February 26

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1870	In New York City a demonstration of the first pneumatic subway opens to the public.	Kikeiji	Pressure	Nagasaki Nightrider
2	1909	Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.	Utada Hikaru	Colors	Colors
3	1917	The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.	The Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Darktown Struthers Ball	Victor #A-2297
4	1946	Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets.	Sonic Youth	Silver Rocket	Daydream Nation
5	1952	British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.	The Smiths	Ask	Louder than Bombs
6	1971	U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.	The Turtles	Earth Anthem	The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands

(Historical facts about February 26 are from Wikipedia.)