What Happened In February 1926 In History

Famous Birthdays on February in 1926

• 1st » Shane Devine, American judge (d. 1999)
• 3rd » Shelley Berman, American actor
• 3rd » Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
• 4th » Roger Blais, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2009)
• 4th » Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 5th » Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 2012)
• 6th » Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
• 7th » John Frank Davidson, English engineer and academic
• 7th » Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2009)
• 8th » Neal Cassady, American author and poet (d. 1968)
• 9th » Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician, 7th Taoiseach called Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)
• 10th » Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (d. 2013)
• 10th » Danny Blanchflower, Irish footballer (d. 1993)
• 10th » Kostas Mountakis, Greek musician (d. 1991)
• 11th » Paul Bocuse, French chef
• 11th » Alexander Gibson (conductor) called Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (d. 1995)
• 11th » Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2010)
• 12th » Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 12th » Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster
• 12th » Charles Van Doren, American academic
• 15th » Bubba Harris (baseball) known as Bubba Harris, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 16th » Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945)
• 16th » John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003)
• 18th » A. R. Ammons, American poet (d. 2001)
• 18th » Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976)
• 18th » Nalini Jaywant, Indian actress (d. 2010)
• 18th » Jan Zwartkruis, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 19th » György Kurtág, Hungarian composer
• 19th » Ross Thomas (author) named Ross Thomas, American author (d. 1995)
• 20th » Adolf Bechtold, German footballer (d. 2012)
• 20th » Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (d. 2013)
• 20th » Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director
• 20th » Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Kenneth Williams, English actor (d. 1988)
• 22nd » Bud Yorkin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Merv Hunter, Australian politician (d. 2013)
• 23rd » William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)
• 24th » Jean Alexander, English actress
• 24th » John Gunther Dean, German-American diplomat
• 24th » Balys Gajauskas, Lithuanian politician
• 25th » Eva Bergh, Norwegian actress (d. 2013)
• 25th » Harvey McGregor, Scottish lawyer and academic
• 26th » Miroslava (actress) e.g Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (d. 1955)
• 26th » Doris Belack, American actress (d. 2011)
• 26th » Verne Gagne, American wrestler and football player
• 26th » Henry Molaison, American memory disorder patient (d. 2008)
• 26th » Mickey Stubblefield, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 27th » David H. Hubel, Canadian neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 28th » Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian daughter of Joseph Stalin (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for February 1926

• 2nd » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
• 21st » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

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