February 28
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Events
- 1710 – In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
- 1784 - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.
- 1854 - The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin
- 1861 - Colorado is organized as a United States territory.
- 1900 - The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
- 1922 - The United Kingdom accepts the independence of Egypt.
- 1953 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).
- 1972 - Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
- 1991 - The first Gulf War ends.
- 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.
Births
- 1894 - Ben Hecht, American playwright (d. 1964)
- 1900 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot and aircraft designer (d. 1959)
- 1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist, (d. 1994)
- 1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
- 1926 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
Deaths
- 1967 - Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898)
- 1986 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1927)
- 2007 - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
- 2009 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean author, diplomat and father of esoteric Hitlerism (b. 1917)
- 2009 - Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)
