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February 26
What happened on this day
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Victor Hugo born
224 years ago
The author of 'Les Misérables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' is born in Besançon in 1802.
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Radar demonstrated
91 years ago
Robert Watson-Watt tracks a bomber near Daventry in 1935 using a BBC transmitter, proving that aircraft can be found by radio.
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Berlin Conference ends
141 years ago
Fourteen European powers sign the General Act in 1885, fixing the rules for the partition of Africa with no African state present.
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Barings Bank collapses
31 years ago
Nick Leeson's hidden bets on the Nikkei cost 827 million pounds in 1995 and bring down a 233-year-old London bank in days.
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