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February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 306 days remaining, 307 in Leap Year s. In a Common Year it is the last day of February.
Events
- 364 - Valentinian I is elevated as Roman Emperor .
- 1700 - Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden , thus creating the Swedish Calendar .
- 1784 - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church .
- 1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first Railroad in United States offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- 1844 - A gun on USS ''Princeton'' explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others.
- 1849 - Regular Steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS ''California'' in San Francisco Bay , 4 months 21 days after leaving New York Harbor .
- 1850 - The University Of Utah opens in Salt Lake City , Utah .
- 1854 - The Republican Party Of The United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin .
- 1861 - Colorado is organized as a United States Territory .
- 1870 - The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire .
- 1883 - The first Vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts .
- 1885 - The American Telephone And Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
- 1897 - Queen Ranavalona III , the last monarch in Madagascar , was deposed by a French military force.
- of Ladysmith " is lifted.
- 1922 - The United Kingdom accepts the Independence of Egypt .
- is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag Fire .
- 1935 - Nylon is discovered by Wallace Carothers .
- 1939 - The first issue of Serbia n weekly magazine Politikin Zabavnik was published.
- 1939 - The word " Dord " is discovered in the '' Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition '', prompting an investigation.
- 1940 - Basketball is Televised for the first time ( Fordham University vs. the University Of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden ).
- , civil disorder is put down at a loss of 30,000 civilian lives.
- 1948 - Bud Gartiser sets a new world record after clearing the 50-yard low hurdles in 6.8 seconds.
- 1953 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA ; formal announcement April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2 ).
- 1960 - The United States defeats Czechoslovakia 9-4 to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California .
- and People's Republic Of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué .
- 1974 - After seven years, the United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations.
- 1975 - A major tube train crash at Moorgate Station , London kills 43 people.
- 1983 - The final episode of '' M---A---S---H '' is broadcast in the USA , becoming the most watched Television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source).
- 1986 - Olof Palme , Prime Minister Of Sweden , is assassinated in Stockholm .
- 1993 - Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest Cult leader David Koresh . Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
- 1997 - The North Hollywood Shootout takes place.
- n police begin the offensive againt the KLA in Kosovo .
- 2001 - An Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley area of the U.S. state of Washington .
- 2002 - At least 55 are killed in Ahmadabad , India when Hindu s burn Muslim homes.
- 2004 - Over 1 million Taiwan ese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947
Births
- 1155 - Henry The Young King , son of Henry II Of England (d. 1183 )
- 1533 - Michel De Montaigne , French writer and philosopher (d. 1592 )
- 1552 - Joost Bürgi , Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (d. 1632 )
- 1612 - John Pearson , English theologian (d. 1686 )
- 1670 - Benjamin Wadsworth , American President of Harvard University (d. 1737 )
- 1675 - Guillaume Delisle , French cartographer (d. 1726 )
- 1683 - René Antoine Ferchault De Réaumur , French scientist (d. 1757 )
- 1704 - Louis Godin , French astonomer (d. 1760 )
- 1712 - Louis-Joseph De Montcalm , French military commander (d. 1759 )
- 1724 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend , British field marshal (d. 1807 )
- 1820 - John Tenniel , English illustrator (d. 1914 )
- 1823 - Ernest Renan , French philosopher (d. 1892 )
- 1827 - Blondin , French tightrope walker (d. 1897 )
- 1833 - Alfred Von Schlieffen , German field marshal (d. 1913 )
- 1865 - Wilfred Grenfell , medical missionary to Newfoundland And Labrador (d. 1940 ).
- 1878 - Pierre Fatou , French mathematician (d. 1929 )
- 1882 - Geraldine Farrar , American soprano (d. 1967 )
- 1882 - José Vasconcelos , Mexican writer and politician (d. 1959 )
- 1894 - Ben Hecht , American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1964 )
- 1896 - Philip Showalter Hench , American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1965 )
- 1900 - Wolfram Hirth , German pilot and aircraft designer (d. 1959 )
- 1901 - Linus Pauling , American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry and Peace (d. 1994 )
- 1903 - Vincente Minnelli , American director (d. 1986 )
- 1906 - Bugsy Siegel , American gangster (d. 1947 )
- 1907 - Milton Caniff , American cartoonist ( Terry And The Pirates , Steve Canyon )
- 1908 - Billie Bird , American actress (d. 2002 )
- 1909 - Stephen Spender , English poet (d. 1995 )
- 1915 - Peter Medawar , Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1987 )
- 1915 - Zero Mostel , American actor (d. 1977 )
