Page 7: Historical Events In February - 28

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

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

1939  The birth of Tommy Tune, Tony Award-winning dancer and actor on February - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1940  US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) on February - 28.   

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

1940  On this day in history johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81   

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

1941  On this day in history 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  Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies on this day in history.   

1942  Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit on this day in history.   

1942  1st weapon drop on Netherlands on February - 28.   

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  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 this day in history french government of Pleven dissolves   

1951  Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates on this day in history.   

1951  French govt of Pleven dissolves on February - 28.   

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

1953  Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1956  13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA on this day in history.   

1956  A Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students on this day in history.   

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1155  On this day in history birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

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  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

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

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

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

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  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 February - 28.   

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

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