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February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 306 days remaining, 307 in leap years.

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364 - Valentinian I is elevated as Roman Emperor.
1258 - Hulagu Khan sacks Baghdad
1700 - February 28 is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
1784 - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.
1827Events February 20 Battle of Huzaingo February 28 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. March 7 Ellen Turner is abducted The Shrigley Abduction case begins - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
1844Events January 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United - A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac RiverThe Potomac River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid- Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). The river is approximately 413 statute miles (665 km) long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles (38,000 km²). In terms cruise, killing two United States Cabinetorder of precedence. The Cabinet is a part of the executive branch of the U. federal government consisting of the heads of federal executive departments. Despite having evolved as one of the most powerful organs of the contemporary U. government, the term members and several others.
1849Events January 23 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor January 31 Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom February 14 In New York City, James Knox Polk be - Regular steamboatpaddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: detail of a steamer PS Waverley leaving Dunoon on the Firth of Clyde. A steamboat or steamship sometimes called a steamer is a boat or vessel that is propelled by steam power driving a prope service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, 4 months 21 days after leaving New York Harbor.
1850 - The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1854 - The United States Republican Party is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
1861 - Colorado is organized as a United States territory.
1878 - Pierre Fatou, a French Mathematician is born, who worked on iteration theory which was later analysed by Benoit Mandelbrot.
1883 - The first vaudeville theater is opened, in Boston, Massachusetts.
1933 - The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
1935 - Nylon is discovered by Wallace Carothers.
1940 - Basketball is televised for the first time ( Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
1947 - February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with large loss of civilian lives.
1948 - Bud Gartiser sets a new world record after clearing the 50-yard low hurdles in 6.8 seconds.
1952 - End of 8th Winter Olympic Games in Oslo
1953 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announced to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; formal announcement April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).
1960 - End of 10th Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California
1972 - Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1974 - After seven years, the United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations.
1975 - A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
1983 - The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history.
1986 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1993 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest cult leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
1998 - Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive againt the KLA in Kosovo.
2001 - An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley area of Washington. There were no reports of any deaths.
2002 - Ethnic conflict in India: At least 55 are killed in Ahmadabad, India when Hindus burn Muslim homes.

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