February 28#Deaths

Events

=Pre-1600=

202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.{{Cite book|last=Xiong|first=Victor Cunrui|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgPmDwAAQBAJ|title=From Peasant to Emperor: The Life of Liu Bang|publisher=Airiti Press|year=2018|isbn=978-986-6286-71-1|pages=i, 159|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192546/https://books.google.com/books?id=LgPmDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.{{Cite book|last=Kelly|first=Joseph Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLrn2Nx-g2YC|title=The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History|publisher=Liturgical Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8146-5376-0|pages=67–68|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192545/https://books.google.com/books?id=jLrn2Nx-g2YC|url-status=live}}
1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.{{Cite book|last=Allsop|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCJeDwAAQBAJ|title=366 Days: Compelling Stories From World History|publisher=L & E Books|year=2016|isbn=978-0-9956809-1-3|pages=64|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192547/https://books.google.com/books?id=XCJeDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}

=1601–1900=

1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.{{cite web |title=National Covenant {{!}} Scottish history |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/National-Covenant |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417051443/https://www.britannica.com/event/National-Covenant |url-status=live }}
1835 – Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala.{{cite web|url=http://www.juminkeko.fi/lonnrot/en/aihe_3_5.html|title=Elias Lönnrot in Kainuu – Field trip 6|access-date=19 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615130814/http://www.juminkeko.fi/lonnrot/en/aihe_3_5.html|archive-date=15 June 2011}}
1844 – A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who was also on board, was not injured from the blast.{{Cite news |title=How a warship explosion led to the first marriage of a sitting U.S. president |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/14/uss-princeton-john-tyler/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=0190-8286}}

=1901–present=

1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.{{cite book |editor1-first=Albert P. |editor1-last=Blaustein |editor1-link=Albert Blaustein |editor2-first=Jay A. |editor2-last=Sigler |editor3-first=Benjamin R. |editor3-last=Beede |title=Independence Documents of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=feyI5kisdBcC&pg=PA204 |volume=1 |year=1977 |publisher=Oceana Publications |location=Dobbs Ferry, NY |isbn=978-0-379-00794-7 |pages=204–205 |access-date=2021-10-24 |archive-date=2016-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503030245/https://books.google.com/books?id=feyI5kisdBcC&pg=PA204 |url-status=live }}
1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.{{cite web|url=http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-historique/events/19250301-en.php|title=The 1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|accessdate=2012-03-04|archive-date=2017-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612211854/http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-historique/events/19250301-en.php|url-status=live}}
1947 – February 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians.{{cite news|last=Forsythe|first=Michael|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/asia/taiwan-turns-light-on-1947-slaughter-by-chiang-kai-sheks-troops.html|title=Taiwan Turns Light on 1947 Slaughter by Chiang Kai-shek's Troops|date=July 14, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027063630/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/asia/taiwan-turns-light-on-1947-slaughter-by-chiang-kai-sheks-troops.html?_r=0|archive-date=October 27, 2018|quote=To somber cello music that evokes 'Schindler's List,' displays memorialize the lives lost, including much of the island's elite: painters, lawyers, professors, and doctors. In 1992, an official commission estimated that 18,000 to 28,000 people had been killed.}}
1948 – The 1948 Accra riots erupted following a march by ex-servicemen of the Gold Coast Regiment towards the seat of the colonial government at Christiansborg Castle where they were fired upon by Superintendant Colin Imray leading to the killing of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey and the arrest of the Big Six in the Gold Coast.{{cite web |title=Today in History: The Riots of February 28, 1948 |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Today-in-History-The-Riots-of-February-28-1948-1722647 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=11 November 2024 |date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241111203824/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Today-in-History-The-Riots-of-February-28-1948-1722647 |archive-date=11 November 2024 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |title=GOLD COAST (RIOTING, ACCRA) |journal=Hansard |date=1 March 1948 |volume=448 |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1948/mar/01/gold-coast-rioting-accra |access-date=11 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=The Riots of 28th February 1948 |url=http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/the-riots-of-28th-february-1948/ |website=www.praad.gov.gh |publisher=Public Records and Archives Administration Department |access-date=11 November 2024 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190430061143/http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/the-riots-of-28th-february-1948/ |archive-date=30 April 2019 |location=Accra |date=28 February 2019 |url-status=live}}
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.{{cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0hLAAAAYAAJ |title=Bulletin |publisher=Tennessee Folklore Society |year=1999 |page=122 |access-date=2021-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133901/https://books.google.com/books?id=m0hLAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=2021-08-01 |url-status=live}}
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.{{cite book|author=G.W.A Drummer|title=Electronic Inventions and Discoveries: Electronics from its earliest beginnings to the present day, Fourth Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e35kJYAlyCgC&pg=PA185|date=1 January 1997|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-7503-0493-1|pages=185|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133900/https://books.google.com/books?id=e35kJYAlyCgC&pg=PA185|url-status=live}}
1966 – A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
1969 – The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco.{{cite web | url=https://www.safecommunitiesportugal.com/1969-earthquake-the-sea-bubbled-and-the-country-took-to-the-streets-in-pyjamas/ | title=1969 earthquake the sea bubbled and the country took to the streets in pyjamas | Safe Communities Portugal }}
1973 – Aeroflot Flight X-167 crashes during takeoff from Semey Airport, killing 32 people.{{cite web |date=31 December 2014 |title=Plane crash Yak-40 near Semipalatinsk Airport |url=https://avia-pro.net/blog/aviakatastrofa-yak-40-bliz-aeroporta-semipalatinska-1973 |website=AVIA.PRO}}
1974 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote share since 1929.{{cite book|last= Cook|first= Chris|title= A Short History of the Liberal Party|publisher= Macmillan Press|location= Basingstoke|year= 1998|isbn= 978-0-333-73516-9|page=155–156, 246}}
1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.{{cite web|title=A brief history of the Underground|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/londons-transport-a-history/london-underground/a-brief-history-of-the-underground|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=28 January 2018|ref={{sfnRef|"A brief history of the Underground", Transport for London}}}}
1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/03/arts/finale-of-m-a-s-h-draws-record-number-of-viewers.html | work=The New York Times | title=Finale Of M*A*S*H Draws Record Number Of Viewers | date=March 3, 1983}}
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/01/world/ira-mortars-kill-9-at-ulster-base.html "I.R.A. MORTARS KILL 9 AT ULSTER BASE"]. The New York Times. 1 March 1985. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
1986 – Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.{{Cite web |title=The investigation committee report (1999:88) |url=http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/12/44/6a2655da.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202132145/http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/12/44/6a2655da.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2007 |page=159 |language=sv}}
1990 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36.{{Cite tech report|last=Mechelay|first=Joseph E.|last2=Germany|first2=D. M.|last3=Nicholson|first3=Leonard S.|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19920007756/downloads/19920007756.pdf|title=STS-36 Space Shuttle mission report|date=April 1, 1990|publisher=NASA|access-date=August 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831172450/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19920007756/downloads/19920007756.pdf|archive-date=August 31, 2024|hdl-access=free|hdl=2060/19920007756|url-status=live}}
1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.{{Cite news | url = https://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=2908955&page=1 | title = Remembering the Waco Siege | publisher = ABC News | author = Justin Sturken and Mary Dore | date = February 28, 2007 | access-date = 2008-06-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803060928/http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2908955&page=1 | archive-date = August 3, 2008 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.{{cite web|last = Person|first = Waverley L.|url = https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php|title = Significant Earthquakes of the World: 1997|accessdate = 2008-10-18|work = United States Geological Survey|publisher = United States Department of the Interior|date = 2008-07-16|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081004192030/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php|archivedate = 2008-10-04|url-status = dead}}
1997 – A Turkish military memorandum resulted in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey.{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/28-subat-bin-yil-surecek-diyenleri-kimse-anmiyor-352977.html |title=28 Şubat bin yıl sürecek diyenleri kimse anmıyor |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228110331/http://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/28-subat-bin-yil-surecek-diyenleri-kimse-anmiyor-352977.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/28-subat-mahkumu-anma-gecesinde-erbakan-i-anlatti-3405377-haberi/|title=28 Şubat Mahkumu, Anma Gecesinde Erbakan'ı Anlattı|date=February 29, 2012|website=Haberler.com|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=March 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305015858/http://www.haberler.com/28-subat-mahkumu-anma-gecesinde-erbakan-i-anlatti-3405377-haberi|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/karamollaoglu-28-subat-turk-tarihine-gecen-kara-bir-lekedir-2595390|title='Muhalefet, iktidarın en büyük destekçisidir'|website=www.haberturk.com|date=26 February 2020|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317163802/https://www.haberturk.com/karamollaoglu-28-subat-turk-tarihine-gecen-kara-bir-lekedir-2595390|url-status=live}}
2001 – The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.{{Cite web|url=https://historylink.org/File/3039|title=Earthquake registering 6.8 on Richter Scale jolts Seattle and Puget Sound on February 28, 2001.|website=historylink.org|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305074509/https://www.historylink.org/file/3039|url-status=live}}
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.{{cite web |title=Pope Benedict XVI to resign citing poor health |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=11 February 2013 |archive-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230092610/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-21411304 |url-status=live }}
2023 – Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.{{Cite news |date=1 March 2023 |title=Greece train crash: 57 people confirmed dead as public anger grows |language=en |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64820085 |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301102920/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64807384 |archive-date=1 March 2023}}
2024 – Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurated the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.{{Cite web |title=Honourable Prime Minister Lays the Foundation Stone for India's Second Spaceport |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Second_Spaceport_FoundationStone_Laid_Hon_PrimeMinister.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.isro.gov.in}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

