What Day of the Week

February 26, 2021 is the 57^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 747 BCE

  Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy’s Nabonassar Era.
• 364

  Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
• 1794

  The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
• 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.
• 1966

  Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• 1966

  Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
• 1971

  U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• 1987

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

• 1720

  Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
• 1861

  King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
• 1906

  Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
• 1914

  Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1950

  Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
• 1971

  Erykah Badu, American singer
• 1974

  Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
• 1977

  Greg Rikaart, American actor
• 1981

  Johnathan Wendel, American video gamer
• 1993

  Taylor Dooley, American actress

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