February 26
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Related e |
Featured: |
Art and culture
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.
Births
- 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
- 1749 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. 1832)
- 1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
- 1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
- 1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)
- 1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
- 1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
Deaths
- 1770 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. 1692)
- 1821 - Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
- 1994 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
notes
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "February 26" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.