What are the important events that happened on February 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 28 is the 59th day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 15, 2016 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,456,617,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontaenneagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 335 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,164 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 28 Historical Events
- 1638 –The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- 1827 –The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- 1838 –Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec)
- 1914 –The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
- 1947 –228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives.
- 1959 –Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object to achieve a polar orbit, is launched.
- 1980 –Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
- 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, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
- 1997 –An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
Who were born on February 28?
- 1155 –Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
- 1823 –Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
- 1911 –Otakar Vávra, Czech film director
- 1915 –Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
- 1929 –Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
- 1948 –Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
- 1957 –Cindy Wilson, American singer (The B-52's)
- 1977 –Jason Aldean, American country singer
- 1982 –Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
- 1989 –Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
Who died on February 28?
- 1510 –Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer
- 1788 –Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)
- 1836 –Friedrich August Grotefend, German philogist (b. 1798)
- 1857 –André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)
- 1942 –Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
- 1956 –Emile Buisson, French murderer (executed) (b. 1902)
- 1979 –Paul Alverdes, German writer (b. 1897)
- 2004 –Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
- 2004 –Carmen Laforet, Spanish writer (b. 1921)
- 2007 –Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
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