- 1921 - Pierre Clostermann , French World War II pilot (d. 2006 )
- 1923 - Charles Durning , American actor
- 1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva , Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
- 1929 - Hayden Fry , American football coach
- 1929 - Frank Gehry , Canadian-American architect
- 1930 - Leon Neil Cooper , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Gavin MacLeod , American actor
- 1931 - Dean Smith , American basketball coach
- 1932 - Don Francks , Canadian actor
- 1933 - Rein Taagepera , Estonian politician
- 1939 - Daniel C. Tsui , Chinese-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 - Tommy Tune , American dancer, choreographer, and actor
- 1940 - Mario Andretti , American race car driver
- 1940 - Joe South , American singer and songwriter
- 1942 - Frank Bonner , American actor and director
- 1942 - Brian Jones , English musician ( The Rolling Stones ) (d. 1969 )
- 1942 - Dino Zoff , Italian footballer
- 1944 - Kelly Bishop , American actress
- 1944 - Sepp Maier , German footballer
- 1944 - Win Aung , Burmese politician
- 1945 - Bubba Smith , American football player and actor
- 1946 - Robin Cook , British politician (d. 2005 )
- 1946 - Syreeta Wright , American singer (d. 2004 )
- 1947 - Stephanie Beacham , British actress
- 1948 - Steven Chu , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1948 - Mike Figgis , English director, writer, and composer
- 1948 - Bernadette Peters , American actress and singer
- 1948 - Mercedes Ruehl , American actress
- 1952 - William Finn , American composer and lyricist
- 1955 - Gilbert Gottfried , American comedian and actor
- 1955 - Silky Sullivan , American racehorse (d. 1977 )
- 1956 - Jimmy Nicholl , Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
- 1956 - Mike Tenay , American wrestling commentator
- 1957 - John Turturro , American actor
- 1960 - Dorothy Stratten , Canadian actress and model (d. 1980 )
- 1961 - Rae Dawn Chong , Canadian actress
- 1961 - Mark Latham , Australian politician
- 1967 - Colin Cooper , English footballer
- 1969 - Robert Sean Leonard , American actor
- 1970 - Noureddine Morceli , Algerian athlete
- 1970 - Lemony Snicket , American writer
- 1971 - Tristan Louis , American writer
- 1972 - Rory Cochrane , American actor
- 1973 - Eric Lindros , Canadian hockey player
- 1974 - Lee Carsley , Irish footballer
- 1978 - Benjamin Raich , Austrian Olympic skier
- 1979 - Primož Peterka , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1980 - Pascal Bosschaart , Dutch footballer
- 1982 - Natalia Vodianova , Russian supermodel
- 1985 - Jelena Janković , Serbian tennis player
- 1986 - Daniel Broderick , Australian musician
- 2001 - Smarty Jones , American racehorse
Deaths
- 1261 - Henry III, Duke Of Brabant
- 1326 - Duke Leopold I Of Austria (b. 1290 )
- 1453 - Isabella, Duchess Of Lorraine (b. 1400 )
- 1485 - Niclas, Graf Von Abensberg , German soldier (b. 1441 )
- 1510 - Juan De La Cosa , Spanish cartographer and explorer
- 1572 - Aegidius Tschudi , Swiss historian (b. 1505 )
- 1621 - Cosimo II De' Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany (b. 1590 )
- 1648 - King Christian IV Of Denmark And Norway , (b. 1577 )
- 1746 - Hermann Von Der Hardt , German historian (b. 1660 )
- 1786 - John Gwynn , English architect and engineer (b. 1713 )
- 1788 - Thomas Cushing , American Continental Congressman (b. 1725 )
- 1857 - André Dumont , Belgian geologist (b. 1809 )
- 1916 - Henry James , American writer (b. 1843 )
- 1925 - Friedrich Ebert , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1871 )
- 1936 - Charles Nicolle , French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1866 )
- 1941 - King Alfonso XIII Of Spain (b. 1886 )
- 1942 - Karel Doorman , Dutch admiral (b. 1889 )
- 1959 - Maxwell Anderson , American playwright and film writer (b. 1888 )
- 1967 - Henry Luce , American publisher (b. 1898 )
- 1974 - Bobby Bloom , American singer/songwriter (b. 1946 )
- 1977 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson , American actor (b. 1905 )
- 1978 - Eric Frank Russell , English author (b. 1905 )
- 1978 - Philip Ahn , American actor (b. 1905 )
- 1978 - Zara Cully , American actress (b. 1892 )
- 1985 - David Byron , British singer ( Uriah Heep ) (b. 1947 )
- 1985 - Ray Ellington , British singer (b. 1916 )
- 1986 - Olof Palme , Prime Minister Of Sweden (b. 1927 )
- 1991 - Reinhard Bendix , German sociologist (b. 1916 )
- 1993 - Ruby Keeler , Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1910 )
- 1998 - Dermot Morgan , Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952 )
- 1998 - Arkady Shevchenko , Soviet diplomat (b. 1930 )
- 2002 - Mary Stuart , American actress (b. 1926 )
- 2002 - Helmut Zacharias , German violinist (b. 1920 )
- 2003 - Chris Brasher , British athlete (b. 1928 )
- 2003 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández , President Of El Salvador (heart attack) (b. 1917 )
- 2003 - Roger Michael Needham , British cryptographer (b. 1935 )
- 2004 - Daniel J. Boorstin , American historian, writer, and Librarian Of Congress (b. 1914 )
- 2004 - Andres Nuiamäe , Estonian soldier (killed in battle) (b. 1982 )
- 2006 - Owen Chamberlain , American physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (b. 1920 )
Holidays and observances
- Bahá'í Faith - Day 3 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
Liturgical feasts
External links
February 27 - February 29 - ( February 30 ) - March 1 - January 28 - March 28 -- Listing Of All Days
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