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 February - 28.  

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

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

1936  On this day in history pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55  

1939  On February - 28 great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain  

1939  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 the birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver  

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

1940  On February - 28 johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81  

1941  British-Italian dogfight above Albania on February - 28.  

1941  39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month on this day in history.  

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

1942  Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies on February - 28.  

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

1942  1st weapon drop on Netherlands on this day in history.  

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

1944  On February - 28 the birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress  

1947  On February - 28 anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan  

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

1949  Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1951  French government of Pleven dissolves on February - 28.  

1951  On February - 28 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 February - 28 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  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 this day in history.  

1261  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)  

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

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher  

1552  On February - 28 birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician  

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.  

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.