Events
Pre-1600
*
202 BC –
Liu Bang is enthroned as the
Emperor of China
''Huangdi'' (), translated into English as Emperor, was the superlative title held by monarchs of China who ruled various imperial regimes in Chinese history. In traditional Chinese political theory, the emperor was considered the Son of Heav ...
, beginning four centuries of rule by the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...
.
*
870 – The
Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*
1525 –
Aztec
The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl ...
king
Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador
Hernán Cortés.
1601–1900
*
1638
Events January–March
* January 4 –
**A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of Goa at South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet.
**A fleet of 80 ...
– The Scottish
National Covenant is signed in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
.
*
1835 –
Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the ''
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and ...
'', the so-called foreword to the ''Old Kalevala''.
1901–present
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– The United Kingdom ends its
protectorate
A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law. It is a dependent territory that enjoys autonomy over most of its in ...
over
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
through a
Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
*
1925 – The
Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
*
1947 –
February 28 Incident: In
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
*
1948 –
Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the
Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking
major riots and looting in Accra.
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
James Watson and
Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of
DNA; the formal announcement takes place on
April 25 following publication in April's ''
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are ...
'' (pub.
April 2
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Joh ...
).
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– A 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 what remains
one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
*
1959 – ''
Discoverer 1'', an American
spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a
polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
*
1966 – A 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
Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.
See received an appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1945. He graduated in 1949 with ...
and
Charles Bassett.
*
1972 –
China–United States relations
The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA) has been complex since 1949 with mutual distrust leading to complications. The relationship is one of close economic ties (economic ties grew ...
: The United States and China sign the
Shanghai Communiqué
The Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, also known as the Shanghai Communiqué (1972), was a diplomatic document issued by the United States of America and the People's Republic of China on Febru ...
.
*
1974 – The
British election ended in a
hung parliament after the
Jeremy Thorpe-led
Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote.
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– In London, an underground train
fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
approves its
statute of autonomy through a
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a Representative democr ...
.
*
1983 – The
final episode of ''
M*A*S*H
''M*A*S*H'' (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richard Hooker.
T ...
'' airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
*
1985 – The
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reu ...
carries out a
mortar attack on the
Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at
Newry
Newry (; ) is a City status in Ireland, city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Newry River, Clanrye river in counties County Armagh, Armagh and County Down, Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011.
Newry ...
, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until ...
, 26th
Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are su ...
, is
assassinated in Stockholm.
*
1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...
– The first
Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
ends.
*
1993 – The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevent ...
agents
raid
Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to:
Attack
* Raid (military), a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground
* Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business
* Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college ...
the
Branch Davidian
The Branch Davidians (or the General Association of Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists) were an apocalyptic new religious movement founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden. They regard themselves as a continuation of the General Association of ...
church in
Waco, Texas
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the s ...
with a warrant to arrest the group's leader
David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a
51-day standoff.
*
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...
– Former Australian Liberal party leader
John Hewson
John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.
Hewson wa ...
resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the
1993 Australian federal election
The 1993 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 37th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 13 March 1993. All 147 seats of the Australian House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Australian Senate w ...
.
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– An
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...
in northern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
* 1997 –
GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of
gamma ray
A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol γ or \gamma), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves, typically ...
s, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that
gamma-ray burst
In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies. They are the most energetic and luminous electromagnetic events since the Big Bang. Bursts can last from ten millise ...
s occur well beyond the
Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. ...
.
* 1997 – A
Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey.
*
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
– The
2001 Nisqually earthquake
The 2001 Nisqually earthquake occurred at on February 28, 2001 and lasted nearly a minute. The intraslab earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). The epicenter was in the southern Puge ...
, having a
moment magnitude of 6.8, with
epicenter
The epicenter, epicentre () or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.
Surface damage
Before the instrumental pe ...
in the southern
Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected m ...
, damages
Seattle metropolitan area
The Seattle metropolitan area is an urban conglomeration in the U.S. state of Washington that comprises Seattle, its surrounding satellites and suburbs. It contains the three most populous counties in the state—King, Snohomish, and Pierce ...
.
*
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
– During the
religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the
Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the
Gulbarg Society massacre.
*
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
– Over one million
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
ese participate in the
228 Hand-in-Hand rally
The 228 Hand-in-Hand rally was a demonstration in the form of a human chain held in Taiwan on February 28, 2004, the 57th anniversary of the February 28 Incident. Approximately two million (estimation ranged from 1.9 to 2.3 million depending ...
form a long human chain to commemorate the
February 28 Incident in
1947.
*
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
– A
suicide bombing
A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...
at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
*2013 – Pope Benedict XVI Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.
