February 26
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France.
1846 William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, buffalo hunter, Indian scout and Frontiersman-turned-showman, was born in Scott County, Iowa.
1852 John Harvey Kellogg, American physician who developed dry cereal, was born.
1866 Herbert H Dow, American founder of Dow Chemical Co. was born.
1937 Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer, was born.
February 27
1594 Henry IV was crowned King of France.
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, was born.
1899 Charles Best, Canadian scientist & co-discoverer of insulin, was born.
1902 John Steinbeck, American Nobel Prize winning novelist, was born in Salinas, Calif.
1932 Elizabeth Taylor, actress, was born.
1986 Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey goaltender, died.
February 28
1784 John Wesley chartered the Methodist Church.
1865 Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary, was born.
1901 Linus Pauling, the American Nobel Prize-winning chemist and political activist, was born.
1935 DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invented nylon.
1953 Scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick published the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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