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Today in History: February 26

1154 William the Bad succeeds his father, Roger the II, in Sicily.

1917 President Wilson publicly asks congress for the power to arm merchant ships.

1933 Ground is broken for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

1936 Japanese military troops march into Tokyo to conduct a coup and assassinate political leaders.

1945 Syria declares war on Germany and Japan.

1951 The 22nd Amendment is added to the Constitution limiting the Presidency to two terms.

1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signs a tax bill with $11.5 billion in cuts.

1965 Norman Butler is arrested for the murder of Malcom X.

1968 Thirty-two African nations agree to boycott the Olympics because of the presence of South Africa.

1972 Soviets recover Luna 20 with a cargo of moon rocks.

1973 A publisher and 10 reporters are subpoenaed to testify on Watergate.

1993 A bomb rocks the World Trade Center in New York City. Five people are killed and hundreds suffer from smoke inhalation.


Born on February 26

1829 Levi Strauss, creator of blue jeans.

1846 William Frederick Cody, aka "Buffalo Bill".

1928 Antoine "Fats" Domino, American singer.


JOTD
A man is flying in a hot-air balloon and realizes he is lost

He reduces height and spots a man below. He lowers the balloon farther and shouts, "Excuse me! Can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot-air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.
"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must be in management."
"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."