Once Upon A Time – Feb. 26 – 1797 Bank Of England Issues First £1 Note

1616 Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun

1797 Bank of England issues first £1 note

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100 day re-conquest of France

1885 Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain

1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt

2005 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1960 Vera Miles stars in”Mirror Image” episode of CBS anthology series “The Twilight Zone”

Today in Music
1917 1st jazz records recorded – “Dixie Jazz Band One Step” and “Livery Stable Blues” by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company

Today in Sport
1839 1st Grand National steeplechase, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: Jem Mason wins aboard 5/1 favourite Lottery

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1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph’s, Philadelphia

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1881 P&O’s SS Ceylon begins world’s 1st round-the-world pleasure cruise from Liverpool