TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – FEB 26
1790 As a result of the Revolution, France is divided into 83 departments.
1815 Napoleon and 1,200 of his men leave Elba to start the 100-day re-conquest of France.
1832 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I
1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states
1870 A 312-ft long pneumatic subway was opened in New York City; funding for a larger version never materialized.
1901 Boxer Rebellion leaders Chi-Hsin and Hsu-Cheng-Yu are publicly executed in Peking.
1907 US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500
1919 Grand Canyon National Park was established.
1924 U.S. steel industry finds claims an eight-hour day increases efficiency and employee relations.
1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt
1936 Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche’s “Volkswagen”
1936 Japanese military troops march into Tokyo to conduct a coup and assassinate political leaders.
1951 The 22nd Amendment is added to the Constitution limiting the Presidency to two terms.
1962 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signs a tax bill with $11.5 billion in cuts.
1968 Thirty-two African nations agree to boycott the Olympics because of the presence of South Africa.
1970 Five Marines are arrested on charges of murdering 11 South Vietnamese women and children.
1984 Last US marines in multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair
1990 Daniel Ortega, communist president of Nicaragua, suffers a shocking election defeat at the hands of Violeta Chamorro.
1991 The world’s first web browser is presented to the public
1993 A bomb rocks the World Trade Center in New York City. Five people are killed and hundreds suffer from smoke inhalation.
2005 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76
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