February 28: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

February 28th marks the 59th day of the Gregorian calendar year. There are 306 days remaining until the end of the year (or 307 days in case of leap years). People born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Richard Ramirez (1960), Brian Jones (1942) and Brian Jones (1942).
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Blessed Antonia of Florence (d. 1472)
Saint Silvana
Saint Rufinus
Saint Oswald (d. 992)
Saint Romanus (died 463)
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2019 28 February 2019, Mogadishu bombings: 29 were killed in three bomb blasts and a siege that lasted until March 1.
2018 Kivu conflict: 23 people have been killed in clashes between militias within the Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo. Since February 25, violence has rekindled.
2017 Afghanistan War (2001-present). Twelve Afghan National Police Officers are killed in an "infiltration attack" by Taliban in the southern Helmand Province.
2016 Afghanistan War (2001-present). Two police officers were killed when a bomb explodes at Helmand Province.
2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: 19 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Balad Ruz (east-central Iraq).
2014 Russian lawmakers propose new laws to make it easier for Russia and Ukraine to be incorporated.
2013 Insurgency in South Thailand: Thailand opens peace talks with Muslim rebels after 20 years of conflict.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
2011 Arab Spring
2010 Winter Olympics 2010:
2009 Carpatair Flight 128, a Saab 2000 bound to Timisoara, Romania, departing from Chisinau (Moldova) - with 51 passengers, makes an emergency landing at Traian Via International Airport, without its forward landing gear. (Phillyburbs). Please leave the landing gear point out of the synopsis. Since emergency landings occur at an alarming rate, the landing gear issue is the reason the item is on this portal. --amp
2008 Pew Center's report on the United States states that the penal system in America held over 2.3 million adult prisoners at the beginning of the year. This means that more than one out of every 100 American adults was in prison or jail. It is the highest percentage in American history. According to the report, the United States imprisons more people than any other nation in the world.
2007 Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, declares the Bolivian Floods a National Disaster with 35 deaths and 72,000 homeless.
2006 Bombing of Al Askari Mosque: So far, sixty-eight people have been murdered in Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad was rocked by mortar and car bombs as news commentators speculated about the possibility that Iraq could be embroiled in civil war. (MSNBC). According to the primary morgue in Baghdad, the death toll from violence following the Al Askari Mosque Bombing has exceeded 1,300. This is contrary to previous information from the United States military.
2005 127 people are killed in a suicide bombing at an Al Hillah police recruitment centre, Iraq.
2004 2004 in film: The 2004 Golden Raspberries were presented to commemorate the low points in the motion picture industry last year.
2003 Jean Chretien, Canada's prime Minister, stated that he believes regime change is dangerous and should not be allowed to lead to an invasion of Iraq. He also indicated that international pressure should only focus on disarmament.
2002 Gulbarg Society massacre: A mob attacked the Gulbarg Society in Chamanpura (Ahmedabad) during the 2002 Gujarat riots. This is a Muslim lower-middle-class neighbourhood. The majority of the houses were destroyed and 35 of the victims, including Ehsan Jafri (a former Congress Member of Parliament), were burned alive. 31 other victims were later found to be missing, making the death toll at 69.
2001 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Washington state. About 400 people injured and major damage in the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia area. Estimated damage between US$1 billion and $4 billion
1998 View From the Bridge, closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
1997 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
1996 38th Grammy Awards: "Jagged Little Pill" - Alanis Morisette wins.
1995 Members of the group Patriot's Council are convicted in Minnesota of manufacturing ricin.
1994 100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas
1993 Anna Christie closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
1991 Les Miserables opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1987 Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at age 67.
1986 European Economic Community signs "Special Act" for Europe free trade.
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.
1984 26th Grammy Awards: "Beat It", Michael Jackson wins eight.
1983 Final TV episode of MASH airs (CBS); record 125 million watch.
1982 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic.
1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston Rockets) sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws.
1980 The Well-Tuned Piano by La Monte Young premieres
1979 In Mt. Saint Elias, Alaska, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs.
1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam / Amsterdam ends
1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
1975 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders.
1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National. Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam.
1970 Georgy closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
1969 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert, German Democratic Republic.
1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air
1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal.
1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
1963 Dorothy Schiff resigns from the New York Newspaper Publisher's Association, feeling that the city needs at least one paper. Her paper, the ''New York Post'', resumes publication on March 4.
1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colorado
1959 Goldilocks closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
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 the worst school bus accident in U.S. history.
1956 Thirteen die in a train crash in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA.
1954 Patty Berg / Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Malenkov
1951 US Senate committee reports of at least two major US crime syndicates.
1950 Alive & Kicking closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 performances
1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan.
1946 Combined Chiefs of Staff reveal that the American, Canadian, and British Governments had experimented with building ice ships during 1942-43. The Habbakuk project was to create a two-million-ton ship made of ice and wood pulp, 2000 feet long, 300 feet wide, as a floating aircraft base.
1945 In Bucharest, a violent demonstration takes place, during which the ''bolşevic'' group opens fire on the army and protesters. In response, Andrei Y. Vishinsky, USSR vice commissioner of foreign affairs and president of the Allied Control Commission for Romania, travels to Bucharest to compel Nicolae Rădescu to resign as premier.
1943 63 U-boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit, Illinois.
1941 39 U-boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1940 1st televised basketball game
1939 The erroneous word ''dord'' is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1935 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
1931 Oswald Mosley founds his New Party
1929 Chicago Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home.
1928 C.V. Raman discovers Raman effect.
1925 Tea For Two by Marion Harris hit #1
1924 US begins intervention in Honduras.
1923 Swedish King Gustaaf V begins state visit to the Netherlands
1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1919 Amanullah Khan becomes King of Afghanistan.
1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets.
1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco).
1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic).
1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran.
1904 Sport Lisboa e Benfica is founded in Portugal.
1903 Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000.
1902 Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo.
1900 The Second Boer War: The 118-day ''Siege of Ladysmith'' is lifted.
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