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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_26" title="February 26">February 26</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/740s_BC" title="740s BC">747 BC</a> – According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, the reign of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylonian</a> king <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabonassar" title="Nabonassar">Nabonassar</a></b> began, marking a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic" title="HMHS Britannic">RMS <i>Britannic</i></a></b>, the third and largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-class_ocean_liner" title="Olympic-class ocean liner"><i>Olympic</i>-class ocean liner</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Star_Line" title="White Star Line">White Star Line</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic" title="RMS Olympic">RMS <i>Olympic</i></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a>, was launched at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_%26_Wolff" title="Harland & Wolff">Harland & Wolff</a> shipyard in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superliner_(railcar)" title="Superliner (railcar)">Superliner</a></b> railcar entered revenue service with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Pao" title="Ming Pao">Ming Pao</a></i> Kevin Lau <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_attack_on_Kevin_Lau" title="Knife attack on Kevin Lau">was stabbed</a></b>, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_bint_al-Ahmar" title="Fatima bint al-Ahmar">Fatima bint al-Ahmar</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1349); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Campbell,_9th_Earl_of_Argyll" title="Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll">Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1629); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1954); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Smillie_Robertson" title="Jennie Smillie Robertson">Jennie Smillie Robertson</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1981)</p>
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