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    History in 26th Feb

  • WTC bombed

    Terrorists detonate a car bomb outside the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing six civilians and wounding over 1,000 others. The bomb, designed to tip the North Tower into the South Tower, was one of the first major terrorist attacks on American soil before September 11.

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  • Buffalo Bill born

    William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill", is born outside Le Claire, Iowa. Cody rode for the Pony Express and worked as a teamster for a Kansas regiment during the Civil War before serving as a scout for the U.S. Army, where he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872. Cody famously started "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, which featured cowboys, sharpshooters, and foreign soldiers performing for audiences across the United States and Europe.

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