1261 – Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (d. 1283){{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Women in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT0OAQAAMAAJ|date=12 December 2000|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4069-9|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724103552/https://books.google.com/books?id=RT0OAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Margrete_Aleksandersdotter|title=Margrete Aleksandersdotter|first=Narve|last=Bjørgo|date=February 25, 2020|via=Store norske leksikon|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117115842/https://nbl.snl.no/Margrete_Aleksandersdotter|url-status=live}}
1518 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536){{cite book|author=Great Britain. Public Record Office|title=Calendar of letters, despatches, and state papers: relating to the negotiations between England and Spain, preserved in the archives at Simancas and elsewhere. ... Edited by G.A. Bergenroth. ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBczAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA999|year=1877|publisher=Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts|pages=999|access-date=2019-01-23|archive-date=2020-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915031520/https://books.google.com/books?id=PBczAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA999|url-status=live}}
1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (d. 1592){{cite book|author=Michel de Montaigne|title=Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXLCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR12|date=10 December 2013|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-32039-7|pages=12|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915025110/https://books.google.com/books?id=zXLCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR12|url-status=live}}
1535 – Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer (d. 1578){{cite book|author=Henry de Vocht|title=History of the Foundation and the Rise of the Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense, 1517–1550|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkpNAAAAYAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Kraus Reprint Limited|page=556|access-date=2020-03-02|archive-date=2020-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915024901/https://books.google.com/books?id=FkpNAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
1552 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (d. 1632){{cite book|author1=Virginia Trimble|author2=Thomas R. Williams|author3=Katherine Bracher|title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA184|date=18 September 2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-30400-7|pages=184|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915025209/https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA184|url-status=live}}

=1601–1900=

1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726){{cite book|author=Thompson Cooper|title=A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PfIMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA487|year=1873|publisher=Bell|pages=487|access-date=2020-03-02|archive-date=2020-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915025825/https://books.google.com/books?id=PfIMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA487|url-status=live}}
1683 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (d. 1757){{cite book |author= |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dGloQlpCO_4C |title=New Scientist |date=24 February 1983 |publisher=Reed Business Information |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dGloQlpCO_4C/page/n34 533]}}
1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (d. 1760){{cite book |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |last=Hockey |first=Thomas |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_524 |isbn=978-1-4419-9917-7 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_524 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914171657/https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_524 |url-status=live }}
1848 – Arthur Giry, French historian and academic (d. 1899){{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Giry, Arthur|volume=12|page=51}}
1858 – Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (d. 1941){{Cite web|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/Item/?type=person&itemid=57951|title=Tore Svennberg – SFdb|date=28 February 1858 |access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2017-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101162744/http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=57951|url-status=live}}
1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1949){{cite journal|last=Deschartes|first=O.|title=Vyacheslav Ivanov|journal=Oxford Slavonic Papers|volume=V|year=1954|url=http://www.v-ivanov.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/deshartes_ivanov_1954_text.pdf|page=42|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204050941/http://www.v-ivanov.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/deshartes_ivanov_1954_text.pdf|url-status=live}}
1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929){{Cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fatou.html|title=Fatou biography|website=www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=2017-11-08|archive-date=2016-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230070413/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fatou.html|url-status=live}}
1884 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942){{cite web|title=Ants Piibu sünd|url=http://www.histrodamus.ee/?event=Show_event&event_id=2695&layer=172#2695|publisher=Histrodamus|access-date=8 June 2013|language=et|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214824/http://www.histrodamus.ee/?event=Show_event&event_id=2695&layer=172#2695|url-status=live}}
1887 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (d. 1966){{cite web|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=William Zorach|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/658045/William-Zorach|access-date=2009-10-22|archive-date=2009-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215223514/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/658045/William-Zorach|url-status=live}}
1894 – Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1964){{britannica|259157}}
1896 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965){{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/hench/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2020-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906152252/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/hench/facts/|url-status=live}}
1898 – Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (d. 1969){{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/zeki-riza-sporel-1.html|title=Zeki RÄ±za Sporel Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102817/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/zeki-riza-sporel-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

