Page 5: Historical Events In February - 28

1896  On February - 28 philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

1898  On February - 28 molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)   

1899  On February - 28 frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  On this day in history general Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal   

1900  On February - 28 laura Z Hobson, writer   

1901  On this day in history linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962)   

1902  On this day in history jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo   

1903  On February - 28 barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000   

1903  Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 on February - 28.   

1904  Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres on this day in history.   

1905  Glyn Jones, writer on February - 28.   

1905  Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1906  Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games on February - 28.   

1906  On February - 28 bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas   

1907  On this day in history milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist (Terry & Pirates)   

1908  On this day in history failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran   

1909  On February - 28 the birth of Linus Pauling, American chemist and physicist   

1909  On this day in history the birth of Stephen Spender, English poet   

1909  On this day in history olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie)   

1910  The birth of Vincente Minelli, Italian director on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history roman Maciejewski, composer   

1911  Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history first ever parachute jump from an airplane   

1912  On February - 28 victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50   

1912  On this day in history helmut Coing, German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute)   

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on this day in history.   

1913  6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.   

1913  On this day in history 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)   

1913  On February - 28 elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)   

1914  On February - 28 construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco)   

1914  On February - 28 construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF)   

1914  On this day in history jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family)   

1915  On this day in history the birth of Sir Peter Medawar, English immunologist   

1915  On this day in history peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)   

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1155  On February - 28 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 February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

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

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

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.   

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

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

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

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 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.