Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 07:37 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
02/28/1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
02/28/1552 Jobst B�rgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
02/28/1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
02/28/1616 Kaspar Forster, composer
02/28/1683 Ren�-Antoine de R�aumur, France, biologist/engineer
02/28/1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
02/28/1712 Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V�ran, France, general
02/28/1747 Justin Morgan, composer
02/28/1750 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
02/28/1771 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
02/28/1786 D Fran�ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
02/28/1792 Henriette ALF countess d'oultremont de W�gimont, wife of King Willem
02/28/1797 Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
02/28/1797 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign
02/28/1799 Johann von D�llinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian
02/28/1810 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
02/28/1817 James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
02/28/1820 John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
02/28/1822 Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
02/28/1823 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
02/28/1824 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
02/28/1824 John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
02/28/1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 188
02/28/1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general/field marshal
02/28/1850 Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)
02/28/1854 Juliusz Zarebski, composer
02/28/1857 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer
02/28/1858 Jacob P Fish, industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)
02/28/1865 Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary
02/28/1866 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russia, Symbolist poet (Pilot Stars)
02/28/1875 Viliam Figus, composer
02/28/1876 John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)
02/28/1882 Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)
02/28/1882 Jos� Vasconcelos, Oaxaca M�xico, politician/essayist/philosopher
02/28/1882 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer
02/28/1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)
02/28/1889 Victor Sutherland, actor (Captive City)
02/28/1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)
02/28/1893 Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)
02/28/1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)
02/28/1895 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright
02/28/1896 Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)
02/28/1898 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)
02/28/1901 Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962)
02/28/1901 Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen)
02/28/1907 Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, cartoonist (Terry & Pirates)
02/28/1909 Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie)
02/28/1909 Stephen Spender, England, poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness)
02/28/1910 Roman Maciejewski, composer
02/28/1910 Vincente Minnelli, movie director (American in Paris, Gigi)
02/28/1914 Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family)
02/28/1915 Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)
02/28/1915 Zero Mostel, actor, if I were a rich man (Fiddler on the Roof)
02/28/1917 Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
02/28/1917 John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK
02/28/1918 Alfred Burke, actor (Backfire)
02/28/1920 Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
02/28/1921 Vladimir Sommer, composer
02/28/1923 Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie)
02/28/1924 Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969- )
02/28/1925 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son/Jabberwacky)
02/28/1926 Seymour Shifrin, composer
02/28/1926 Stanley Glasser, composer
02/28/1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin, author (My Life)
02/28/1928 Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey)
02/28/1928 Tom Aldredge, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers)
02/28/1929 Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
02/28/1930 Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
02/28/1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boa
02/28/1931 Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
02/28/1932 Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match)
02/28/1932 Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow)
02/28/1934 Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
02/28/1938 Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
02/28/1939 Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
02/28/1939 John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)
02/28/1939 Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend)
02/28/1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
02/28/1940 Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
02/28/1942 Brian Jones, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
02/28/1942 Frank Bonner, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love)
02/28/1943 Barbara Acklin, Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman)
02/28/1943 Hans F D�kstal, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
02/28/1944 Barbara Acklin, [Allen], US singer (Love makes a woman)
02/28/1944 Bernadette Peters, [Lazzaro], Queens NY, actress (Jerk, Song & Dance
02/28/1944 Kelly Bishop, actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn)
02/28/1945 Charles 'Bubba' Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
02/28/1945 Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina)
02/28/1945 Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion
02/28/1947 Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys)
02/28/1948 Frank Bonner, Little Rock Ark, actor (Herb-WKRP, Sidekicks)
02/28/1950 Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere)
02/28/1950 Stephen Chatman, composer
02/28/1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
02/28/1952 Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel)
02/28/1952 Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage)
02/28/1952 Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic)
02/28/1953 Ricky 'Dragon' Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA
02/28/1955 Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
02/28/1955 Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
02/28/1956 Adrian Dantley, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, 1981, 84 top scorer)
02/28/1957 Cindy Wilson, vocals/percussion (B-52's-Love Shack, Rock Lobster)
02/28/1957 John Turturro, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever)
02/28/1957 Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water)
02/28/1958 Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76)
02/28/1959 Sydney P Mufamadi, South African SACP-leader
02/28/1960 Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina)
02/28/1962 Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984
02/28/1962 Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire)
02/28/1965 Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
02/28/1967 Marcus Lillington, rocker (Breathe-All I Need)
02/28/1969 Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming)
02/28/1969 Robert Sean Leonard, actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr & Mrs Bridge)
Deaths:
02/28/1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
02/28/1609 Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
02/28/1618 Philip Willem, Prince of Orange, dies
02/28/1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
02/28/1638 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
02/28/1638 Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier, Huguenot leader, dies
02/28/1665 Lodew�k van Nassau, Bavarian diplomat, dies
02/28/1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
02/28/1742 Willem J Once-Gravesande, physicist, dies at 53
02/28/1781 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
02/28/1784 Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
02/28/1796 Freiedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
02/28/1818 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, dies at 56
02/28/1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeto
02/28/1844 Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
02/28/1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
02/28/1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85
02/28/1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic)
02/28/1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
02/28/1922 Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
02/28/1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
02/28/1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (Reaction of P), dies
02/28/1929 John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
02/28/1935 Alexander WF Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
02/28/1936 Pedro Mu�oz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55
02/28/1940 Alfonso XIII the Borb�n, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies
02/28/1940 Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, dies
02/28/1941 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1902-31), dies at 54
02/28/1949 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
02/28/1959 Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies
02/28/1960 Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), dies at 68
02/28/1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies
02/28/1962 Harold Ogden 'Chic' Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
02/28/1963 Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58
02/28/1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergense School), dies at 78
02/28/1965 Adolf Sch�rf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