=1901–present=

1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994){{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1954/pauling/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2019-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727114643/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1954/pauling/facts/|url-status=live}}
1903 – Vincente Minnelli, American theatre and film director (d. 1986){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 28: Bernadette Peters, John Turturro |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/28/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-28-Bernadette-Peters-John-Turturro/9171677542833/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Feb.,%2C%20John%20Turturro%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=27 February 2024 |date=28 February 2023}}
1906 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947){{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/bugsy-siegel|title=Bugsy Siegel|website=Biography|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2020-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914164758/https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/bugsy-siegel|url-status=live}}
1907 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (d. 1988){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/28/obituaries/charles-j-russhon-71-dies-basis-of-comic-strip-figure.html|title=Charles J. Russhon, 71, Dies; Basis of Comic Strip Figure|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1982-06-28|access-date=2007-12-01|archive-date=2015-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403141749/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/28/obituaries/charles-j-russhon-71-dies-basis-of-comic-strip-figure.html|url-status=live}}
1908 – Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002){{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba8773aa9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717184821/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba8773aa9|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-17|title=Billie Bird|work=BFI}}
1909 – Stephen Spender, English author and poet (d. 1995){{cite book|author=David Leeming|title=Stephen Spender: A Life in Modernism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgMRDqgIbqEC&pg=PT18|date=1 April 2011|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-1-4299-3974-4|pages=18|access-date=11 September 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915031534/https://books.google.com/books?id=GgMRDqgIbqEC&pg=PT18|url-status=live}}
1915 – Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981){{Cite web|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n80158657|title=Library of Congress LCCN Permalink n80158657|website=lccn.loc.gov|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2022-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144343/https://lccn.loc.gov/n80158657|url-status=live}}
1915 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987){{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1960/medawar/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814175342/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1960/medawar/facts/|url-status=live}}
1919 – Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (d. 2013){{cite news |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |title=Alfred Marshall, Founder of Stores That Bear His Name, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/business/alfred-marshall-founder-of-stores-that-bear-his-name-dies-at-94.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |date=2014-01-01 |access-date=2020-09-14 |archive-date=2014-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102032112/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/business/alfred-marshall-founder-of-stores-that-bear-his-name-dies-at-94.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}
1920 – Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (d. 2014){{Cite news|url=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/nie-zyje-jadwiga-pilsudska-jaraczewska-miala-94-lata/dphwz|title=Nie żyje Jadwiga Piłsudska-Jaraczewska. Miała 94 lata|date=2014-11-16|newspaper=Onet Wiadomości|language=pl-PL|access-date=2016-12-29|archive-date=2016-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230001229/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/nie-zyje-jadwiga-pilsudska-jaraczewska-miala-94-lata/dphwz|url-status=live}}
1921 – Marah Halim Harahap, Indonesian military officer, Governor of North Sumatra (d. 2015){{cite web|last=Efendi|first=Reza|date=3 December 2015|title=Eks Gubernur Sumut Marah Halim Harahap Wafat|url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/2381255/eks-gubernur-sumut-marah-halim-harahap-wafat|access-date=29 May 2020|website=www.liputan6.com|publisher=Liputan6|quote=|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144301/https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/2381255/eks-gubernur-sumut-marah-halim-harahap-wafat|url-status=live}}
1922 – Radu Câmpeanu, Romanian politician (d. 2016){{cite web | url=https://www.romania-insider.com/veteran-romanian-liberal-leader-radu-campeanu-dies-age-94 | title=Veteran Romanian liberal leader Radu Campeanu dies at age 94 | website=Romania-Insider.com | date=19 October 2016 | access-date=1 May 2021 | archive-date=1 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501111134/https://www.romania-insider.com/veteran-romanian-liberal-leader-radu-campeanu-dies-age-94 | url-status=live }}
1923 – Charles Durning, American actor (d. 2012)
1924 – Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)Fried, Joseph P. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/nyregion/robert-a-roe-new-jersey-congressman-dies-at-90.html "Robert Roe, New Jersey Congressman Called ‘Mr. Jobs,’ Dies at 90"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118121057/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/nyregion/robert-a-roe-new-jersey-congressman-dies-at-90.html |date=2020-11-18 }}, The New York Times, July 15, 2014. Accessed July 16, 2014. "Robert A. Roe, who as a congressman from New Jersey for 23 years played a key role in financing projects to expand the nation’s highway and mass transit systems and to combat water and ground pollution, died on Tuesday at his home in Green Pond, N.J."
1925 – Harry H. Corbett, Burmese-English actor (d. 1982){{Screenonline name|id=544633|name=Harry H. Corbett}}
1926 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American writer, daughter of Joseph Stalin (d. 2011)
1928 – Tom Aldredge, American actor (d. 2011){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/theater/tom-aldredge-character-actor-dies-at-83.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183537/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/theater/tom-aldredge-character-actor-dies-at-83.html |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Tom Aldredge, Character Actor, Dies at 83 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |author-link=Margalit Fox|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 26, 2011 |page=A19 |access-date=September 6, 2018 }}
1928 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976){{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/stanley-baker-10-essential-films|title=Stanley Baker: 10 essential films|website=British Film Institute|date=26 February 2016 |access-date=2020-09-16|archive-date=2020-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823045048/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/stanley-baker-10-essential-films|url-status=live}}
1929 – Hayden Fry, American football player and coach (d. 2019){{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12/26/Hayden-Fry-Iowa-Coach-Proves-Master-Motivator/4455378190800/|title=Hayden Fry: Iowa Coach Proves Master Motivator|last=Kay|first=James|publisher=United Press International|access-date=December 21, 2019|date=December 26, 1981|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222073812/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12/26/Hayden-Fry-Iowa-Coach-Proves-Master-Motivator/4455378190800/|url-status=live}}
1929 – Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect and designer{{cite web| url= https://www.biography.com/artist/frank-gehry| title=Biography: Frank Gehry}}
1929 – John Montague, American-Irish poet and academic (d. 2016){{cite news| url= http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/final-homecoming-for-late-poet-john-montague-1.2901271| title= Final homecoming for late poet John Montague| date= December 10, 2016| first= Lara| last= Marlowe| newspaper= The Irish Times| access-date= December 26, 2017| archive-date= December 1, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031144/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/final-homecoming-for-late-poet-john-montague-1.2901271| url-status= live}}
1930 – Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024){{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1972/cooper/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1972|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2020-09-17|archive-date=2019-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902062251/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1972/cooper/facts/|url-status=live}}
1931 – Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020){{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jul/18/golf.comment4|title=The Observer Profile: Peter Alliss|date=July 17, 2004|website=The Guardian|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520225817/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jul/18/golf.comment4|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2020-12-06 |title=Peter Alliss, the 'Voice of Golf' on British TV, passes away at 89 |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2020/12/06/peter-alliss-voice-of-golf-british-tv-bbc-passes-away-at-89.html |access-date=2021-02-27 |website=PGAtour |archive-date=2021-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109011703/https://www.pgatour.com/news/2020/12/06/peter-alliss-voice-of-golf-british-tv-bbc-passes-away-at-89.html |url-status=live }}
1931 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (d. 2021){{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/gavin-macleod-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-6313dfd801244eeeea2be2ddeac1cdbb|title = Gavin MacLeod, 'Love Boat' captain, dies at 90|date = May 29, 2021|accessdate = May 29, 2021|work = Associated Press|archive-date = May 29, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210529203736/https://apnews.com/article/gavin-macleod-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-6313dfd801244eeeea2be2ddeac1cdbb|url-status = live}}{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html|title = Gavin MacLeod, 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Love Boat' Actor, Dies at 90|work = The New York Times|date = May 29, 2021|accessdate = May 29, 2021|last = Flaherty|first = Mike|archive-date = May 29, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210529213531/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html|url-status = live}}
