Portal:United States/Anniversaries/February/February 28

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|caption=The hall at the Jinjiang Hotel, Shanghai, China, where the Shanghai Communiqué was signed.

|text=*1827 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in the United States offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

• 1854 – The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
• 1861 – Colorado is organized as a United States territory.
• 1940 – Basketball is televised for the first time, broadcasting a game between Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden.
• 1972 – The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué in Shanghai, China (signing hall pictured), a key early step in the renormalization of Sino-American relations.
• 1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.

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