This Day in History: February 26th

Here are 10 historical events that took place on February 26th, listed in chronological order:

1. 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from the island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France during the Hundred Days.
2. 1848: The Second French Republic is proclaimed.
3. 1909: Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
4. 1919: The Grand Canyon is established as a U.S. National Park.
5. 1935: Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the Treaty of Versailles.
6. 1952: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that the United Kingdom has developed its own atomic bomb.
7. 1993: World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six people and injuring over 1,000.
8. 1995: The United Kingdom’s oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank, collapses after securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange.
9. 2012: A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, killing three VIA Rail employees.
10. 2015: A gunman opens fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing seven people and injuring several others before taking his own life.

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