1931 – Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996){{Hugman|14515|Len Newcombe|access-date=23 February 2020}}
1932 – Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (d. 2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/m/article/don-francks/|title=Don Francks – The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072258/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/m/article/don-francks/|archive-date=2018-08-29}}
1932 – Ernst Hinterseer, Austria retired alpine skier{{cite web |title=Hinterseer flies the flag for Austria |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/hinterseer-flies-the-flag-for-austria |website=olympics.com |access-date=19 May 2024}}
1933 – Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician{{Cite web|url=http://www.ut.ee/SOPL/cv/taageperae.htm|title=Rein Taagepera|date=November 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118012738/http://www.ut.ee/SOPL/cv/taageperae.htm|archive-date=2007-11-18}}
1937 – Jeff Farrell, American swimmer{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/jeff-farrell-1.html|title=Jeff Farrell Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=May 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519205803/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/jeff-farrell-1.html|archive-date=2011-05-19}}
1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1998/tsui/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1998|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2019-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004003435/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1998/tsui/facts/|url-status=live}}
1939 – Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer{{Cite book|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.180/default.html|title=Tommy Tune|via=memory.loc.gov|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226124016/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.180/default.html|url-status=live}}
1940 – Mario Andretti, Italian-American racing driver{{cite web |last1=Pruett |first1=Marshall |title=Happy 82nd Birthday, Mario Andretti |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos/a3918/happy-birthday-mario-andretti/ |publisher=Road & Track |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=28 February 2022}}
1941 – Alice Brock, American artist, author and restaurateur (d. 2024){{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=November 22, 2024 |title=Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/arts/music/alice-brock-dead.html |access-date=November 26, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
1942 – Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (d. 2021){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/arts/television/frank-bonner-dead.html|title=Frank Bonner, Brash Salesman on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' Dies at 79|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=June 18, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618195805/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/arts/television/frank-bonner-dead.html|url-status=live}}
1942 – Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1969){{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Laura |title=Golden Stone: The Untold Life and Tragic Death of Brian Jones |year=1992 |publisher=Smith Gryphon Limited |isbn=0-312-09820-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/goldenstoneuntol00jack |page=3 }}
1942 – Oliviero Toscani, Italian photographer (d. 2025){{Cite news |last=Nierenberg |first=Amelia |date=January 13, 2025 |title=Oliviero Toscani, Driving Force Behind Provocative Benetton Ads, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/oliviero-toscani-benetton-dead.html |access-date=January 15, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
1942 – Dino Zoff, Italian footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dino-zoff/|title=Dino Zoff|date=20 December 2015 |publisher=www.worldfootball.net|access-date=11 January 2018}}
1943 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998){{cite book|author=Bob Leszczak|title=Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950–2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3u7iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=11 December 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4008-7|pages=1–|access-date=18 September 2020|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144256/https://books.google.com/books?id=3u7iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|url-status=live}}
1944 – Kelly Bishop, American actress{{cite web |title=Kelly Bishop |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/kelly-bishop-vault-0000046846 |publisher=Playbill |access-date=16 February 2023}}
1944 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (d. 2014){{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/eddie-greenspan-has-died|title=A 'giant': Legendary Canadian defence lawyer Edward Greenspan dies in Phoenix at age 70|newspaper=National Post|date=24 January 2015|last1=Boesveld|first1=Sarah}}
1944 – Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/sepp-maier/|title=Sepp Maier – 1979/1980|website=Fussballdaten|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206205150/https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/sepp-maier/|url-status=live}}
1944 – Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer (d. 2013){{cite news | first = Adam | last = Sweeting | title = Storm Thorgerson dies aged 69: 'the best album designer in the world' | date = 18 April 2013 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/apr/18/storm-thorgerson-dies-69-designer-of-album-covers-for-pink-floyd | work = The Guardian | access-date = 18 April 2013 | archive-date = 22 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130522033114/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/apr/18/storm-thorgerson-dies-69-designer-of-album-covers-for-pink-floyd | url-status = live }}
1945 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitBu00.htm|title=Bubba Smith Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191140/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitBu00.htm|url-status=live}}
1946 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2005){{cite book|author=Daniel Webster Hollis|title=British Political Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IolLcc5htJoC&pg=PA87|year=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-043-7|pages=87|access-date=2019-01-23|archive-date=2020-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915031938/https://books.google.com/books?id=IolLcc5htJoC&pg=PA87|url-status=live}}
1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jul/13/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Obituary: Syreeta|last=Laing|first=Dave|date=2004-07-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-01-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2019-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409144044/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jul/13/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|url-status=live}}
1947 – Stephanie Beacham, English actress
1947 – Salvador Flamenco, Salvadoran footballer{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/salvador-flamenco-cabezas/107442/|title=El Salvador - S. Cabezas - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com}}
1948 – Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite journal |last = O'Shea |first = Jennifer L. |date = December 30, 2008 |title = 10 Things You Didn't Know About Steven Chu; Steven Chu is President-elect Obama's pick for energy secretary |journal = U.S. News & World Report |access-date = December 17, 2012 |url = https://www.usnews.com/news/obama/articles/2008/12/30/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-steven-chu |archive-date = June 12, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612153645/https://www.usnews.com/news/obama/articles/2008/12/30/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-steven-chu |url-status = live }}
1948 – Mike Figgis, English film director, screenwriter, and composer
1948 – Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author{{cite web| url = https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/150974%7C0/bernadette-peters#biography| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200820234530/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/150974%7C0/Bernadette-Peters/biography.html| archive-date = 2020-08-20| title = Biography for Bernadette Peters}}
1948 – Mercedes Ruehl, American actress{{cite web |title=Mercedes Ruehl |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/mercedes-ruehl-vault-0000092914 |publisher=Playbill |access-date=16 February 2023}}
1949 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006){{cite web | url=https://www.neweurope.eu/article/daughter-communist-president-ceausescu-dies | title=Daughter of Communist president Ceausescu dies | date=November 25, 2006 | website=NewEurope | access-date=May 1, 2021 | archive-date=March 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144329/https://www.neweurope.eu/article/daughter-communist-president-ceausescu-dies | url-status=live }}
1949 – Ilene Graff, American actress and singer
1952 – William Finn, American composer and lyricist (d. 2025){{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=April 8, 2025 |title=William Finn, Tony Winner for ‘Falsettos,’ Is Dead at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/theater/william-finn-dead.html |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
1953 – Luther Burden, American basketball player (d. 2015){{cite web |title=Luther Burden |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76303/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1953 – Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite encyclopedia |title=Paul Krugman |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=June 8, 2017 |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1474708/Paul-Krugman |access-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425054313/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1474708/Paul-Krugman |archive-date=April 25, 2013 |url-status=live }}
1953 – Ricky Steamboat, American professional wrestler{{cite web |last1=Mac |first1=Eddie |title=This Day in Wrestling History (Feb. 28): Happy Birthday Ricky Steamboat! |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/2/28/14750762/today-pro-wrestling-history-feb-28-happy-birthday-ricky-the-dragon-steamboat |publisher=CageSide Seats |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=28 February 2017}}
1954 – Brian Billick, American football player, coach, and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbref.com/coaches/BillBr0.htm|title=Brian Billick Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com|date=November 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124023101/http://www.rbref.com/coaches/BillBr0.htm|archive-date=2007-11-24}}
