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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 306 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 15, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,528 hours 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 354 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 4,452 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 28 Historical Events
- 202 BC –coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty’s rule over China
- 1854 –The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
- 1900 –The Second Boer War: The 118-day “Siege of Ladysmith” is lifted.
- 1922 –The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
- 1933 –Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
- 1954 –The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
- 1980 –Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
- 1997 –An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills around 1,100 people
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on February 28?
- 1155 –Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
- 1675 –Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
- 1820 –John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
- 1882 –Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
- 1915 –Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
- 1923 –Charles Durning, American actor
- 1933 –Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (d. 1989)
- 1971 –Tristan Louis, American writer
- 1989 –Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
- 2007 –Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco
Who died on February 28?
- 1326 –Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)
- 1510 –Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer
- 1621 –Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
- 1916 –Henry James, American writer (b. 1843)
- 1941 –King Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
- 1956 –Emile Buisson, French murderer (executed) (b. 1902)
- 1963 –Rajendra Prasad, First President of India (b. 1884)
- 2003 –Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928)
- 2003 –Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
- 2011 –Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)
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