02/28/1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
02/28/1966 Elliot M See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
02/28/1968 Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41
02/28/1968 Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25
02/28/1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
02/28/1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
02/28/1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 82
02/28/1973 Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79
02/28/1974 Mees Toxopeus, captain KNZHRM ship, dies at 89
02/28/1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 84
02/28/1977 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
02/28/1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
02/28/1978 Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66
02/28/1979 Jane Hylton, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
02/28/1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
02/28/1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
02/28/1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
02/28/1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
02/28/1987 Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67
02/28/1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies
02/28/1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
02/28/1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
02/28/1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack at 53 in the Bronx
02/28/1993 Fer A Olthoff, resistance fighter (Slogan), dies
02/28/1993 Franco Brusati, director/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies
02/28/1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
02/28/1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies
02/28/1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
02/28/1994 Pu Jie, b.v. the last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
Significant Events:
02/28/ 870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
02/28/1066 Westminster Abbey opens
02/28/1573 Flemish engraver/publisher John 'Hans' Liefrinck (about 54) buried
02/28/1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
02/28/1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
02/28/1653 Driedaagse Sea battle English beats Dutch
02/28/1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
02/28/1692 Salem witch hunt begins
02/28/1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC
02/28/1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
02/28/1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
02/28/1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' 'Tom Jones' published
02/28/1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
02/28/1794 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
02/28/1810 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
02/28/1819 1st public performance of a Schubert song, 'Sch�fers Klageleid'
02/28/1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
02/28/1827 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
02/28/1835 Dr Elias L�nnrot publishes Finnish poem 'Kalevala'
02/28/1847 US defeats M�xico in battle of Sacramento
02/28/1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
02/28/1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
02/28/1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
02/28/1861 Territory of Colorado created
02/28/1862 The opera 'La Reine de Saba' is produced (Paris)
02/28/1863 Confederate raider 'Nashville' sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
02/28/1864 -Mar 3rd] Skermish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
02/28/1864 -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
02/28/1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
02/28/1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #184 Dejopeja
02/28/1878 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
02/28/1879 'Exodus of 1879' southern blacks flee political/economic exploitatio
02/28/1879 J Coggia discovers asteroid #193 Ambrosia
02/28/1882 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard
02/28/1883 1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
02/28/1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
02/28/1891 Oscar Grund�n skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
02/28/1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names 'carborundum'
02/28/1900 General Bullers troops rescues Ladysmith Natal
02/28/1906 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Queen's Univ (Kingston Ont) for Stanley Cup
02/28/1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
02/28/1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #710 Gertrud
02/28/1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)
02/28/1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF)
02/28/1917 AP reports M�xico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I
02/28/1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
02/28/1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
02/28/1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles
02/28/1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
02/28/1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
02/28/1924 US begins intervention in Honduras
02/28/1925 Acting museum of Amsterdam established
02/28/1925 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
02/28/1925 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)
02/28/1925 Theater Museum of Amsterdam established
02/28/1929 Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
02/28/1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
02/28/1932 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1310 Villigera
02/28/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1724 Vladimir
02/28/1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
02/28/1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
02/28/1940 1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's MSG)
02/28/1940 Richard Wright's 'Native Son' published
02/28/1940 US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
02/28/1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania
02/28/1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
02/28/1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
02/28/1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
02/28/1943 'Porgy & Bess' opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
02/28/1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration in Taiwan
02/28/1951 French govt of Pleven dissolves
02/28/1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
02/28/1952 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1629 Pecker & #1630 Milet
02/28/1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Chroestsjov & Malenkov
02/28/1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass
02/28/1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
02/28/1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
02/28/1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
02/28/1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
02/28/1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo
02/28/1960 US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4
02/28/1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
02/28/1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
02/28/1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
02/28/1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
02/28/1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air
02/28/1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1793 Zoya
02/28/1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
02/28/1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
02/28/1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
02/28/1971 Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
02/28/1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting
02/28/1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
02/28/1973 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #3407 & #3627
02/28/1973 Suriname govt of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
02/28/1974 Ethiopian govt of Makonnen forms
02/28/1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
02/28/1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd
02/28/1974 US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years
02/28/1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
02/28/1975 EG signs accord of Lom� with 46 developing countries
02/28/1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possessi
02/28/1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
02/28/1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
02/28/1979 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2612 Kathryn
02/28/1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2521
02/28/1980 'The Well-Tuned Piano' by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
02/28/1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
02/28/1981 China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to agreements with Taiwan
02/28/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2958
02/28/1981 S J Bus discovers asteroids #2780 Monnig, #3287, #3307 & #3602
02/28/1982 AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
02/28/1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
02/28/1982 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3288 Seleucus
02/28/1983 Final TV episode of 'M*A*S*H' airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
02/28/1986 European Economic Community sign 'Special Act' for Europe free trade
02/28/1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
02/28/1988 Anti-Armeense pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
02/28/1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
02/28/1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
02/28/1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes publi
02/28/1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
02/28/1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
02/28/1991 Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
02/28/1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
02/28/1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
02/28/1993 Iolanda Chen jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
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