1955 – Adrian Dantley, American basketball player and coach{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dantlad01.html|title=Adrian Dantley Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-date=2013-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513012516/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dantlad01.html|url-status=live}}
1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/27947/Gilbert-Gottfried/biography|title=Gilbert Gottfried - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032528/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/27947/Gilbert-Gottfried/biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Jason Buchanan|date=2014|archive-date=2014-05-02}}
1956 – Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981){{Cite web|url=https://www.bobbysandstrust.com/hungerstrikers/francis-hughes/|title=Francis Hughes | Bobby Sands Trust|access-date=2021-09-18|archive-date=2021-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519013206/https://www.bobbysandstrust.com/hungerstrikers/francis-hughes/|url-status=live}}
1956 – Terry Leahy, English businessman{{Cite web|url=http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=AwardsSir_Terry_Leahy&entry1=AwardsNav1&infositelayout=site_info_nav_awards&rf=0|title=EIU.com|website=www.eiu.com|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145445/http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=AwardsSir_Terry_Leahy&entry1=AwardsNav1&infositelayout=site_info_nav_awards&rf=0|url-status=live}}
1957 – Ainsley Harriott, English chef and television presenter
1957 – Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38396.html|title=Ian Smith|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108130202/https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38396.html|url-status=live}}
1957 – John Turturro, American actor and director{{cite web |title=John Turturro |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/john-turturro-vault-0000042720 |publisher=Playbill |access-date=16 February 2023}}
1957 – Cindy Wilson, American singer-songwriter{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/cindy-wilson-17189470#35-years-later-and-counting|title=Cindy Wilson – Singer – Biography|date=March 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315152012/https://www.biography.com/people/cindy-wilson-17189470#35-years-later-and-counting|archive-date=2018-03-15}}
1958 – Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (d. 2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=818220|title="El Ondeado": a salto de mata|date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016055628/http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=818220|archive-date=2012-10-16}}
1958 – Mark Pavelich, American ice hockey player (d. 2021){{cite web |title=Mark Pavelich |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mark-pavelich-8450251 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1958 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (d. 2010){{Cite web|url=http://davidrross.scot/biog.htm|title=Biography|website=davidrross.scot|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-date=2017-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614015421/http://davidrross.scot/biog.htm|url-status=live}}
1961 – Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-American actress
1961 – Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/012746|title=BoxRec: Barry McGuigan|website=boxrec.com|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-date=2022-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144258/https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/012746|url-status=live}}
1963 – Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/claudio-chiappucci|title=Claudio Chiappucci|website=www.procyclingstats.com|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017004751/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/claudio-chiappucci/|url-status=live}}
1965 – Mikko Mäkelä, Finnish ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Mikko Makela |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mikko-makela-8449079 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1966 – Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14185/Paulo_Futre.html|title=Paulo Futre|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030014626/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14185/Paulo_Futre.html|url-status=live}}
1966 – Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid{{Cite web|url=http://www.poa-info.org/archbishop|title=Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric » Archbishop|website=www.poa-info.org|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118064827/http://poa-info.org/archbishop/|url-status=live}}
1967 – Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersC/BioCooperCT.html|title=England Players – Colin Cooper|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2021-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125145007/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersC/BioCooperCT.html|url-status=live}}
1967 – Seth Rudetsky, American musician, actor, writer, and radio host{{Cite web|title=seth rudetsky birthday – Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=seth+rudetsky+birthday|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.google.com|archive-date=2022-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144312/https://www.google.com/search?q=seth+rudetsky+birthday|url-status=live}}
1969 – Sean Farrel, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2429|title=Sean Farrel|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=23 February 2020|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234529/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2429|url-status=live}}
1969 – Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Butch_Leitzinger|title=Driver Butch Leitzinger Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2020-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027024312/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Butch_Leitzinger|url-status=live}}
1969 – Robert Sean Leonard, American actor{{Cite web|title=Robert Sean Leonard|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/robert-sean-leonard-vault-0000109093|access-date=2021-10-07|website=Playbill|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007215737/https://www.playbill.com/person/robert-sean-leonard-vault-0000109093|url-status=live}}
1969 – Pat Monahan, American singer-songwriter and actor
1970 – Daniel Brochu, Canadian actor{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVWnGQ8g4_Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/lVWnGQ8g4_Y |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|website=YouTube |title=2 for 1 special |date=18 September 2019 }}{{cbignore}}
1970 – Daniel Handler, American author, musician, screenwriter, and producer
1970 – Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/algeria/noureddine-morceli-14180666|title=Noureddine MORCELI | Profile|website=www.worldathletics.org|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2007-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010055939/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/athlete=1936/|url-status=live}}
1971 – Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer{{Cite web|url=http://www.vgmonline.net/junyanakano/|title=Junya Nakano Profile|date=June 8, 2011|website=VGMO -Video Game Music Online-|access-date=October 26, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128125905/http://www.vgmonline.net/junyanakano/|url-status=live}}
1971 – Tasha Smith, American actress, director, and producer
1972 – Rory Cochrane, American actor
1972 – Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter{{Cite web|url=https://smotrim.ru/person/211381|title=Вилле Хаапасало|website=smotrim.ru|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227103815/https://smotrim.ru/person/211381|url-status=live}}
1973 – Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/eric-lindros-8458515|title=Eric Lindros Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2020-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118184004/https://www.nhl.com/player/eric-lindros-8458515|url-status=live}}
1973 – Nicolas Minassian, French race car driver
1973 – Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler{{Cite web|url=http://www.puroresucentral.com/tanaka.html|title=Masato Tanaka|website=www.puroresucentral.com|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2018-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728111516/http://puroresucentral.com/tanaka.html|url-status=live}}
1974 – Lee Carsley, English-Irish footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=159315/index.html|title=FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Lee CARSLEY|date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913120657/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=159315/index.html|archive-date=2015-09-13}}
1974 – Alexander Zickler, German footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10526/Alexander_Zickler.html|title=Alexander Zickler|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2020-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125115119/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10526/Alexander_Zickler.html|url-status=live}}
1975 – Mike Rucker, American football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RuckMi20.htm|title=Mike Rucker Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2020-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129172632/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RuckMi20.htm|url-status=live}}
1976 – Francisco Elson, Dutch basketball player{{cite web |title=Francisco Elson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1922/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1976 – Ali Larter, American actress and model{{cite web |last1=Bahou |first1=Olivia |title=It's Ali Larter's 40th Birthday! See the Best Snaps of this Proud Momma's Adorable Kids |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/ali-larter-age-birthday-adorable-kid-photos |publisher=InStyle |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=28 February 2016}}
1977 – Jason Aldean, American singer-songwriter{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Gayle |title=44 years ago: Jason Aldean is born in Macon, GA. |url=https://theboot.com/jason-aldean-birthday/ |publisher=The Boot |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=28 February 2021}}
1977 – Lance Hoyt, American football player and wrestler{{cite web|url=http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/lance-hoyt.html|title=Lance Hoyt's OWOW Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2007-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318100831/http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/lance-hoyt.html|archive-date=2012-03-18|url-status=dead}}
