February 28

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY ~ FEBRUARY 28

 

 

 1923 - Charles Durning, born, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie), (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012)

 1925- "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1

 1925 - Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
 1929 - Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
 1931 - Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat) born

 1933 - 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor

 1933 - German Pres Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
 1933 - Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
 1935 - Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon polymer

 1939 - The erroneous word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New Int Dictionary, Second  Edition, prompting an investigation.

 1940 - 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)

 1940 - Richard Wright's "Native Son" published
 1940 - US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
 1941 - 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
 1942 - Brian Jones, [Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones], English rock guitarist (Rolling Stones) born

 1942 - The Disney, Pluto short "Pluto, Junior", is released.

 1943 - "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan

 1948 - Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara], Queens NY, actress (Jerk)
 1950 - "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs
 1956 - 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass
 1956 - Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
 1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory

 1957 - Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack) born

 1957 - Disney's series Mickey Mouse Club is among the Golden Globe winners for Best TV Show.

 1958 - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket

 1959 - "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
 1959 - Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB
 1959 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN
 1959 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA
 1959 - Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
 1959 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA
 1959 - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players

 1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina) born

 1960 - 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo

 1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
 1960 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Canada
 1966 - Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes

 1966 - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers

 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
 1970 - "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
 1970 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
 1970 - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
 1971 - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL
 1972 - George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
 1974 - Bobby Bloom shot himself to death at the age of 28.

 1976 - 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins

 1977 - Ray Charles was attacked by an audience member onstage.
 1977 - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA California)
 1979 - Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in NYC

 1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse, dies.

 1980 - "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)

 1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
 1982 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
 1982 - FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street

 1983 - Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch

 1984 - 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8

 1988 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Avenging Ace" aires.
 1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
 1989 - Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
 1989 - Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
 1989 - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
 1990 - US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
 1991 - "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances
 1991 - Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
 1991 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
 1991 - US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire

 2009 - Paul Harvey, radio personality dies (September 04, 1918 - February 28, 2009)