Six people were killed and more than a thousand injured when a van exploded in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center in
New York City on this day in 1993. The bomb had been built by
Islamic extremists.
The Tower Commission rebuked President Reagan on this
day in 1987 for failing to control his national security staff
in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the Island of Elba on this day in
1815. He then began his second conquest of France.
Singers who were born on this day:
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr.
(February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017)
John R. Cash (J. R. Cash) (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)