Page 5: Historical Events In February - 28

1896  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) on this day in history.   

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) on February - 28.   

1899  On February - 28 frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  On February - 28 general Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal   

1900  On February - 28 laura Z Hobson, writer   

1901  Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962) on this day in history.   

1902  Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo on this day in history.   

1903  Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000 on February - 28.   

1903  Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1904  Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history glyn Jones, writer   

1905  On February - 28 joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

1906  On this day in history stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games   

1906  Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist (Terry & Pirates)   

1908  Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran on this day in history.   

1909  On February - 28 the birth of Linus Pauling, American chemist and physicist   

1909  The birth of Stephen Spender, English poet on this day in history.   

1909  Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie) on this day in history.   

1910  The birth of Vincente Minelli, Italian director on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history roman Maciejewski, composer   

1911  Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji) on February - 28.   

1912  On this day in history first ever parachute jump from an airplane   

1912  On this day in history victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50   

1912  Helmut Coing, German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies   

1913  6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1913  6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) on February - 28.   

1913  On February - 28 elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)   

1914  On this day in history construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco)   

1914  Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF) on this day in history.   

1914  Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family) on this day in history.   

1915  The birth of Sir Peter Medawar, English immunologist on February - 28.   

1915  Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953) on February - 28.   

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1155  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

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 this day in history.   

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.   

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.