Page 7: Historical Events In February - 28

1933  1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history 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 February - 28.   

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  Mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born on this day in history.   

1940  On February - 28 richard Wright's "Native Son" published   

1940  On February - 28 the birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver   

1940  The first college basketball games are televised, as W2XBS in NY City broadcasts a pair of games from Madison Square Garden on February - 28.   

1940  US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) on February - 28.   

1940  On February - 28 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)   

1940  On February - 28 johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81   

1941  On February - 28 british-Italian dogfight above Albania   

1941  39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month on this day in history.   

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  Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit   

1942  1st weapon drop on Netherlands on February - 28.   

1943  On this day in history "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan   

1944  The birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan   

1948  On this day in history the last British troops leave India   

1949  Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs   

1951  On February - 28 french government of Pleven dissolves   

1951  On February - 28 senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates   

1951  On this day in history french govt of Pleven dissolves   

1953  On February - 28 stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov   

1953  Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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 February - 28 a Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students   

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.   

1533  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)