What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 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.
• 1929

  President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
• 1935

  Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
• 1952

  Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
• 1960

  A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
• 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.
• 1992

  Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
• 1995

  The United Kingdom’s oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
• 2004

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

• 1361

  Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
• 1672

  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
• 1746

  Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)
• 1909

  King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
• 1928

  Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (2001–2006)
• 1939

  Josephine Tewson, English actress
• 1950

  Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
• 1979

  Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1985

  Miki Fujimoto, Japanese singer
• 1991

  CL (singer), South Korean singer/rapper (2NE1)

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