Video: 'Highlights of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics'
(Sunday, February 26, 2006, during the 2006 Winter Olympics) — On the final day of the Turin Winter Olympics, Sweden beat Finland 3-2 today to win the men’s hockey gold.
Germany finished first in overall medals with 29 and golds with 11, while the Americans won 25 medals overall, nine of them gold.
(Saturday, February 26, 1966) — “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” by Nancy Sinatra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin” by Nancy Sinatra peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 26 1966)
(Saturday, February 26, 1966) — “Don’t Mess with Bill” by The Marvelettes peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Don’t Mess with Bill’ by The Marvelettes peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 26 1966)
(Saturday, February 26, 1966) — “Zorba The Greek” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Zorba The Greek’ by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass peaks at #11 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 26 1966)
(Saturday, February 26, 1966; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Tay Vinh massacre, in which as many as 168 civilians were killed, was reported to have been carried out today by soldiers of the ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army stationed in South Vietnam. Continue reading South Korean troops accused of killing hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in Binh Dinh province 60 years ago today (Feb 26 1966)
Video: 'The Beatles Episode 23'
(Saturday, February 26, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EST) — The Beatles meet a young boy who would rather be one of the Beatles than to stay home with his family, and later, they come across a donkey that upon hearing their music, runs away at breakneck speed on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.
Video: 'The Inquisition of Galileo | 26th Feb 1616'
(Monday, February 26, 1616) — Astronomer Galileo Galilei met today with a Roman Inquisition official, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, who ordered him to abandon the “heretical” concept of heliocentrism, which held that the earth revolved around the sun, instead of the other way around.
