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Friday, February 26, 2027
Friday, February 26, 2027 falls on a Friday. It is day 57 of the year, ISO week 8, in Q1.
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Friday, February 26, 2027 falls on a Friday. It is day 57 of the year, ISO week 8, in Q1.
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February 26, 2027 is day 57 of 365, ISO week 8, in Q1. The moon is Waning Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Pisces.
Friday, February 26, 2027 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2014: Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to February 26.
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Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.
A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.
African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.
In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.
Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.
The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.
Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.
Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I.
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