Discover what happened on 26 February 1953 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Martha Longstreet (American physician (1870-1953))
- Hans von der Mühll (Swiss architect, active in Basle)
- Arjen Buwalda van Holkema
- Lajos Cicatricis (Hungarian politician (1862-1953))
- Louis Perrier (French physician, theologian and speleologist (1875-1953))
- N. S. Derzhavin
- Elisabeth Kuyper (composer)
- Fedor Houdek (Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of supply and slovak nation politician (1877-1953))
- Sven Lindahl
- Hermann Eissler (Jewish art collector persecuted by Nazis (1860-1953))
- Karl Rauch (Austrian jurist and professor)
- Élie Faure (French Protestant pastor)
- Ida Constance Diana Mary Noel ((1879-1953))
- Blanche Boscawen ((1861-1953))
- Cyril Adelbert Stebbins (American educator and agriculturalist (1880-1953))
- Benito Gaya Nuño
- Abdul-Hussein Rashti (Iranian faqih)
- William Forster Lanchester (British zoologist (1875-1953))
- John William Miller (American aviation pioneer, civil engineer, and professor)
- Bořivoj Radoň
- Antonín Hofmeister
- Otakar Kriebel
- Arthur R. Mosler (American mechanical engineer (1870-1953))
- Marie Možná
- Martha Longstreet (American physician (1870-1953))
- Hans von der Mühll (Swiss architect, active in Basle)
- Arjen Buwalda van Holkema