Page 7: Historical Events In February - 28

1933  On February - 28 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor   

1935  On February - 28 amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit   

1935  Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers on this day in history.   

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

1936  Pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 on February - 28.   

1939  On this day in history great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain   

1939  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1941  On this day in history british-Italian dogfight above Albania   

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

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

1942  On this day in history japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies   

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

1942  On February - 28 1st weapon drop on Netherlands   

1943  "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan on February - 28.   

1944  The birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress on this day in history.   

1947  On February - 28 anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan   

1948  On February - 28 the last British troops leave India   

1949  Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 on February - 28.   

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

1951  On February - 28 french government of Pleven dissolves   

1951  On this day in history senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates   

1951  French govt of Pleven dissolves on February - 28.   

1953  On February - 28 stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov   

1953  On this day in history jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64   

1954  On February - 28 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island   

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

1956  On this day in history a Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students   

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

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

1409  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.   

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)