Historical Events In February - 28

1933  1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor on this day in history.  

1935  Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit on February - 28.  

1935  Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers on February - 28.  

1935  Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 on February - 28.  

1936  On February - 28 pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55  

1939  On February - 28 great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain  

1939  On this day in history the birth of Tommy Tune, Tony Award-winning dancer and actor  

1940  Mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born on February - 28.  

1940  Richard Wright's "Native Son" published on this day in history.  

1940  The birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver on February - 28.  

1940  On this day in history the first college basketball games are televised, as W2XBS in NY City broadcasts a pair of games from Madison Square Garden.  

1940  On February - 28 uS population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))  

1940  On this day in history 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)  

1940  Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1941  British-Italian dogfight above Albania on February - 28.  

1941  On February - 28 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month  

1942  HMAS PERTH (RAN) sunk in Sunda Strait, western Java by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force on February - 28.  

1942  Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies on this day in history.  

1942  Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit on February - 28.  

1942  1st weapon drop on Netherlands on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan  

1944  On February - 28 the birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress  

1947  On February - 28 anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan  

1948  The last British troops leave India on this day in history.  

1949  On February - 28 stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65  

1950  "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs on February - 28.  

1951  On February - 28 french government of Pleven dissolves  

1951  On February - 28 senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates  

1951  On this day in history french govt of Pleven dissolves  

1953  Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov on this day in history.  

1953  On February - 28 jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64  

1954  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island  

1956  On February - 28 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA  

1956  A Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students on February - 28.  

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1155  On February - 28 birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)  

1261  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)  

1409  On February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)  

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher  

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.  

1552  On this day in history birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)  

1573  On this day in history birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.  

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.  

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.  

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.  

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)  

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.  

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.  

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.