The February 26, 1971 was a Friday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 56 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 54 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 202 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, February 26, 2026, in 162 days. You have lived for 19,926 days, or about 478,225 hours, or about 28,693,536 minutes, or about 1,721,612,160 seconds.
Date: 27 February 1971
Essex County (NJ) Prosecutor Lordi says films used at contempt trial of 3 leaders of Newark teachers strike were subpoenaed from NYC TV stations WCBS and WABC but stations say subpoenas called only for footage televised previously and say they consider films to be public record; Newark Teachers Union spokesman charges stations with 'unethical journalistic practices'
Date: 27 February 1971
4 league members arrested after burning truck delivering SI Advance and assaulting driver; newspaper, following incident, obtains injunction to halt demonstrations; league objects to use of words Mafia and Cosa Nostra
Date: 26 February 1971
By WALTER CLEMONS
Walter CLEMONS
B H Bagdikian book, The Information Machines. Their Impact on Men and the Media, revd
Date: 26 February 1971
McGovern says he will not attend Gridiron Club dinner because group excludes women
Date: 26 February 1971
Members of Italian-Amer Civil Rights League, protesting articles about Mafia, clash with police outside offices of Staten Island Advance
Date: 27 February 1971
Special to The New York Times
US State Dept discloses that Soviet authorities are holding up visas of 4 Amer newsmen being sent to Moscow on regular assignment to replace other Amers ousted by Soviet authorities or transferred home by their orgns some mos ago; rept that USSR is insisting that US agree to grant visas to 2 Tass correspondents before more visas are granted to Amer newsmen; notes number of Amer newsmen in USSR is 5 less than number of Soviet correspondents in US
Date: 27 February 1971
Clarke, Richard W
Date: 26 February 1971
FCC says system of automatic take-over of major networks for emergency announcements will be temporarily discontinued as result of incident; agrees with recommendations from communications advisory bd that such announcements be sent to AP and UPI news broadcast desks for forwarding to all stations on their wires
Date: 27 February 1971
Cambodian Min Koun Wick calls for invasion of N Vietnam by US and its allies, news conf, Australia; says invasion is only way to persuade N Vietnam to participate in fruitful peace talks
Date: 27 February 1971
Special to The New York Times
Jordan lauds Nixon's stand in State of World Message; Min Salah says Nixon has shown understanding of problem and is trying to find settlement for it, news conf