Births
Pre-1600
*1261 – Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (d. 1283)
*1518 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)
*1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (d. 1592)
*1535 – Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer (d. 1578)
*1552 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (d. 1632)
1601–1900
*1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
*1683 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (d. 1757)
*1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (d. 1760)
*1848 – Arthur Giry, French historian and academic (d. 1899)
*1858 – Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (d. 1941)
*1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet), Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1949)
*1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929)
*1884 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
*1887 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
*1894 – Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1964)
*1896 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
*1898 – Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (d. 1969)
1901–present
*1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
*1906 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
*1907 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
*1908 – Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
*1909 – Stephen Spender, English author and poet (d. 1995)
*1915 – Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
* 1915 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
*1919 – Alfred Marshall (businessman), Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (d. 2013)
*1920 – Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (d. 2014)
*1921 – Marah Halim Harahap, Indonesian military officer, Governor of North Sumatra (d. 2015)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– Radu Câmpeanu, Romanian politician (d. 2016)
*1924 – Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
*
1925 – Harry H. Corbett, Burmese-English actor (d. 1982)
*1928 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976)
* 1928 – Tom Aldredge, American actor (d. 2011)
* 1928 – Sylvia del Villard, actress, dancer, choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist (d. 1990)
*1929 – Hayden Fry, American football player and coach (d. 2019)
* 1929 – John Montague (poet), John Montague, American-Irish poet and academic (d. 2016)
* 1929 – Frank Gehry, Canadian-born American architect and designer
*1930 – Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate
*1931 – Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020)
*1931 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (d. 2021)
* 1931 – Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996)
*1932 – Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (d. 2016)
*1933 – Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician
*1937 – Jeff Farrell, American swimmer
*1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1939 – Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer
*1942 – Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (d. 2021)
* 1942 – Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1969)
* 1942 – Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
*1943 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
*1944 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (d. 2014)
* 1944 – Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager
* 1944 – Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer (d. 2013)
*1945 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011)
*1946 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2005)
* 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
*
1948 – Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1948 – Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author
*1949 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
– Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate
*1954 – Brian Billick, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
*1955 – Adrian Dantley, American basketball player and coach
* 1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 2022)
* 1956 – Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981)
*1956 – Terry Leahy, English businessman
*1957 – Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer), Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
* 1957 – Cindy Wilson, American singer-songwriter
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (d. 2012)
* 1958 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (d. 2010)
*1961 – Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer
*1963 – Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
*
1966 – Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
* 1966 – Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid
*1967 – Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager
* 1967 – Seth Rudetsky, American musician, actor, writer, and radio host
*1969 – Sean Farrell (footballer), Sean Farrel, English footballer
* 1969 – Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
* 1969 – Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
*1970 – Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner
* 1970 – Daniel Brochu, Canadian actor
*1971 – Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer
*
1972 – Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter
*1973 – Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1973 – Scott McLeod (rugby union), Scott McLeod, New Zealand rugby player
* 1973 – Nicolas Minassian, French race car driver
* 1973 – Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler
*
1974 – Lee Carsley, English-Irish footballer and manager
* 1974 – Alexander Zickler, German footballer and manager
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Mike Rucker, American football player
*1977 – Lance Hoyt, American football player and wrestler
*1978 – Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier
* 1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
* 1978 – Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player
*1979 – Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver
* 1979 – Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
– Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
* 1980 – Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
* 1980 – Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
*1981 – Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout
*1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress
*1984 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
*
1985 – Tim Bresnan, English cricketer
* 1985 – Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
* 1985 – Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer
*1987 – Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer
*1988 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
*1989 – Carlos Dunlap, American football player
* 1989 – Charles Jenkins (basketball), Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
* 1989 – Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player
*1990 – Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
*1994 – Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer
*1999 – Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 628 – Khosrow II, Shah of Iran, Sasanian Empire (b. )
1601–1900
*1621 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
*1740 – Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal), Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and patron of the arts (b. 1667)
*1857 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
[ This cites Memoir by Major-General J. E. Portlock in ''Address to Geol. Soc.'' (London, 1858).]
*1882 – Adolf Zytogorski, Polish-British chess master and translator (b. )
1901–present
*1929 – Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
*1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
*1936 – Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
*
1966 –
Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
* 1966 –
Elliot See
Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.
See received an appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1945. He graduated in 1949 with ...
, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
[
*]1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (b. 1888)
*1977 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
*1978 – Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
* 1993 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)
*1998 – Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)
*2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
– Mary Stuart (actress), Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
* 2002 – Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
*2003 – Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)
*2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
– Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)
*2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
– Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941)
*2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
* 2007 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917)
*2009 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918)
*2011 – Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)
*2013 – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
*2014 – Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)
*2015 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923)
*2016 – George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
*2017 – Pierre Pascau, Mauritian-Canadian journalist (b. 1938)
*2019 – André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929)
*2020 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930)
* 2020 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
* 2020 – Lenox Hewitt, Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917)
Holidays and observances
*Christian Calendar of saints, feast day:
**February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Kalevala Day, also known as the Flag flying days in Finland, Finnish Culture Day (Finland)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day
*
Historical Events on February 28
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Days of the year
February