Unix Timestamp: 1140912000
Sunday, February 26. 2006, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Former Serbian presidentMilan Milutinović is acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia regarding war crimes during the Kosovo War.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia acquits former Serbian President Milan Milutinović of committing war crimes. //www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/26/world/AP-EU-War-Crimes-Kosovo.html?partner=rssemc=rss ("New York Times")

Scientists find over 20 new species of animals as the Larsen Ice Shelf breaks in the Antarctic. //www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1437681.ece ("The Times")

The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case.

The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in a case brought forth by Bosnia and Herzegovina. //www.guardian.co.uk/serbia/article/0,,2021764,00.html ("The Guardian")

Talpiot Tomb: Film director James Cameron claims to have found ossuaries that once contained the remains of Jesus of Nazareth, his disciple Mary Magdalene, and their son, named Judah. //www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02/26/jesus.sburial.ap/ (CNN)

Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers are gunned down in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada. It is deadliest day in Canadian law enforcement in over 120 years.

MillionaireSteve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the fastest non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.

The freighter "M/V Karen Danielsen" crashes into the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asks Parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005.

The President of the Republic of Macedonia Boris Trajkovski died in an airplane accident.

The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years. //www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=4447998 (Reuters)

An American businessman is admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the first identified case of SARS. WHO doctor Carlo Urbani reports the unusual, highly contagious disease to WHO. Both the businessman and doctor later die of the disease.

The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank, collapses after securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

World Trade Center bombing: In New York, New York, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.

The Supreme Court of Ireland rules that a 14-year-old rape victim may travel to England to have an abortion.

In the Bangladeshi general election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins 139 of 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad. BNP leader Khaleda Zia becomes President of Bangladesh on March 19.

Gulf War: On Baghdad radio, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Iraqi soldiers set fire to Kuwaiti oil fields as they retreat.

President Bush declares victory over Iraq and orders a cease-fire.

Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.

People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

United States Marines pull out of Beirut, Lebanon.

A total solar eclipse arcs over northern Canada, and a partial solar eclipse is visible over almost all of North America and Central America.//www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/0111979/

The Spanish Armed Forces withdraw from Western Sahara.

A fleeing Provisional Irish Republican Army member shoots and kills off-duty London police officer Stephen Tibble, 22, as he gives chase.

Edward Heath's British government publishes a Green Paper on prices and incomes policy.

Secretary General U Thant signs the United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

Chevrolet release the second generation Camaro.

A Soviet nuclear test is conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Eastern Kazakhstan.

U.S. politician John Glenn slips on a bathroom rug in his Columbus, Ohio apartment and hits his head on the bathtub, injuring his left inner ear, and prompting him (later that week) to withdraw from the race for the Democratic Party Senate nomination.

Hassan II is pronounced King of Morocco.

MarchndashApril ndash Drilling for Project Mohole is undertaken off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that the United Kingdom has an atomic bomb.

February 26 ndash first US navy captain, Sue S. Dauser of nurse corps appointed.

Shooting begins on the Nazi propaganda film, The Fuehrer Gives a Village to the Jews in Theresienstadt.

The Grand Teton National Park is established by Congress.

An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).

The U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.

Japanese city of Omuta, Fukuoka is founded by Hiroushi Miruku

The Original Dixieland Jass Band records their first commercial record, with the tunes Livery Stable Blues and Dixie Jazz Band One Step.

The "Britannic", sister to the "Titanic", is launched at Harland Wolff Shipyards in Belfast.

The Sigma Pi Fraternity is founded.

At the Sydney Cricket Ground, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings. The famous William Frawley was born.

The final act of the Berlin Conference regulates European colonization and trade in Africa.

In New York City, the first pneumaticsubway is opened.

March ndash In Japan, the daimyo of the Tosa, Hizen, Satsuma and Chōshū Domains are persuaded to 'return their domains' to the Emperor Meiji, leading to creation of a fully centralized government in the country.天下

The 2½-year-old Mahbub Ali Khan begins a 42-year reign as Nizam of Hyderabad.

The Calaveras Skull is discovered. Purported to be evidence of humans during the Pliocene Age, it turns out to be a hoax.

Idaho Territory is organized by the U.S. Congress.

Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law.

The U.S. National Conscription Act is signed, leading to the week-long New York Draft Riots.

White settlers massacred a band of Wiyot Indians at the village of Tuluwat on Indian Island near Eureka, California. At least 60 women, children and elders were killed. Bret Harte, newspaper reporter in Arcata, fed the news to newspapers in San Francisco.

The Liberty Bell is cracked while being rung for George Washington's birthday.

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.

The Bank of England (national bank of Britain) issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes (discontinued March 11, 1988).

Continental ArmyCorps of Engineers disbanded.

March 6 ndash What is now the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region.

The peace between Sweden and Denmark is concluded in Roskilde by the Treaty of Roskilde, under which Denmark is forced to cede significant territory.

Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon makes the first confirmed sighting of Australia by a European.

Valkendorfs Kollegium is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark.

August ndash King James VI of Scotland, the future James I of England, marries Anne of Denmark.

Battle of Benevento: The army of Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.

In France, the gold écu and silvergrosh coins are minted for the first time.

Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, father and uncle of Marco Polo, reach Kublai Khan's capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing) in China, setting the stage for Marco's famous expedition 5 years later. Kublai Khan sends the Polos back with a message requesting that the Pope dispatch western scholars to teach in the Mongol Empire however, this request is largely ignored.

July ndash Mary de Ferrers is ordered to surrender land and Liverpool Castle to Edmund, second son of Henry III.

October ndash In England, the Second Barons\' War winds down as supporters of the slain rebel leader Simon de Montfort make an offer of peace to the king in the Dictum of Kenilworth after slight modifications to the peace settlement, it is agreed to the following year.

The war between Scotland and Norway ends as King Alexander III of Scotland and King Magnus VI of Norway agree to the Treaty of Perth, which cedes the Western Isles and Isle of Man to Scotland in exchange for a large monetary payment.

The Mamluk sultan Baibars expands his domain, capturing the city of Byblos (in present-day Lebanon) and the important castle of Toron from the crusader states, and defeating the Armenians at Cilicia.

October ndash In England, the Second Barons' War winds down as supporters of the slain rebel leader Simon de Montfort make an offer of peace to the king in the Dictum of Kenilworth after slight modifications to the peace settlement, it is agreed to the following year.

Roger II of Sicily dies at Palermo . He is succeded by his youngest son, William I of Sicily

Bosnia becomes an autonomous duchy.

The Almohad army conquers the last independent Muslim stronghold in Spain, Grenada, after six years of siege.Gilbert Meynier (2010) "L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)". Paris: La Découverte pp.88.

Birmingham, England, and the Birmingham Bull Ring are founded.

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is first marked on the world map by Al Idrisi.

Belgrade is rebuilt by Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.

A chateau is built at Chinon by Theobald I, count of Blois.

Valentinian I is proclaimed Emperor by the Roman army. He addresses the soldiers in a speech who threatened to riot.