February 28

February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are 306 days (307 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.



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*1 Events  ==Events [  edit ] == ==Born [  edit ] == Elisabeth of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach born in 1854Youp van 't Hek born in 1954"Abdu" born in 1964Karolína Kurková born in 1984Emmelie De Forest born in 1993*1155 - Henry II of Maine, 1st successor to the English throne (deceased in 1183 ) ==Deceased [  edit ] == Christian IV deceased in 1648Theo Bos deceased in 2013*460 - Romanus of Condat, French clergyman ==Celebration / commemoration [  edit ] == ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Weather  Extremes <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Netherlands  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Record counts <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KNMI-Bilt_1-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]
 * 2 Born
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 celebration / commemoration
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium
 * General
 * 1966 - The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began their career goes bankrupt.
 * 1975 - A London Underground train on the Northern Line shooting at the endpoint through the anvil at Moorgate station, which killed 43 people.
 * 1978 - The railway bridge at Westervoort clashes the TEE Rembrandt on a local diesel .
 * 1993 - The Americans with food drops over Bosnia .
 * 1996 - A violent fire in a shed with chemicals brings Rotterdam in a crisis atmosphere.
 * 1997 - In northwest Iran are one thousand deaths in a quake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale.
 * 2014 - After the pro-European anti-government protests in Ukraine, known as euromaidan , and the change of power develops a crisis in Crimea by Russian troops occupy strategic positions in the Crimea .
 * War
 * 1942 - Hr. Ms. De Ruyter sinks and Karel Doorman goes down with his ship under.
 * 1942 - Japanese forces land in Java, the last Dutch stronghold in the East Indies .
 * 2011 - In an evacuation is a Dutch helicopter owned by the Libyan army
 * Media
 * 1957 - Gaston first appeared in the magazine Spirou .
 * Religion
 * 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI to resign on health grounds. He is the first pope to step down since Gregory XII in 1415 .
 * Politics
 * 1912 - The Association of Dutch Municipalities is established.
 * 1933 - The Reichstag fire Regulation comes to an end many liberties in the German Reich .
 * 1975 - is signed in Lomé, a convention (Lomé I) between the EEC and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
 * 1986 - Murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme .
 * 1986 - signed in The Hague of the Single European Act .
 * 2005 - 200 students occupied for the ninth time the Amsterdam Maagdenhuis get the purpose of study limitations table and fellow directors to obtain the university.
 * 2006 - Fehriye Erdal, activist of the Turkish far-left party DHKP-C which for alleged terrorism in custody was awaiting her trial, had disappeared from her guarded shelter.
 * Sport
 * 1941 - Creation of the Colombian football club Independiente Santa Fe .
 * 1983 - Ivan Lendl lost Jimmy Connors after two weeks off as number one in the world of tennis professionals, and is the sixth leader of that list after Ilie Năstase , John Newcombe , Bjorn Borg , Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe .
 * Science and Technology
 * 1873 - Armauer Hansen discovered the bacillus responsible for the disease leprosy
 * 1912 - above the US state of Missouri is Albert Berry, the first parachute jump from an airplane
 * 1928 - Formation of first radiotelephone link between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies via Radio Kootwijk
 * 1928 - The Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Raman discovered named it after him Raman effect .
 * 1935 - While working with DuPont finds Wallace Carothers the nylon out.
 * 1261 - Margaret of Scotland, queen consort of Norway (deceased in 1283 )
 * 1743 - Carolina of Orange-Nassau (deceased in 1783 )
 * 1783 - Gabriele Rossetti, Italian-English poet and scholar (deceased in 1854 )
 * 1824 - Karl Maria Kertbeny, Hungarian-Austrian writer, journalist and translator (deceased in 1882 )
 * 1828 - Vital Moreels, Belgian politician (deceased in 1908 )
 * 1854 - Elisabeth of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (deceased in 1908 )
 * 1867 - Thomas Theodor Heine, German painter and graphic artist (deceased in 1948 )
 * 1873 - William MacMaster Murdoch, Scottish First Officer of the RMS Titanic (deceased in 1912 )
 * 1879 - Jan Frederik Staal, Dutch architect (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1893 - Vsevolod Pudovkin, Russian director (deceased in 1953 )
 * 1894 - Fridthjof Kristoffersen, Norwegian composer, pianist (deceased in 1962 )
