This Day in History
28 Feb 1638
Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent Greyfriars Edinburgh
28 Feb 1646
Roger Scott tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church
28 Feb 1700
Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden thus creating the Swedish calendar
28 Feb 1704
Frenchman Elias Neau opens a school for blacks in NYC
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First NATO Military Action
In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) U.S. fighter planes shoot down four Serbian warplanes enga...
Getty Museum endowed
On February 28 1982 the J. Paul Getty Museum becomes the most richly endowed museum on earth when it receives a 1.2 billion bequest left to it by the late J....
ATF raids Branch Davidian compound
At Mount Carmel in Waco Texas agents of the U.S. Treasury Departments Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) launch a raid against the Branch ...
Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA
On this day in 1953 Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA...
German Cameroons surrenders to Allied forces
On this day in 1916 Allied forces complete their conquest of the Cameroons a German protectorate on the coast of western Africa.Drawn by the rich trade of sla...
Wheeler says Westmoreland will need more troops
Gen. Earle Wheeler Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff returns from his recent round of talks with Gen. William Westmoreland in Saigon and immediately deliv...
Basketball coaching legend Dean Smith born
On February 28 1931 legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith is born in Emporia Kansas. Smith retired in 1997 with 879 wins making him the most success...
Tyler narrowly escapes death on the USS Princeton
On this day in 1844 President John Tyler cruises the Potomac with 400 others aboard the U.S. Navys new steam frigate USS Princeton not realizing that ...
Congress creates Colorado Territory
With the regions population booming because of the Pikes Peak gold rush Congress creates the new Territory of Colorado.When the United States a...
Thelonious Monk makes the cover of Time magazine
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Ben Hecht is born
Novelist playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht was born on this day in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants.Hechts family moved to Racine Wisco...
Final episode of M*A*S*H airs
On this day in 1983 the celebrated sitcom MASH bows out after 11 seasons airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77 percent of the televisi...
Subway crash in London kills 43
On this day in 1975 a subway crash in London kills 43 people. The driver of the train apparently made no effort to brake as the train headed toward a dead end....
Federal agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms raid the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco Texas prompting a gun battle in which four agents and s...
Gorbachev calls for nuclear weapons treaty
In a surprising announcement Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicates that his nation is ready to sign without delay a treaty designed to elimin...
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