1978 – Geoffrey Arend, American actor
1978 – Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier{{cite web| url = http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/benjamin-raich-1.html| title = Benjamin Raich Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161203203623/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/benjamin-raich-1.html| archive-date = 2016-12-03}}
1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/stats/player/2224/career/|title=Jamaal Tinsley|website=NBA Stats|access-date=2021-09-18|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918050943/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2224/career/|url-status=live}}
1978 – Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z073/overview|title=Mariano Zabaleta | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2020-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002013539/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z073/overview|url-status=live}}
1979 – Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Sebastien_Bourdais|title=Driver|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427233637/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Sebastien_Bourdais/|url-status=live}}
1979 – Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K336/overview|title=Ivo Karlovic | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2020-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022160705/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K336/overview|url-status=live}}
1980 – Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer{{Cite web|url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Pascal-Bosschaart.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403144728/http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Pascal-Bosschaart.htm|archive-date=2013-04-03|title=Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl}}
1980 – Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=26709|title=Christian Poulsen | Football Stats | FC Copenhagen | Age 41 | Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2020-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203013843/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=26709|url-status=live}}
1980 – Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player{{Cite web|title=Tayshaun Prince Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/princta01.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108094038/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/princta01.html|url-status=live}}
1981 – Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout{{Cite web|url = https://www.mlb.com/player/brian-bannister-446454|title = Brian Bannister Stats, Fantasy & News|website = MLB.com|access-date = 2021-03-03|archive-date = 2021-01-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210122074901/https://www.mlb.com/player/brian-bannister-446454|url-status = live}}
1982 – Isabel Mendes Lopes, Portuguese politician{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Mendes Lopes |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=7356 |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328234828/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=7356 |archive-date=28 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Natalia_Vodianova/|title=Natalia Vodianova - Fashion Model | Models | Photos, Editorials & Latest News | the FMD|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417020435/https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Natalia_Vodianova/|url-status=live}}
1984 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
1984 – Ali Marhyar, French actor, film director and screenwriter{{Cite web |title=Ali Marhyar |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Ali-Marhyar |website=Première |date=28 February 1984 |language=fr |access-date=29 June 2024}}
1985 – Tim Bresnan, English cricketer{{cite book|title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook|last=Warner|first=David|year=2011|edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books|location=Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK|isbn=978-1-905080-85-4|page=365}}
1985 – Diego, Brazilian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1028/Diego_1.html|title=Diego|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128082834/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1028/Diego_1.html|url-status=live}}
1985 – Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/100153/jelena-jankovic|title=Jelena Jankovic | Player Stats & More – WTA Official|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409130141/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/100153/jelena-jankovic|url-status=live}}
1987 – Akito, Japanese professional wrestler{{Cite web |title=Akito |script-title=ja:彰人 |url=https://www.ddtpro.com/wrestlers/194 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=DDT Pro-Wrestling |language=ja}}
1987 – Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/104478/antonio-candreva|title=Antonio Candreva Stats, News, Bio|website=ESPN|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115070648/https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/104478/antonio-candreva|url-status=live}}
1987 – Michelle Horn, American actress
1987 – Josh McRoberts, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Josh McRoberts |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201177/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1988 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/aroldis-chapman-547973|title=Aroldis Chapman Stats, Fantasy & News|website=MLB.com|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303025716/https://www.mlb.com/player/aroldis-chapman-547973|url-status=live}}
1989 – Carlos Dunlap, American football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13274|title=Carlos Dunlap II Stats|website=ESPN|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031071337/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13274|url-status=live}}
1989 – Charles Jenkins, American basketball player{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/stats/player/202724/career/|title=Charles Jenkins|website=NBA Stats|access-date=2021-09-18|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918050941/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202724/career/|url-status=live}}
1990 – Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler{{Cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/|title=日本相撲協会公式サイト|website=日本相撲協会公式サイト|access-date=2021-09-18|archive-date=2021-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006093058/https://www.sumo.or.jp/|url-status=live}}
1990 – Ryan Allen, American football player{{cite web |title=Ryan Allen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16382/ryan-allen |publisher=ESPN |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1990 – Sebastian Rudy, German footballer{{cite web|title=Sebastian Rudy|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sebastian-rudy/38433/|website=Soccerway|access-date=28 February 2024}}
1991 – Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
1991 – Ronalds Ķēniņš, Latvian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Ronalds Kenins |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ronalds-kenins-8477589 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1993 – Marquis Teague, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Marquis Teague |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203104/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1993 – Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian footballer{{cite web|title=Éder Álvarez Balanta|url=https://www.clubbrugge.be/en/teams/a-kern/players/%C3%A9der-balanta|website=Club Brugge KV|access-date=28 February 2024}}
1994 – Alex Caruso, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Alex Caruso Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/carusal01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 26, 2024}}
1994 – Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/spelers/arkadiusz-milik/profiel|title=Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2022-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144308/https://www.vi.nl/cookies/;jsessionid=6D036CA4CF98A4A876782D88C530108E|url-status=live}}
1995 – Randy Arozarena, Cuban-Mexican baseball player{{cite web |title=Randy Arozarena |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/randy-arozarena-668227 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1995 – Madisen Beaty, American actress
1995 – Quinn Shephard, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 28, 2023 includes celebrities John Turturro, Bernadette Peters |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-28-2023-includes-celebrities-john-turturro-bernadette-peters.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=27 February 2024 |date=28 February 2023}}
1996 – Bobb'e J. Thompson, American actor
1996 – Jakub Vrána, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Jakub Vrana |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/player/jakub-vrana-8477944 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1996 – Lucas Boyé, Argentinian footballer{{cite web|title=Lucas Boyé|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/lucas-boye/351879/|website=Soccerway|access-date=28 February 2024}}
1996 – Axel Werner, Argentinian footballer{{cite web|title=Axel Werner|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/axel-werner/256184/|website=Soccerway|access-date=28 February 2024}}
1997 – Chris Lindstrom, American football player{{cite web |title=Chris Lindstrom |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3672833/chris-lindstrom |publisher=ESPN |access-date=27 February 2024}}
1998 – Teun Koopmeiners, Dutch footballer{{cite web|title=Teun Koopmeiners|url=https://www.atalanta.it/en/characters/teun-koopmeiners/|website=Atalanta BC|access-date=28 February 2024}}
1999 – Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player{{cite web |title=Luka Doncic Player Profile |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Luka-Doncic/Summary/54148 |publisher=RealGM |access-date=October 14, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122538/https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Luka-Doncic/Summary/54148 |url-status=live }}
2000 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer{{cite web|title=Moise Kean|url=https://www.juventus.com/en/teams/first-team-men/squad/moise-kean|website=Juventus FC|access-date=28 February 2024}}
2000 – Josip Šutalo, Croatian footballer{{cite web|title=Josip Šutalo|url=https://english.ajax.nl/teams/ajax-1/josip-sutalo/|website=AFC Ajax|access-date=28 February 2024}}
2005 – Vitor Roque, Brazilian footballer{{cite web|title=Vitor Roque|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/players/144035/vitor-hugo-roque-ferreira|website=FC Barcelona|access-date=28 February 2024}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

