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This day in history: 28 February

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222 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 28 February.
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2026: The United States and Israel launch attacks across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the U

Holidays and observances

Andalusia Day (Spain)

Christian feast day: February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)

National Science Day (India)

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

Events

2026The United States and Israel launch attacks across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the U

2024Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurates the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.

2023Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.

2013Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so voluntarily since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.

2002During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.

2001The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in southern Puget Sound, damages the Seattle metropolitan area.

1997An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.

1997A Turkish military memorandum results in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey.

1993Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.

1990Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36.

1986Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.

1985The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers.

1983The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers.

1975In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.

1974The British election ends in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote share since 1929.

1973Aeroflot Flight X-167 crashes during takeoff from Semey Airport, killing 32 people.

1969The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco.

1966A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.

1959Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.

1958A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.

1948The 1948 Accra riots erupt following a march by ex-servicemen of the Gold Coast Regiment towards the seat of the colonial government at Christiansborg Castle, where they were fired upon by Superintendent Colin Imray, leading to the killing

1947February 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians.

1925The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.

1922The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

1844A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who is also on board, is not injured from the blast.

1835Elias Lönnrot signs and dates the foreword to the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called Old Kalevala.

1638The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

1525Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.

870The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.

-202Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.

Born on this day

2005Vitor Roque, Brazilian footballer

2000Josip Šutalo, Croatian footballer

2000Moise Kean, Italian footballer

1999Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player

1998Teun Koopmeiners, Dutch footballer

1997Chris Lindstrom, American football player

1996Axel Werner, Argentinian footballer

1996Jakub Vrána, Czech ice hockey player

1996Lucas Boyé, Argentinian footballer

1995Randy Arozarena, Cuban-Mexican baseball player

1994Alex Caruso, American basketball player

1994Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer

1993Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian footballer

1993Marquis Teague, American basketball player

1992Annie Bovaird, Canadian actress

1991Ronalds Ķēniņš, Latvian ice hockey player

1990Ryan Allen, American football player

1990Sebastian Rudy, German footballer

1990Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler

1989Carlos Dunlap, American football player

1989Charles Jenkins, American basketball player

1988Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player

1987Akito, Japanese professional wrestler

1987Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer

1987Josh McRoberts, American basketball player

1985Diego, Brazilian footballer

1985Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player

1985Tim Bresnan, English cricketer

1984Ali Marhyar, French actor, film director and screenwriter

1984Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress

1982Isabel Mendes Lopes, Portuguese politician

1982Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress

1981Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout

1980Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer

1980Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer

1980Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player

1979Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player

1979Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver

1978Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier

1978Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player

Died on this day

2026Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1939)

2026Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran (born 1964)

2026Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran (born 1961)

2025David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1950)

2025Joseph Wambaugh, American writer (born 1937)

2025Miguel Piñera, Chilean celebrity, night club owner and amateur musician (born 1954)

2024Ahmed Salim, Bangladeshi convicted murderer (born 1989)

2024Cat Janice, American singer-songwriter (born 1993)

2024Héctor Ortiz, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (born 1969)

2020Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (born 1923)

2020Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (born 1930)

2020Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (born 1917)

2019André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (born 1929)

2016George Kennedy, American actor (born 1925)

2015Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (born 1923)

2014Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (born 1935)

2013Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

2011Annie Girardot, French actress (born 1931)

2009Paul Harvey, American radio host (born 1918)

2007Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (born 1917)

2006Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)

2005Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (born 1941)

2004Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (born 1914)

2003Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (born 1928)

2002Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (born 1920)

2002Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (born 1926)

1998Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (born 1930)

1993Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (born 1909)

1978Zara Cully, American actress (born 1892)

1977Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (born 1905)

Quote of the day

“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?”

Lao Tzu

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