February 28

February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year (307 in leap years).

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present
  • 1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.[6]
  • 1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.[7]
  • 1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • 1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
  • 1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
  • 1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.[8]
  • 1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.[9]
  • 1966 – A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
  • 1972 – China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
  • 1974 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote.[10]
  • 1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
  • 1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
  • 1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
  • 1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
  • 1986 – Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
  • 1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
  • 1993 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
  • 1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.
  • 1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
  • 1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
  • 1997 – A Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey.[11][12][13]
  • 2001 – The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.[14]
  • 2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
  • 2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
  • 2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
  • 2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.[15]

Births

Pre-1600
  • 1261 – Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (d. 1283)[16][17]
  • 1518 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)[18]
  • 1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (d. 1592)[19]
  • 1535 – Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer (d. 1578)[20]
  • 1552 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (d. 1632)[21]

1601–1900
  • 1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)[22]
  • 1683 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (d. 1757)[23]
  • 1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (d. 1760)[24]
  • 1848 – Arthur Giry, French historian and academic (d. 1899)[25]
  • 1858 – Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (d. 1941)[26]
  • 1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1949)[27]
  • 1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929)[28]
  • 1884 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)[29]
  • 1887 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (d. 1966)[30]
  • 1894 – Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1964)[31]
  • 1896 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)[32]
  • 1898 – Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (d. 1969)[33]

1901–present
  • 1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)[34]
  • 1906 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)[35]
  • 1907 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (d. 1988)[36]
  • 1908 – Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)[37]
  • 1909 – Stephen Spender, English author and poet (d. 1995)[38]
  • 1915 – Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)[39]
  • 1915 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)[40]
  • 1919 – Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (d. 2013)[41]
  • 1920 – Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (d. 2014)[42]
  • 1921 – Marah Halim Harahap, Indonesian military officer, Governor of North Sumatra (d. 2015)[43]
  • 1922 – Radu Câmpeanu, Romanian politician (d. 2016)[44]
  • 1924 – Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)[45]
  • 1925 – Harry H. Corbett, Burmese-English actor (d. 1982)[46]
  • 1928 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976)[47]
  • 1928 – Tom Aldredge, American actor (d. 2011)[48]
  • 1928 – Sylvia del Villard, actress, dancer, choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist (d. 1990)[49]
  • 1929 – Hayden Fry, American football player and coach (d. 2019)[50]
  • 1929 – John Montague, American-Irish poet and academic (d. 2016)[51]
  • 1929 – Frank Gehry, Canadian-born American architect and designer[52]
  • 1930 – Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[53]
  • 1931 – Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020)[54][55]
  • 1931 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (d. 2021)[56][57]
  • 1931 – Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996)[58]
  • 1932 – Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (d. 2016)[59]
  • 1933 – Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician[60]
  • 1937 – Jeff Farrell, American swimmer[61]
  • 1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[62]
  • 1939 – Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer[63]
  • 1942 – Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (d. 2021)[64]
  • 1942 – Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1969)[65]
  • 1942 – Dino Zoff, Italian footballer[66]
  • 1943 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)[67]
  • 1944 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (d. 2014)[68]
  • 1944 – Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager[69]
  • 1944 – Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer (d. 2013)[70]
  • 1945 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011)[71]
  • 1946 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2005)[72]
  • 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)[73]
  • 1948 – Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate[74]
  • 1948 – Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author[75]
  • 1949 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006)[76]
  • 1953 – Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[77]
  • 1954 – Brian Billick, American football player, coach, and sportscaster[78]
  • 1955 – Adrian Dantley, American basketball player and coach[79]
  • 1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 2022)[80]
  • 1956 – Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981)[81]
  • 1956 – Terry Leahy, English businessman[82]
  • 1957 – Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster[83]
  • 1957 – Cindy Wilson, American singer-songwriter[84]
  • 1958 – Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (d. 2012)[85]
  • 1958 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (d. 2010)[86]
  • 1961 – Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer[87]
  • 1963 – Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist[88]
  • 1966 – Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer[89]
  • 1966 – Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid[90]
  • 1967 – Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager[91]
  • 1967 – Seth Rudetsky, American musician, actor, writer, and radio host[92]
  • 1969 – Sean Farrel, English footballer[93]
  • 1969 – Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver[94]
  • 1969 – Robert Sean Leonard, American actor[95]
  • 1970 – Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner[96]
  • 1970 – Daniel Brochu, Canadian actor[97]
  • 1971 – Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer[98]
  • 1972 – Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter[99]
  • 1973 – Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player[100]
  • 1973 – Scott McLeod, New Zealand rugby player[101]
  • 1973 – Nicolas Minassian, French race car driver
  • 1973 – Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler[102]
  • 1974 – Lee Carsley, English-Irish footballer and manager[103]
  • 1974 – Alexander Zickler, German footballer and manager[104]
  • 1975 – Mike Rucker, American football player[105]
  • 1977 – Lance Hoyt, American football player and wrestler[106]
  • 1978 – Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier[107]
  • 1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player[108]
  • 1978 – Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player[109]
  • 1979 – Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver[110]
  • 1979 – Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player[111]
  • 1980 – Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer[112]
  • 1980 – Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer[113]
  • 1980 – Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player[114]
  • 1981 – Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout[115]
  • 1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress[116]
  • 1984 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
  • 1985 – Tim Bresnan, English cricketer[117]
  • 1985 – Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player[118]
  • 1985 – Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer[119]
  • 1987 – Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer[120]
  • 1988 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player[121]
  • 1989 – Carlos Dunlap, American football player[122]
  • 1989 – Charles Jenkins, American basketball player[123]
  • 1989 – Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player[124]
  • 1990 – Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler[125]
  • 1994 – Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer[126]
  • 1999 – Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player[127]

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900
  • 1621 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)[129]
  • 1740 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and patron of the arts (b. 1667)[130]
  • 1857 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)[131]
  • 1882 – Adolf Zytogorski, Polish-British chess master and translator (b. c. 1811/1812)[132]

1901–present
  • 1929 – Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)[133]
  • 1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)[134]
  • 1936 – Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)[135]
  • 1966 – Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)[136]
  • 1966 – Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)[136]
  • 1975 – Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (b. 1888)[137]
  • 1977 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)[138][139]
  • 1978 – Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)[140]
  • 1993 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)[141]
  • 1998 – Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)[142]
  • 2002 – Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)[143]
  • 2002 – Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)[144]
  • 2003 – Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)[145]
  • 2004 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)[146]
  • 2005 – Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941)[147]
  • 2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)[148]
  • 2007 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917)[149]
  • 2009 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918)[150]
  • 2011 – Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)[151]
  • 2013 – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)[152]
  • 2014 – Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)[153][154]
  • 2015 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923)[155][156]
  • 2016 – George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)[157]
  • 2017 – Pierre Pascau, Mauritian-Canadian journalist (b. 1938)
  • 2019 – André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929)[158]
  • 2020 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930)[159]
  • 2020 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)[160]
  • 2020 – Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917)[161]

Holidays and observances
  • Christian feast day:
    • February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)[162][163]

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