February 26

Wilfred G. Lambert, the British Assyriologist known for recovering Babylonian wisdom literature and the flood epic Atra-hasis, was born in Birmingham.

Ruth Denison, a pioneering American vipassana teacher who led some of the first all-women meditation retreats in the West, died at age 92.

Near Daventry, England, a team led by Robert Watson-Watt showed that radio waves reflected from a passing bomber could reveal an aircraft's position, launching practical radar.