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What happened on February 28 Please support our Sponsors - They help us keep this site Alive! 0202 BC - this day marks the coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China 0364 Valentinian I is elevated as Roman Emperor. 0870 The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. 1570 Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1646 Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church 1653 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch 1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 1692 Salem witch hunt begins 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 New York NY 1704 Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 40, kidnap 100 1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die 1710 In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jrgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. 1730 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy 1749 First 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 1784 John Wesley charters the Methodist Church. 1787 Charter granted establishing the institution now known as the University of Pittsburgh. 1794 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 1810 First US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet 1827 The B& O Railroad is incorporated (and forever remembered on Monopoly game boards ). 1827 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for the commercial transportation of people and freight 1828 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna 1835 Dr Elias Lönnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" 1838 Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaim the independence of Lower Canada (today Qubec) 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. 1844 US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes. 1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento 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. 1849 The first gold-seekers arrived in San Francisco, aboard the ship California. 1850 The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon WI 1854 Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which became the Republican Party). 1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1861 Colorado is organized as a United States territory. 1861 The Colorado Territory is organized. 1862 The opera "La Reine de Saba" premieres (Paris) 1863 Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA 1864 Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond 1864 Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford) 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 1883 First US vaudeville theater opens (Boston) 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.) 1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes 1888 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres 1893 Edward Acheson, Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" 1896 France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar 1897 Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch in Madagascar, was deposed by a French military force. 1900 General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal 1900 The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted. 1904 Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres 1912 Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50 1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic) 1916 SS Normanby.built in 1889 for the Ropner Company, the ship was mined and sunk off the Shipwash Lightship. 1917 AP reports México & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WWI 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles 1922 The United Kingdom accepts the independence of Egypt. 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 Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms 1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass 1931 Oswald Mosley founds his New Party 1933 Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire. 1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD) 1935 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit 1935 Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers 1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1939 The first issue of Serbian 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). 1940 Mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born 1940 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published 1940 US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) 1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania 1942 HMAS PERTH (RAN) sunk in Sunda Strait, western Java by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force. 1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 1942 The heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed. 1943 "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan 1947 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down at a loss of 30,000 civilian lives. 1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan 1951 French government of Pleven dissolves 1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates 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). 1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1956 A Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students 1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 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 performances 1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit 1960 8th winter Olympics games close at Squaw Valley CA 1960 The United States defeats Czechoslovakia 9-4 in ice hockey to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. 1960 US wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor 1962 Rae Dawn Chong wasborn at Edmonton Alberta, daughter of actor Tommy Chong. Chong, she appeared in the film Quest for Fire 1964 The opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building, much later this event confirms the fact that Toronto is the center of the universe 1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella 1968 Visitor posting - A daughter,Dolores Ann Hawkins was born at 6:50 p.m. at the home of her parents, Virginia and Dewey Hawkins in Chicago,IL. Delivery was assisted by Samuel L Andelman M.D - USA 1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air 1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 1971 53rd PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National to win his 2nd golf grand slam 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1972 Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqu. 1974 After seven years, the United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations. 1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Taiwan police shoot into crowd 1974 The US and Egypt re-establish diplomatic ties for the first time since 1967. 1975 A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people. 1975 EG signs accord of Lomé with 46 developing countries 1976 18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win 1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession 1977 A killer whale born in captivity at Marineland, Los Angeles CA 1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 1978 The Department of Defense authorized fullscale development of the Sikorsky Aircraft's SH-60B LAMPS MK III helicopter. The aircraft was designed primarily for antisubmarine and antiship missions and to be deployed aboard frigates, destroyers and cruisers. 1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY 1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes) 1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1982 AT&T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1983 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch 1983 The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source). 1984 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8 1985 In Toronto Ontario, publisher Ernst Zundel convicted for distributing hate literature in a book that said the mass extermination of Jews in Germany in World War II never occurred 1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade 1986 Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. 1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm. 1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed 1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA 1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public 1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine 1990 The space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit. 1991 First Gulf War ends. 1991 Visitor posting - LeAnne Jayne Robinson is Born to Mardy and Wes Robinson, Havre MT 1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 1993 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins 1993 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempt to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians at a compound near Waco, TX, triggering a 51-day siege. 1993 Visitor posting - Ryan M. The Man I Love, Now And Forever, Was Born. 1993 Visitor posting - Anthony Campa the 2nd best baseball player to ever live after Babe Ruth was Born 1993 Visitor posting - Nicole Boylan born - United Kingdom 1993 Visitor posting - Sean Tyrrell of Ballymun, Dublin is Born - Ireland 1993 Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife 1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1995 Denver International Airport opens. 1995 In Fredericton New Brunswick, a judicial report on sexual abuse of boys at Kingsclear Training Centre released; critical of bureaucratic indifference that allowed abuse to continue for almost 30 years 1995 US Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force. 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 Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo. 1998 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points 2000 A 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage. 2001 Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash. 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. 2002 At least 55 are killed in Ahmadabad, India when Hindus burn Muslim homes. 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 2005 A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. 2005 Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut. 2007 Jupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft. 2010 Visitor posting - leo harley gillard was born 22.57pm - United Kingdom More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at: info @ datesinhistory.com (remove the spaces) "This site contains links to other Internet sites. 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