Notable Historical Events on February 28th
February 28th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
202 |
Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China |
BC AD | |
364 |
Valentinian I becomes Roman Emperor. |
870 |
8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople |
1570 |
Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas |
1638 |
Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh |
1646 |
Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church |
1653 |
-Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch |
1667 |
English colony Suriname in Dutch hands |
1700 |
Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar. |
1704 |
Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC |
1704 |
Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100 |
1708 |
Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die |
1710 |
In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. |
1728 |
George F Handel's opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London |
1730 |
Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy |
1749 |
1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published |
1759 |
Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages |
1778 |
Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves |
1784 |
John Wesley charters Methodist Church |
1787 |
The charter establishing the institution now known as the University of Pittsburgh is granted. |
1794 |
US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin |
1810 |
1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia |
1819 |
1st public performance of a Franz Schubert song, "Schäfers Klageleid" |
1826 |
M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet |
1827 |
1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered |
1828 |
Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna |
1835 |
Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" |
1838 |
Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec) |
1844 |
12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes |
1847 |
US defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento |
1849 |
1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast |
1850 |
The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
1854 |
Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc |
1859 |
Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery |
1861 |
Territories of Nevada & Colorado created |
1862 |
Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris |
1863 |
Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia |
1864 |
-Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford) |
1864 |
-Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond |
1870 |
The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. |
1871 |
2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections |
1878 |
US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate |
1879 |
"Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation |
1882 |
1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U |
1883 |
1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston) |
1888 |
Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes |
1888 |
Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres |
1891 |
Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec) |
1893 |
Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" |
1896 |
France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar |
1900 |
General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal |
1902 |
Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo |
1903 |
Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000 |
1904 |
Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres |
1906 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games |
1908 |
Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran |
1912 |
Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50 |
1913 |
6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) |
1914 |
Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF) |
1915 |
WWI: After the French try to drive the Germans forces back into the Champagne region, they gain a few hundred yards - at the cost of 50,000 casualties |
1917 |
AP reports Mexico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I |
1920 |
Maurice Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin," premieres |
1922 |
Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain |
1922 |
KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions |
1923 |
Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands |
1924 |
US begins intervention in Honduras |
1925 |
"Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1 |
1925 |
Congress authorizes a special handling stamp |
1925 |
Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) |
1925 |
Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms |
1929 |
Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home |
1931 |
Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass |
1931 |
Oswald Mosley founds his New Party |
1933 |
1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor |
1933 |
German Pres Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion |
1933 |
Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD) |
1935 |
Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit |
1935 |
Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon polymer |
1939 |
Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain |
1939 |
The first issue of Serbian weekly magazine Politikin zabavnik is published. |
1939 |
The erroneous word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation. |
1940 |
1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37) |
1940 |
Richard Wright's "Native Son" published |
1940 |
US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) |
1941 |
39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month |
1941 |
British-Italian dogfight above Albania |
1942 |
1st weapon drop on Netherlands |
1942 |
Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies |
1942 |
Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit |
1943 |
"Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan |
1943 |
63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month |
1947 |
Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan |
1947 |
228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives. |
1950 |
"Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs |
1951 |
French government of Pleven dissolves |
1951 |
Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates |
1953 |
Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov |
1954 |
Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament |
1954 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island |
1956 |
13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass |
1956 |
Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory |
1957 |
Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory |
1958 |
West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket |
1959 |
"Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs |
1959 |
Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB |
1959 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN |
1959 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA |
1959 |
Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit |
1959 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA |
1959 |
NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players |
1960 |
8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Cal |
1960 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open |
1960 |
US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Canada |
1961 |
JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor |
1962 |
WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN |
1966 |
Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes |
1966 |
Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers |
1967 |
Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal |
1968 |
Pirate Radio Hauraki, off NZ, returns to the air |
1969 |
Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Towler & Ford of GBR |
1969 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Spr won by Rodnina & Ulanov of URS |
1969 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colo Spr won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR |
1969 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Springs won by Tim Wood USA |
1969 |
Terence O'Neill re-elected as leader of the Unionist Parliamentary Party and thus confirmed as Northern Ireland Prime Minister |
1970 |
"Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances |
1970 |
Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge |
1970 |
Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53) |
1970 |
KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast |
1970 |
WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1971 |
WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting |
1971 |
53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam |
1971 |
A British soldier dies in Derry after his vehicle had been attacked with petrol bombs (he died as a result of inhaling chemicals from fire extinguisers that were used to put out the fire) |
1972 |
George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident |
1972 |
Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China |
1972 |
The Asama-Sanso incident ends in Japan. |
1973 |
Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders |
1973 |
Iraq and Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) reach an agreement on compensation for nationalization |
1974 |
Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms |
1974 |
Labour Party wins British parliamentary election |
1974 |
Taiwan police shoots into crowd |
1974 |
US & Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years |
1975 |
41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop |
1975 |
EG signs accord of Lome with 46 developing countries |
1975 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1975 |
A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people. |
1976 |
18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins |
1976 |
Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession |
1976 |
Spain withdraws from Western Sahara |
1977 |
1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California) |
1977 |
Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends |
1979 |
Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in NYC |
1980 |
"The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) |
1980 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1981 |
Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws |
1981 |
China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan |
1982 |
AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day |
1982 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic |
1982 |
FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street |
1983 |
Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US |
1984 |
26th Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys |
1986 |
European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade |
1986 |
Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs |
1988 |
15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada |
1988 |
Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed |
1988 |
Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game |
1988 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13) |
1989 |
Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA |
1989 |
Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public |
1989 |
Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame |
1990 |
Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine |
1990 |
US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit |
1991 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam |
1991 |
"Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances |
1991 |
Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain |
1991 |
Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16) |
1991 |
US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire |
1991 |
United Nations troops move into Kuwait City and Saddam Hussein orders troops out of Kuwait; Iraqi soldiers ignite Kuwaiti oil fields during their retreat |
1993 |
"Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances |
1993 |
7th American Comedy Award: seinfeld wins |
1993 |
Gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas at Branch Davidian compound after FBI attempts a raid |
1993 |
Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) |
1994 |
Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect |
1995 |
Denver International Airport opens |
1995 |
The US Pentagon announces that it monitored Iranian installation of surface-to-air Hawk missiles in the Strait of Hormuz |
1996 |
38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins |
1997 |
Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 |
1997 |
FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia |
1997 |
Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US |
1997 |
The North Hollywood shootout takes place. |
1998 |
"View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC |
1998 |
Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points |
1998 |
First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace. |
1998 |
Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo. |
2001 |
The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington. |
2001 |
Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash. |
2001 |
15th Soul Train Music Awards: The Isley Brothers, Destiny's Child & Jay-Z win |
2001 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency announces that it intends to proceed with implementation of tighter restrictions on sulfur content in diesel fuel; the rule is opposed by many in the refining industry |
2004 |
Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947 |
2004 |
24th Golden Raspberry Awards: Gigli wins |
2005 |
Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut. |
2005 |
A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. |
2005 |
19th Soul Train Music Awards: Ice Cube, Usher & Ciara win |
2007 |
Jupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft. |
2008 |
Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to Thailand after months of exile. |
2012 |
Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral |
2012 |
Discovery of the largest prehistoric penguin, Kairuku grebneffi, at nearly 5ft tall |
2013 |
28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq |
2013 |
35 people are killed in violent demonstrations across Bangladesh |
2013 |
The brains of two rats have been successfully connected so that they share information |
2014 |
Russia moves troops into the Crimea to protect its interests against Ukraine |
2016 |
Russian mine disaster death toll hits 36 after explosion during failed rescue effort |
2016 |
Chris Rock: 'You're damn right Hollywood is racist' |
2016 |
Ohio pastor shot dead at church, and his brother has been arrested |
2016 |
Starbucks to finally open in Italy |
2017 |
Neil Fingleton, Mag the Mighty of 'Game of Thrones,' Dies at 36 |
2017 |
SpaceX Plans to Send 2 Tourists Around Moon in 2018 |
2017 |
Trump seeks 'historic' increase of 9 percent in military budget |
2017 |
Part of Rio Carnival float collapses, injuring 11 |
2018 |
States grapple with gun laws after Florida shooting |
2018 |
Report: Jared Kushner's security clearance downgraded |
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