628 – Khosrow II, Shah of Iran, Sasanian Empire (b. {{circa|570}}){{cite book |last=Morony |first=Michael G. |title=Iraq After the Muslim Conquest |year=2005 |publisher=Gorgias Press |location=Piscataway, New Jersey |page=92 |isbn=978-15-93333-15-7}}

=1601–1900=

1621 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590){{cite web |title=Cosimo II {{!}} grand duke of Tuscany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cosimo-II |website=Britannica |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103161713/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cosimo-II |url-status=live }}
1740 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and patron of the arts (b. 1667){{cite journal |last1=Kelly |first1=Cathie C. |title=Ottoboni, Cardinal Pietro |journal=Grove Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T064225 }}
1857 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809){{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Dumont, André Hubert|volume=8|page=665}} This cites Memoir by Major-General J. E. Portlock in Address to Geol. Soc. (London, 1858).
1882 – Adolf Zytogorski, Polish-British chess master and translator (b. {{circa|1811/1812}}){{cite web|first=Tim|last=Harding|author-link=Tim Harding (chess player)|url=http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz186.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119133024/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz186.pdf|title=The Kibitz: The Double Life of Adolphus Zytogorski Part One|publisher=ChessCafe.com|date=2011|archive-date=2012-01-19}}

=1901–present=

1929 – Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipIrT1Hf-dYC&q=%22Clemens+von+Pirquet%22+suicide&pg=PA155|title=Pioneers of Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis|first=Thomas M.|last=Daniel|date=September 18, 2000|publisher=University Rochester Press|isbn=9781580460675|via=Google Books|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=March 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301144302/https://books.google.com/books?id=ipIrT1Hf-dYC&q=%22Clemens+von+Pirquet%22+suicide&pg=PA155|url-status=live}}
1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851){{cite book |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |last=Hockey |first=Thomas |year=2009 |publisher=Springer Publishing |isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 |access-date=August 22, 2012 |url=http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/58158.html}}
1936 – Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866){{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1928/nicolle/biographical/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1928|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2021-05-10|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509230720/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1928/nicolle/biographical/|url-status=live}}
1955 – Isak Penttala, Finnish politician (b. 1883){{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Isak Penttala |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911227&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611210402/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911227&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
1966 – Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931){{cite news |last1=Associated Press wire |title=Two Astronauts Killed As Plane Hits Plant |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aqxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5267%2C6076141 |access-date=10 May 2021 |publisher=Eugene Register-Guard |date=28 February 1966 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090131/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aqxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5267,6076141 |url-status=live }}
1966 – Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
1975 – Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (b. 1888){{cite ODNB|author-link= Gerald Howat|last= Howat|first= Gerald|title= Cardus, Sir (John Frederick) Neville|url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30898|access-date= 26 November 2012|year=2004|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/30898}}
1977 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905){{cite news |title=Eddie Anderson, 71, Benny's Rochester. Gravel-Voiced Comedian Noted for 'What's That, Boss?' Line Played Valet for More Than 30 Years. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/eddie-anderson-71-bennys-rochester-gravelvoiced-comedian-noted-for.html |quote=Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, the gravel voiced comedian who played Jack Benny's valet for more than 30 years, died yesterday at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 71 years old and had been under treatment for a heart ailment since December. |work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 1977 |access-date=May 24, 2008 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040502/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/eddie-anderson-71-bennys-rochester-gravelvoiced-comedian-noted-for.html |url-status=live }}(subscription required){{cite magazine|title=Died|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947282,00.html|quote=Eddie Anderson, 71, who played the late Jack Benny's hoarse, heckling valet Rochester on radio, TV, and film for more than 30 years; of heart disease; in Los Angeles. In 1937, Anderson made what was supposed to be a one-shot appearance on the Benny broadcast; the audience loved his drollery and he became a member of the cast. Anderson constantly deflated Benny's pomposity with a high-pitched, incredulous, "What's that, boss?"|magazine=Time|date=March 14, 1977|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604183719/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947282,00.html|url-status=dead}}(subscription required)
1978 – Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892){{cite journal| title=Cancer Claims 'Mother Jefferson' At Age 86| date=March 16, 1978| page=54| journal=Jet| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pb8DAAAAMBAJ&q=Zara+Cully+Brown&pg=PA54| volume=52| number=25| access-date=August 29, 2018| archive-date=May 10, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510223159/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pb8DAAAAMBAJ&q=Zara+Cully+Brown&pg=PA54| url-status=live}}
1993 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/01/arts/ruby-keeler-tap-dancing-actress-is-dead-at-82.html| title=Ruby Keeler, tap dancing actress, is dead at 82 (sic)| newspaper=The New York Times| date=March 3, 1993| access-date=December 25, 2015| first=Stephen| last=Holden| archive-date=December 27, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227015732/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/01/arts/ruby-keeler-tap-dancing-actress-is-dead-at-82.html| url-status=live}}
1998 – Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930){{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/03/12/soviet-defector-arkady-shevchenko-dies/3fc5f474-e7b7-4d1c-b6f2-e565dfa1ef22/|title=SOVIET DEFECTOR ARKADY SHEVCHENKO DIES|first=Bart|last=Barnes|date=12 March 1998|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=10 May 2021|archive-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729081411/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/03/12/soviet-defector-arkady-shevchenko-dies/3fc5f474-e7b7-4d1c-b6f2-e565dfa1ef22/|url-status=live}}
2002 – Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926){{cite news |title=Soap opera star Mary Stuart dead at age 76 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27766983/mary_stuart/ |accessdate=January 29, 2019 |work=Longview News-Journal |agency=New York Times News Service |date=March 4, 2002 |location=Texas, Longview |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181345/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27766983/mary_stuart/ |url-status=live }}
2002 – Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920){{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Martin|title=Obituaries: Helmut Zacharias|newspaper=The Independent|location = London|date=7 March 2002|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/helmut-zacharias-729804.html|accessdate=11 August 2011}}
2003 – Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928){{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/2807839.stm| title=Marathon founder Brasher dies| author=BBC Sport| date=28 February 2003| accessdate=22 April 2007| work=BBC News| archive-date=19 March 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319144719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/2807839.stm| url-status=live}}
2004 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)Wilson, Linda D. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BO014.html "Boorstin, Daniel J. (1914–2004)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105080846/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BO014.html |date=January 5, 2009 }}
2005 – Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941){{Cite news|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|date=3 March 2005|title=Chris Curtis|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/03/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210212159/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/03/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|url-status=live}}
2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920){{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1959/chamberlain/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1959|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=2021-05-10|archive-date=2019-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004024027/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1959/chamberlain/facts/|url-status=live}}
2007 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/obituaries/02schlesinger.html |author=Douglas Martin |title=Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a Partisan Historian of Power, Is Dead at 89 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210203508/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/obituaries/02schlesinger.html |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |date=March 2, 2007 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}
