Historical Events In February - 28

1896  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) on February - 28.  

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) on February - 28.  

1899  Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist on February - 28.  

1900  General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal on this day in history.  

1900  On this day in history laura Z Hobson, writer  

1901  Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962) on February - 28.  

1902  On February - 28 jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo  

1903  On February - 28 barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000  

1903  Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 on February - 28.  

1904  On this day in history vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres  

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1905  On February - 28 glyn Jones, writer  

1905  On February - 28 joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85  

1906  Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas  

1907  Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist (Terry & Pirates) on this day in history.  

1908  Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran on February - 28.  

1909  On February - 28 the birth of Linus Pauling, American chemist and physicist  

1909  On February - 28 the birth of Stephen Spender, English poet  

1909  Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie) on February - 28.  

1910  On this day in history the birth of Vincente Minelli, Italian director  

1910  Roman Maciejewski, composer on February - 28.  

1911  On this day in history amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji)  

1912  First ever parachute jump from an airplane on this day in history.  

1912  Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50 on this day in history.  

1912  On February - 28 helmut Coing, German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute)  

1912  On this day in history bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies  

1913  On February - 28 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic)  

1913  On this day in history 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)  

1913  Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.  

1914  Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco) on this day in history.  

1914  Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF) on February - 28.  

1914  On February - 28 jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family)  

1915  The birth of Sir Peter Medawar, English immunologist on February - 28.  

1915  Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953) on this day in history.  

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on February - 28.  

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

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.  

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 February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)  

1612  On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)  

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle  

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies  

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)  

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)  

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.  

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

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler  

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