About February 28

February 28, 2024 is the 59th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 336 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 28

  • 1638 –
    The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
  • 1849 –
    Regular steamboat 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 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.
  • 1870 –
    The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1883 –
    The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • 1885 –
    The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
  • 1897 –
    Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
  • 1900 –
    The Second Boer War: The 118-day “Siege of Ladysmith” is lifted.
  • 1922 –
    The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
  • 1933 –
    Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
  • 1935 –
    DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
  • 1940 –
    Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
  • 1954 –
    The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
  • 1972 –
    Sino-American relations: The United States and People’s Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
  • 1980 –
    Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
  • 1986 –
    Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
  • 1991 –
    The first Gulf War ends.
  • 1997 –
    An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
  • 1997 –
    An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills around 1,100 people
  • 1998 –
    Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
  • 2005 –
    A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.

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