February 26: Am Incredible Day in History

On February 26 in history, we look back at some of the most memorable events that have occurred on this day. From groundbreaking discoveries to significant cultural moments, this date has certainly left its mark. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and explore the historical significance of February 26. #February26 #ThisDateInHistory #TriviaTuesday
1616 The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun
1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
1773 State of Pennsylvania approves construction of Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia; it will become the first experiment with the practice of solitary confinement in the United States
1863 Abraham Lincoln signs National Currency Act, establishes single national US currency
1869 US 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states to ratify
1907 US Congress raise their own salaries to $7,500
1919 US Congress establishes Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
1929 US President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
1930 1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan, NYC
1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt
1938 1st passenger ship equipped with radar
1940 US Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, NY
1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
1952 PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb
1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith
1962 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation
1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1980 Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
1990 USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czech by July, 1991
1991 Gulf War: Coalition planes bomb Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, killing hundreds and creating the so-called 'Highway of Death’
1993 "World Trade Center bombing of 1993": truck bomb explodes in parking garage of NYC World Trade Center at 12:18pm, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000 in what was the deadliest act of terrorism perpetrated on US soil at the time
2012 17-year old black teenager Trayvon Martin shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, highlighted issue of racial profiling in the US
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