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 this day in history.   

1935  On February - 28 nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers   

1935  Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1939  Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born   

1940  On this day in history richard Wright's "Native Son" published   

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

1940  The first college basketball games are televised, as W2XBS in NY City broadcasts a pair of games from Madison Square Garden on February - 28.   

1940  US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) on this day in history.   

1940  On February - 28 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)   

1940  Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 on February - 28.   

1941  British-Italian dogfight above Albania on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1942  On February - 28 japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies   

1942  On February - 28 race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit   

1942  On February - 28 1st weapon drop on Netherlands   

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

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

1947  Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan on February - 28.   

1948  On this day in history the last British troops leave India   

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

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

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

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

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  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.   

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

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

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

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