This Day in History

February 26th in History

Napoleon escapes from Elba! In other news, the first color film is shown, the first jazz record is made, and Grand Canyon National Park opens. It's the birthday of Levi Strauss and Buffalo Bill Cody; "Sybil" dies. Happy Ayyám-i-Há!

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Quote of the Day

“Nothing is always absolutely so.”

Theodore Sturgeon, science fiction writer born February 26, 1918