 * 1894 - Wim Schuhmacher, Dutch artist (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1896 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and Nobel laureate (deceased in 1965 )
 * 1898 - Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (deceased in 1969 )
 * 1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist and two-time Nobel Laureate (deceased in 1994 )
 * 1902 - Arij Cup, Dutch resistance fighter (deceased in 1941 )
 * 1907 - Gustav Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, German soldier (missing since 1944 )
 * 1908 - Albert Scherrer, Swiss racing driver (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1914 - Élie Bayol, French race car driver (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1915 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian British scientist (deceased in 1987 )
 * 1916 - Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist
 * 1917 - French Cox, Dutch sculptor (deceased in 1997 )
 * 1921 - Willi Sitte, German artist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1923 - Charles Durning, American actor (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1923 - Audrey Williams, American country music singer and entrepreneur (deceased in 1975 )
 * 1927 - Joseph Noiret, Belgian painter and poet (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1929 - Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Moroccan athlete (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1930 - Gavin MacLeod, American actor
 * 1933 - Aloysius Zichem, Surinamese bishop
 * 1938 - Michael Onslow, English nobility (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1938 - Henk van Os, Dutch professor, television presenter and director of the Rijksmuseum
 * 1940 - Mario Andretti, American race car driver
 * 1942 - Brian Jones, British rock musician (deceased in 1969 )
 * 1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
 * 1943 - Hans Dijkstal, Dutch politician (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1944 - Kelly Bishop, American actress
 * 1944 - Loek Dikker, Dutch pianist, conductor, arranger and composer
 * 1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
 * 1944 - Storm Thorgerson, British artist and illustrator (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1945 - Bubba Smith, American actor (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1946 - Robin Cook, British politician (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1947 - Włodzimierz Lubański, Polish footballer
 * 1948 - Alfred Sant, Maltese Prime Minister
 * 1951 - Gustav Thöni, Italian alpine skier
 * 1953 - Ricky Steamboat, American professional wrestler
 * 1954 - Jean Bourgain, Flemish mathematician
 * 1954 - Alain Crépin, Belgian composer, conductor and music educator
 * 1954 - Youp van 't Hek, Dutch comedian, columnist and writer
 * 1954 - Branko Ivanković, Croatian football coach
 * 1954 - Julia Sebutinde, Sudanese lawyer and judge
 * 1955 - Eddy Bosman, Dutch footballer
 * 1955 - Jimmy Calderwood, Scottish footballer and football coach
 * 1956 - Louis Bontes, Dutch politician
 * 1957 - Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer
 * 1958 - Wilma Nanninga, Dutch journalist and television presenter
 * 1962 - Anne-Marie Danneels, Belgian athlete
 * 1962 - Carlos Hoyos, Colombian footballer and football coach
 * 1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
 * 1963 - Gustavo Costas, Argentinian footballer and football coach
 * 1964 - Djamolidin Abdoesjaparov, Uzbek cyclist
 * 1964 - Lotta Lotass, Swedish writer
 * 1964 - Christine Tohme, Lebanese curator
 * 1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
 * 1967 - Geert Lambert, Belgian politician
 * 1968 - Eric Van Meir, Belgian footballer
 * 1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
 * 1970 - Jacqueline Goormachtigh, Dutch athlete
 * 1970 - Stefan Leleu, Belgian footballer
 * 1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
 * 1972 - Jan Boven, Dutch cyclist
 * 1973 - Dennis van de Ven, Dutch actor
 * 1975 - Saartje Vandendriessche, Flemish announcer and presenter
 * 1976 - Francisco Elson, Dutch basketball
 * 1976 - Audun Grønvold, Norwegian (freestyle) skiers
 * 1976 - Kaido Külaots, Estonian chess
 * 1976 - Ali Larter, American actress
 * 1976 - Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
 * 1976 - Joan Veijer, Dutch motorsport driver
 * 1977 - Aaron Aguilera, Mexican-American actor and professional wrestler
 * 1977 - Gable Garenamotse, a Botswana athlete
 * 1977 - Tatyana Levina, Russian athlete
 * 1977 - Vito Postiglione, Italian racing driver
 * 1977 - Janne Saarinen, Finnish footballer
 * 1978 - Robert Heffernan, Irish athlete
 * 1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austria's hard expert
 * 1978 - Davy Schollen, Belgian football goalkeeper
 * 1979 - Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
 * 1979 - Marne Miesen, Dutch actor and singer
 * 1979 - Remco van der Schaaf, Dutch footballer
