February 28
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian
Calendar. There are 306 days remaining, 307 in leap years.
Events
300-1899
- 364 - Valentinian I is elevated
as Roman Emperor.
- 1258 - Hulagu Khan sacks Baghdad
- 1700 - February 28 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 offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- 1844 - A gun on the 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 United States Republican Party is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
- 1861 - Colorado is organized as a
United States
territory.
- 1878 - Pierre Fatou, a French
Mathematician is born, who worked on iteration theory which was later analysed by Benoit Mandelbrot.
- 1883 - The first vaudeville theater
is opened, in Boston, Massachusetts.
1900-1949
1950-1999
2000-2099
Births
1500-1899
1900-1950
- 1900 - Wolfram Hirth, pilot and
designer of aircrafts (d. 1959)
- 1901 - Linus Pauling, the only
winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 and Peace 1962 (d. 1994)
- 1903 - Vincente
Minnelli, director (d. 1986)
- 1906 - Bugsy Siegel, gangster (d.
1947)
- 1909 - Stephen Spender,
poet (d. 1995)
- 1915 - Zero Mostel, actor (d.
1977)
- 1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, former president of El
Salvador (1967-1972) (d. 2003)
- 1929 - Hayden Fry, college football coach
- 1931 - Dean Smith, NCAA basketball coach
- 1938 - Klaus Staeck, graphic artist
- 1939 - Erika Pluhar, actress and singer
- 1939 - Tommy Tune, dancer,
choreographer, actor
- 1940 - Mario Andretti,
automobile driver
- 1942 - Brian Jones, musician
("The Rolling Stones") (d. 1969)
- 1942 - Joe South, musician
- 1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian legendary football goalkeeper
- 1945 - Bubba Smith, Football Hall of Famer
- 1946 - Robin Cook, British
politician
- 1948 - Mike Figgis, director, writer, composer
- 1948 - Bernadette
Peters, actress, singer
- 1948 - Mercedes Ruehl,
actress
1950-1999
2000-2099
Deaths
- 1326 - Duke Leopold I of Austria
- 1916 - Henry James, writer (b.
1843)
- 1941 - King Alfonso
XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
- 1942 - Karel Doorman, Dutch
admiral (b. 1889)
- 1959 - Maxwell Anderson,
playwright, film writer (b. 1888)
- 1977 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, actor (b. 1905)
- 1979 - "The famous Mr. Ed", the talking
horse
- 1986 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1927)
- 1993 - Ruby Keeler, actress,
singer, dancer (b. 1910)
- 2002 - Helmut Zacharias,
German violinist (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Chris Brasher,
athlete
- 2003 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, former President of El
Salvador
- 2003 - Roger
Michael Needham, professor of cryptography at Cambridge University
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.
February 27 - February
29 - March 1 - January 28 -
March 28 -- listing of all days
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