2009 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918){{cite news |last1=Holley |first1=Joe |title=Beloved Radio Broadcaster Paul Harvey Dies at 90 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022802096.html |access-date=25 July 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=March 1, 2009 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927175817/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022802096.html |url-status=live }}
2011 – Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/movies/02girardot.html?_r=1&src=twrhp | work=The New York Times | first=William | last=Grimes | title=Annie Girardot, Versatile French Actress, Dies at 79 | date=1 March 2011 | access-date=25 July 2021 | archive-date=25 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725195434/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/movies/02girardot.html?_r=1&src=twrhp | url-status=live }}
2013 – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926){{cite web |last=Sanders |first=Robert |url=http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/01/physics-nobelist-and-biotech-pioneer-donald-glaser-dies-at-86/ |title=Physics Nobelist and biotech pioneer Donald Glaser dies at 86 |publisher=Newscenter.berkeley.edu |date=March 1, 2013 |access-date=2013-03-02 |archive-date=2015-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321181116/http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/01/physics-nobelist-and-biotech-pioneer-donald-glaser-dies-at-86/ |url-status=live }}
2014 – Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935){{Cite web|date=2014-02-28|title=Schrijver Hugo Brandt Corstius (78) overleden|url=https://www.nu.nl/boek/3714493/schrijver-hugo-brandt-corstius-78-overleden.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=NU|language=nl|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830183255/https://www.nu.nl/boek/3714493/schrijver-hugo-brandt-corstius-78-overleden.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Hugo Brandt Corstius 1935–2014|url=https://www.groene.nl/artikel/hugo-brandt-corstius-1935-2014 |first1=Liesbeth |last1=Koenen |date=12 March 2014 |access-date=2021-08-30|website=De Groene Amsterdammer|language=nl-NL|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830183256/https://www.groene.nl/artikel/hugo-brandt-corstius-1935-2014|url-status=live}}
2015 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923){{Cite web |agency=Reuters |date=2015-02-28|title=Yasar Kemal, celebrated Turkish novelist, dead at 91|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/28/yasar-kemal-celebrated-turkish-novelist-dies-at-91|access-date=2021-08-30|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830183504/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/28/yasar-kemal-celebrated-turkish-novelist-dies-at-91|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Arsiya|first=İklim|date=2015-03-05|title=Yaşar Kemal: A master Turkish novelist who will never be forgotten|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/books/2015/03/05/yasar-kemal-a-master-turkish-novelist-who-will-never-be-forgotten|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Daily Sabah|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830183254/https://www.dailysabah.com/books/2015/03/05/yasar-kemal-a-master-turkish-novelist-who-will-never-be-forgotten|url-status=live}}
2016 – George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925){{cite web |title=George Kennedy |url=http://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/george-kennedy |website=www.bafta.org |access-date=28 March 2020 |language=en |date=13 January 2017 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328190220/http://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/george-kennedy |url-status=live }}
2019 – André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/obituaries/andre-previn-whose-music-knew-no-boundaries-dies-at-89.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/obituaries/andre-previn-whose-music-knew-no-boundaries-dies-at-89.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89|last=Barron|first=James|date=28 February 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}
2020 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930){{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's, dies at 89 |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-02-29/la-me-joe-coulombe-trade-joes-dead |access-date=March 1, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 29, 2020 |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301003327/https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-02-29/la-me-joe-coulombe-trade-joes-dead |url-status=live }}
2020 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923){{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Andrea |title=Freeman Dyson, legendary theoretical physicist, dies at 96 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/freeman-dyson-legendary-theoretical-physicist-dies-at-96/ |website=National Geographic |access-date=3 March 2020 |language=en |date=28 February 2020 |archive-date=2 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302075803/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/freeman-dyson-legendary-theoretical-physicist-dies-at-96/ |url-status=dead }}
2020 – Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917){{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fobituary-lenox-hewitts-crucial-role-in-reforming-australian-economy%2Fnews-story%2Fea0ff9c6bf35b9118418c3b793005085&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium|title=Obituary: Lenox Hewitt's crucial role in reforming Australian economy|last=Day|first=Mark|date=1 March 2020|website=The Australian|access-date=2020-05-23|url-access=subscription}}
2024 – Ahmed Salim, Bangladeshi convicted murderer (b. 1989){{cite news|date=28 February 2024|title=Man who killed ex-fiancee is first person to be executed for murder in Singapore since 2019|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-who-killed-ex-fiancee-is-first-person-to-be-executed-for-murder-in-singapore-since-2019|work=The Straits Times}}
2024 – Héctor Ortiz, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (b. 1969){{Cite web |last=Press • • |first=The Associated |date=2024-02-28 |title=Texas Rangers coach, former player Hector Ortiz dies at 54 after long battle with cancer |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/red-fever/texas-rangers-coach-hector-ortiz-dies-at-54-after-a-long-battle-with-cancer/3474093/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth |language=en-US}}
2024 – Cat Janice, American singer-songwriter (b. 1993)Greene, Jordon (February 28, 2024). "[https://people.com/musician-mom-cat-janice-dead-at-31-8601782 Musician Mom Cat Janice Dead at 31: 'Cat Saw Her Music Go Places She Never Expected']". People.
2025 – David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1950){{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |date=March 1, 2025 |title=David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/arts/music/david-johansen-dead.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
2025 – Miguel Piñera, Chilean celebrity, night club owner and amateur musician (b. 1954){{Cite web |date=28 February 2025 |title=Muere Miguel "Negro" Piñera a los 70 años: músico y hermano del expresidente Sebastián Piñera |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/espectaculos-y-tv/celebridades/2025/02/28/muere-miguel-negro-pinera-a-los-70-anos-musico-y-hermano-del-expresidente-sebastian-pinera.shtml |accessdate=28 February 2025 |publisher=Biobiochile.cl}}
2025 – Joseph Wambaugh, American writer (b. 1937){{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=February 28, 2025 |title=Joseph Wambaugh, Author With a Cop's-Eye View, Is Dead at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/books/joseph-wambaugh-dead.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland){{cite web|url=https://discoverhelsinki.fi/arts-culture/kalevala-day-a-celebration-of-finnish-culture/|title=Kalevala Day – A Celebration of Finnish Culture|first=Esa|last=Ennelin|work=Discover Helsinki|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=February 27, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227171456/https://discoverhelsinki.fi/arts-culture/kalevala-day-a-celebration-of-finnish-culture/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.news.cn/english/europe/2020-02/29/c_138828843.htm|title=Finland marks Culture Day in honor of national epic|website=News.cn|date=February 29, 2020|access-date=February 27, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227171459/http://www.news.cn/english/europe/2020-02/29/c_138828843.htm|url-status=live}}
National Science Day (India){{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/national-science-day-to-be-held-on-february-28/article33904580.ece|title = National Science Day to be held on February 28|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 22 February 2021}}
Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan){{Cite web |last=Benack |first=Emma |date=2022-02-28 |title=Peace Memorial Day: President Tsai stresses need for transitional justice |url=https://en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2007086 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Radio Taiwan International}}
Andalusia Day (Spain){{Cite web |last=Benack |first=Emma |date=2022-02-28 |title=What is special about 28 February in Andalucía and why is it declared a public holiday? |url=https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/what-special-about-february-andalucia-and-why-20240227182429-nt.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Radio Taiwan International}}

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/28 BBC: On This Day]
{{NYT On this day|month=2|day=28}}
[https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/28 Historical Events on February 28]

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