Historical Events on February 26 (Part 2)

2013 A rocket launched from the Gaza strip into Israel ends the ceasefire since November 2012

Film & TV History

2014 Seth Rogen testifies about Alzheimer's disease before the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services

2016 Iranian elections: reformers and moderates win control of parliament
2017 59th Daytona 500: Kurt Busch wins after Kyle Larson runs out of gas on last lap; Jeffrey Earnhardt makes NASCAR history, 1st ever 4th generation driver to compete in Daytona 500

Academy Awards

2017 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture "Moonlight" (after mix-up), Best Director Damien Chazelle, Best Actor Casey Affleck, Best Actress Emma Stone

2018 7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Papa New Guinea kills at least 100
2018 Cold weather nicknamed "the Beast from the East" hits Europe, killing 7 and covering Pompeii in snow
2018 Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed on 10 year anniversary
2018 Global Seed Vault opens in Svalbard, Norway, to help preserve diversity and loss from other genebanks
2019 Catholic Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sexual abuse in Melbourne, Australia. As treasurer at the Vatican, the highest-ranking church official to be convicted; overturned in 2020
2019 City of Venice in Italy introduces a day visitors tax
2019 India launches air strikes on alleged terrorist camps within Pakistan
2019 More than 4,500 complaints of child sexual abuse against migrant children received by US Health Department, Department of Justice received 1,300 more
2019 UK reaches its highest-ever winter temperature with 21.2°C (70.2F) in Kew Gardens, London
2020 Saudi Arabia bars overseas pilgrims from accessing religious sites of Mecca and Medina because of COVID-19 fears for 1st time in living memory
2021 Amnesty International Report says that Eritrean troops might have committed crimes against humanity, killing hundreds of civilians, in attack on Ethiopian city of Aksum 28-29 November [1]
2021 Toymaker Hasbro announces that the Mr Potato Head brand name will be changed to be gender-neutral [1]
2022 'Rain bomb' due to a slow-moving low pressure trough begins major flooding in south-east Queensland, Australia, leaving at least seven people dead [1]
2022 Scientists publish findings into "lost" continent Balkanatolia, that linked southern Europe with Asia, providing passageway for animal migrations 35 to 38 million years ago [1]
2023 At least 59 migrants are killed after a boat breaks up in rough seas off the eastern coast of Calabria, Italy, with 80 survivors [1]
2023 Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams faces widespread condemnation for his comments about African Americans in a YouTube show, prompting his strip and up-coming book to be cancelled [1]
2023 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Cape Town: Defending champions Australia score a 19-run victory over South Africa to win their sixth title; Player of the series: Australian all-rounder Ash Gardner
2023 Large rallies in Mexico cities (organizers estimate 500,000) protest cuts to the National Electoral Institute (INE), seen as undermining electoral neutrality [1]
2023 One of the most violent incidents of revenge by mobs of Israeli settlers, who burn 200 buildings in Palestinian villages and kill at least one person after a Palestinian gunman kills two Israeli in the northern West Bank [1]
2023 Winter storm deposits snow in parts of southern California for the first time in decades, down to 1,000 feet, with snow 1000 inches deep in San Bernardino Mountains [1]