 * 1980 - Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
 * 1980 - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
 * 1980 - Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
 * 1981 - Jordi López, Spanish footballer
 * 1981 - Florent Serra, French tennis player
 * 1982 - Thijs de Greeff, Dutch hockey
 * 1982 - Alberto Losada, Spanish cyclist
 * 1982 - Yelena Slesarenko, Russian athlete
 * 1983 - James Kwambai, Kenyan athlete
 * 1984 - Julian Jenner, Dutch footballer
 * 1984 - Karolína Kurková, Czech model
 * 1985 - Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis star
 * 1985 - Lee Kang-seok, Korean skater
 * 1986 - Jakson Coelho, Brazilian footballer
 * 1986 - Bianca Muhren, Dutch chess star
 * 1987 - Armin Niederer, Swiss freestyle skier
 * 1989 - Jason Halman, Dutch baseball
 * 1990 - Morten Nielsen, Danish footballer
 * 1991 - Jack Hawksworth, British racing driver
 * 1992 - Roeltje Bakhuyzen van de Sande, Dutch actress
 * 1993 - Emmelie De Forest, Danish singer
 * 1994 - Jake Bugg, British singer-songwriter
 * 468 - Hilary, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
 * 1261 - Henry III of Brabant (30), Duke of Brabant
 * 1326 - Leopold I of Habsburg (35), Duke of Austria Styria
 * 1453 - Isabella of Lorraine (53), Duchess of Lorraine
 * 1648 - Christian IV of Denmark (70), king of Denmark and Norway
 * 1869 - Alphonse de Lamartine (78), French poet and statesman
 * 1905 - Joseph bottle (85), Dutch Ophthalmic
 * 1916 - Henry James (72), American novelist
 * 1925 - Friedrich Ebert (54), German politician
 * 1942 - Karel Doorman (52), Dutch Rear-Admiral
 * 1964 - Timmy Mayer (26), American race car driver
 * 1976 - Anton Rooskens (69), Dutch artist
 * 1977 - Adolf Brakke (75), Surinamese politician
 * 1985 - David Byron (38), English singer (including Uriah Heep )
 * 1986 - Olof Palme (59), Swedish politician
 * 1997 - Osvaldo Bailo (84), Italian cyclist
 * 2001 - Charles Pozzi (91), French racing driver
 * 2003 - Chris Brasher (75), British athlete and sports journalist
 * 2006 - Owen Chamberlain (85), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 2006 - Arno Wallaard (26), Dutch cyclist
 * 2007 - King Alexander (98), British scientist and diplomat
 * 2007 - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.. (89), American historian
 * 2008 - Max Nord (91), Dutch poet, journalist and literary
 * 2008 - Mike Smith (64), British singer ( The Dave Clark Five )
 * 2009 - Geoffrey Smith (80), English gardener and television presenter
 * 2011 - Annie Girardot (79), French actress
 * 2011 - Peter Gomes (68), American clergyman and professor
 * 2011 - Klaas de Jong Ozn. (85), Dutch politician
 * 2011 - Jane Russell (89), American actress
 * 2011 - Jan van Schijndel (83), Dutch footballer
 * 2013 - Theo Bos (47), Dutch footballer and coach
 * 2013 - Donald Glaser (86), American physicist and neurobiologist
 * 2013 - Jean Marcel Honoré (92), French cardinal and archbishop
 * 2013 - Armando Trovajoli (95), Italian film composer
 * 2013 - Gerrit Vreken (90), Dutch footballer and coach
 * 2014 - Hugo Brandt Corstius (78), Dutch writer and scholar
 * 2014 - Jef Dorpmans (88), Dutch football referee
 * 2015 - Yaşar Kemal (91), Turkish writer
 * Finland - Kalevaladag, Day of Finnish culture
 * Taiwan - Day of commemoration of the peace; day of remembrance of the 228 Incident ( 1947 )
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Elisabeth of Pomerania († 1393 )
 * Saints Romanus (Condat) († c. 460 ) and Lupicinus (from Lauconne) († c. 480 )
 * Blessed Antonia of Florence († 1472 )
 * Saint Rufinus († c. 250 )
 * Holy Silvana
 * Saint Hedwig of Poland († 1622 )
 * Blessed Auguste Chapdelain (Zhao) († 1856 ) (also on July 9 )
 * Saint Hilary († 468 )

===Belgium <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Record counts <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KMI-Ukkel_2-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]
 * 1929 - lowest mean daily temperature -5.5 ° C
 * 1960 - Highest mean daily temperature 10.4 ° ​​C
 * 1929 - Lowest minimum temperature -13.1 ° C
 * 1959 - Highest maximum temperature 17.3 ° C
 * 1937 - Highest hourly average wind speed 13.9 m / s
 * 2005 - Longest sunshine duration 9.9 hours
 * 1947 - Longest rainfall duration 19.1 hours
 * 1931 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 24.2 mm
 * 1986 - Best day average relative humidity 46%

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Extraordinary events <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KMI-Ukkel2_3-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]
 * 1888 - lowest mean daily temperature -6.3 ° C
 * 1960 - Highest mean daily temperature 13.3 ° C
 * 1929 - Lowest minimum temperature -11.4 ° C
 * 1960 - Highest maximum temperature 19.5 ° C
 * 2007 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 17.7 mm


 * 1990 - Heavy storm with wind gusts up to 151 km / h in Bierset, with major damage across the country.