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Saturday, 28 February 2026
1944 Allied forces land in the south of France, Marseilles recaptured. 
1944 Anvil-Dragoon, U.S. 6th, 7th and French inaugural Armies, attack Southern France and head toward Southern Germany
1944 Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed.
1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
1945 US wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends
1945 A riot ensued in SF while the city was celebrating the end of WW II
1947 India is recorded as becoming independent, Islamic part is recorded as becoming Pakistan.
1947 India gains independence from Britain
1947 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part is recorded as becoming Pakistan.
1948 Korea proclaims itself a republic.
1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
1948 3rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting.
1950 8.6 quake results in the deaths of over 1000 in Assam, India.
1950 8.6 earthquake in India results in the deaths of 20000 to 30000.
1951 Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
1952 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34
1953 Inmates riot at Kingston Penitentiary; burn three buildings; do $2 million damage.
1956 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83
1957 David Simons reaches 30942 m in Man High 2 balloon
1957 USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31513 m in F-104 jet fighter
1958 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65
1960 Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France (Natl Day).
1960 UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen
1962 Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia.
1963 John Powell, composer, dies at 80
1964 Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill.
1965 US National Guard called out to deal with race riots in Los Angeles.
1966 Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64.
1967 England's Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime comes into force, pirate station Radio 355 closes down.
1967 René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68.
1968 Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
1968 Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84.
1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
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