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

1939  On this day in history great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain   

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

1940  On February - 28 mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born   

1940  Richard Wright's "Native Son" published on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history the birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver   

1940  On this day in history the first college basketball games are televised, as W2XBS in NY City broadcasts a pair of games from Madison Square Garden.   

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

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

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

1941  On this day in history british-Italian dogfight above Albania   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs   

1951  On February - 28 french government of Pleven dissolves   

1951  Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates on February - 28.   

1951  French govt of Pleven dissolves on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA   

1956  On February - 28 a Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students   

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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  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)   

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)