"On Feb. 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot to death in Sanford, Florida, during an altercation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who said he acted in self-defense. (Zimmerman was later acquitted of second-degree murder.)"
"In 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others, mainly due to smoke inhalation. (The bomb failed to topple the north tower into the south tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.)"
"In 2008, the New York Philharmonic performed in North Korea as part of a historic cultural exchange in a feat of musical diplomacy. It was the first American orchestra to ever perform in the isolated communist nation."
February 26 encompasses numerous pivotal historical moments across centuries. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on Elba to return to France. The date marks President Woodrow Wilson's 1919 designation of the Grand Canyon as a national park and Winston Churchill's 1952 announcement of Britain's atomic bomb development. The 1987 Tower Commission report criticized President Reagan's management of national security staff regarding Iran-Contra. A 1993 World Trade Center bombing killed six and injured over 1,000. The 2008 New York Philharmonic's performance in North Korea represented historic musical diplomacy. In 2012, Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman. Additional events include a 2013 hot-air balloon disaster in Egypt and the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony.
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