Page 7: Historical Events In February - 28
Saturday, 21 December 2024
1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor on this day in history.
1935 On February - 28 amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
1935 Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers on February - 28.
1935 Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 on February - 28.
1936 Pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on February - 28.
1939 On this day in history the birth of Tommy Tune, Tony Award-winning dancer and actor
1940 On February - 28 mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born
1940 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published on this day in history.
1940 The birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history the first college basketball games are televised, as W2XBS in NY City broadcasts a pair of games from Madison Square Garden.
1940 On this day in history uS population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
1940 On this day in history 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1940 Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history british-Italian dogfight above Albania
1941 On February - 28 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1942 HMAS PERTH (RAN) sunk in Sunda Strait, western Java by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit on this day in history.
1942 On February - 28 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
1943 On February - 28 "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
1944 On February - 28 the birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress
1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan on February - 28.
1948 On February - 28 the last British troops leave India
1949 On February - 28 stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
1950 On February - 28 "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs
1951 French government of Pleven dissolves on this day in history.
1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates on this day in history.
1951 On February - 28 french govt of Pleven dissolves
1953 On this day in history stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov
1953 Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64 on February - 28.
1954 On February - 28 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA on February - 28.
1956 On this day in history a Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students
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