Daily Calendar for Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Born
- Victor Hugo (author, Les Miserables) –
- Levi Strauss (manufacturer) –
- Buffalo Bill (Army scout) –
- John Harvey Kellogg (physician) –
- Robert Alda (actor) –
- Jackie Gleason (actor & comedian) –
- Tony Randall (actor) –
- Antoine "Fats" Domino (singer) –
- Johnny Cash (singer) –
- Hagood Hardy (composer) –
- Adrian Dantley (basketball player) –
- Jenny Thompson (Olympic swimmer) –
- Corinne Bailey Rae (singer) –
- Taylor Dooley (actress) –
Died
- Constance Ford (actress) –
- David Doyle (actor) –
- Bill Cardoso (writer who coined the term gonzo” to describe the unrestrained participatory journalism practiced by Hunter S. Thompson and others”) –
- Wendy Richard (actress) –
Events
- President Lincoln signed the National Currency Act, establishing a national banking system and uniform currency –
- Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona was established –
- Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming is established –
- Groundbreaking ceremony for Golden Gate Bridge took place in San Francisco, California –
- Spelling Bee, the first quiz show, aired on television –
- NASA announced that Venus is about 800 degrees F –
- Buffalo Creek disaster: 50 foot wall of water smashed down a narrow valley when a dam broke in Logan County, West Virginia –
- Michael Jackson’s Thriller album hit number 1 on Billboard 200 chart and remained there for 37 weeks –
- Robert Penn Warren named U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry –
- A powerful bomb exploded in an underground parking lot of the World Trade Center in NYC, killing 6 people –
- Canada’s GEODESIC mission launched in to northern lights, Alaska –
- First sextuplets to be born in Ohio (Akron) –
- At age 82, Christopher Plummer became the oldest Oscar winner after receiving the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Beginners –
Weather
- An intense ocean storm blasted Cape Cod and Nantucket, with reported winds of 61 mph –
