
In context
- When
- Tuesday, February 26 200224 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 21st century · 2000s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
Who they were
Gerard Martín, Spanish footballer
Why this date
Gerard Martín (footballer) appears on our February 26 calendar for 2002 as a birth entry.
February 26 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 2002Gerard Martín (footballer)
- 2008Korean War
- 2008New York Philharmonic
- 20122012 Burlington Via derailment
- 2012Trayvon Martin
- 20132013 Luxor hot air balloon crash
- 2013Hot air balloon
- 2014Ming Pao
- 2019Indian Air Force
- 20212021 Zamfara school kidnapping
- 2026Pakistan
Also in 2002
- September 14Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
- October 20Top Gear (2002 TV series)Top Gear, the revived popular British TV motoring magazine, premieres on BBC.
- May 25China Airlines Flight 611China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
- June 14Near-Earth objectNear-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
- January 3Second IntifadaSecond Intifada: Israeli forces seized MV Karine A, which was carrying 50 tons of smuggled weapons on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
- January 3Israeli–Palestinian conflictIsraeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
- May 4EAS Airlines Flight 4226One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.
- July 31HamasHamas attackers detonated a bomb at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine students and injuring abo…
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Questions about this entry
When did Gerard Martín (footballer) happen?
February 26 2002 — 24 years ago, on a Tuesday.
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