Today in History - History - February 26th

1978Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic

1910Gandhi supports the African People's Organisations resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in South Africa as a day of mourning in protest against the South Africa Acts disenfranchisement of Indians, Coloureds and Africans in the upcoming Union of South Africa

1962Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY

1929US Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park

201284th Academy Awards - "The Artist," Jean Dujardin & Meryl Streep win

1989Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am

1815Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France

1998Oprah Winfrey found not guilty in beef defamation trial brought by Texas cattlemen

1924Trial against Hitler in Munich begins

1989Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career

1829Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)

1932Johnny Cash, Kingsland Arkansas, American country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)

2009Supermodel Gisele Bundchen (32) weds NFL New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (35) at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica

1924Astronomer Edwin Hubble (34) weds Grace Burke in Pasadena, California

1934Theoretical physicist Edward Teller (25) weds Augusta Maria Harkanyi

2004Comedian Rosie O'Donnell (41) weds marketing executive Kelli O'Donnell (36) in San Francisco, California

1813Robert R. Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66

1965Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies from gunshot wounds at 26