Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 26
February 26: Liberation Day in Kuwait (1991); Saviour's Day in the Nation of Islam
- 1266 - King Manfred of Sicily was killed at the Battle of Benevento, fighting Angevin forces led by Charles, the Count of Anjou.
- 1815 - Napoléon Bonaparte escaped from exile in Elba.
- 1935 - Adolf Hitler ordered the German air force Luftwaffe reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I.
- 1935 - In Daventry, England, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.
- 1993 - World Trade Center bombing: A van rented by Ramzi Yousef exploded in the underground garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six and injuring more than 1,000 people.
Recent days: February 25 – February 24 – February 23