Page 7: Historical Events In February - 28

1933  On February - 28 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor   

1935  Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit on February - 28.   

1935  Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers on February - 28.   

1935  On this day in history alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73   

1936  On February - 28 pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55   

1939  Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on this day in history.   

1939  On February - 28 the birth of Tommy Tune, Tony Award-winning dancer and actor   

1940  On this day in history mario Andretti, auto racer and Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer was born   

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

1940  The birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver on February - 28.   

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

1940  US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) on this day in history.   

1940  On February - 28 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  39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1942  On February - 28 1st weapon drop on Netherlands   

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

1944  On February - 28 the birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress   

1947  On February - 28 anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan   

1948  On February - 28 the last British troops leave India   

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

1950  On February - 28 "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs   

1951  On February - 28 french government of Pleven dissolves   

1951  Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history french govt of Pleven dissolves   

1953  On this day in history stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov   

1953  On February - 28 jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64   

1954  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

1261  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  On February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

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  On this day in history birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

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

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.   

1485  On this day in history 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  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

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