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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/1606" title="1606">1606</a> – Dutch explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Janszoon" title="Willem Janszoon">Willem Janszoon</a> made <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janszoon_voyage_of_1605%E2%80%9306" title="Janszoon voyage of 1605–06">the first recorded European landing in Australia</a></b>, although he believed that he was on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a></b> escaped from the Italian island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elba" title="Elba">Elba</a> <i>(depicted)</i>, to which he had been exiled after the signing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fontainebleau_(1814)" title="Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)">Treaty of Fontainebleau</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Dixieland_Jass_Band" title="Original Dixieland Jass Band">Original Dixieland Jass Band</a> recorded "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_Stable_Blues" title="Livery Stable Blues">Livery Stable Blues</a></b>", the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> single ever released.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Philharmonic" title="New York Philharmonic">New York Philharmonic Orchestra</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_New_York_Philharmonic_visit_to_North_Korea" title="2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea">performed</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pyongyang_Grand_Theatre" title="East Pyongyang Grand Theatre">East Pyongyang Grand Theatre</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_St_John_Battersby" title="Reginald St John Battersby">Reginald St John Battersby</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1900); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raosaheb_Gogte" title="Raosaheb Gogte">Raosaheb Gogte</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2000); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wapner" title="Joseph Wapner">Joseph Wapner</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2017)</p>