The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
• 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.
• 2004

  Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• 1714

  James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
• 1715

  Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
• 1857

  Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)
• 1901

  Dwight Wilson, Canadian Soldier (d. 2007)
• 1902

  Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
• 1922

  Karl Aage Præst, Danish football player
• 1968

  J. T. Snow, American baseball player
• 1971

  Hélène Ségara, French singer
• 1984

  Beren Saat, Turkish actress
• 1988

  Matteo Ciofani, Italian footballer

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