February 28th, 1567

Born on February 28th, 1567

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What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 2021

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

February 28th, 2013

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

February 28th, 2002

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

February 28th, 2001

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

February 28th, 1997

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

February 28th, 1985

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

February 28th, 1974

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

February 28th, 1972

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

February 28th, 1963

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

February 28th, 1947

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

February 28th, 1928

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

February 28th, 1914

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1567

44

Eleanor de' Medici

Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)

*February 28th, 1567, Florence †September 9th, 1611, Cavriana

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68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

59

Michel de Montaigne

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

*February 28th, 1533, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne †September 12th, 1592, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

72

Elias Holl

German architect

*February 28th, 1573, Augsburg †January 6th, 1646, Augsburg

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

84

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

76

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

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76

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)

*May 15th, 1567, Cremona †November 29th, 1643, Venice

68

Date Masamune

Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai

*September 5th, 1567, Yonezawa Castle †June 27th, 1636, Edo

84

Philipp Christoph von Sötern

German archbishop (1567-1652)

*December 11th, 1567, Kastellaun †February 7th, 1652, Trier

73

William Alabaster

English poet, playwright, and religious writer

*January 27th, 1567, Hadleigh †April 28th, 1640, Cambridgeshire

56

Nicolas Bergier

French archeologist and historian

*March 1st, 1567, Reims †August 18th, 1623, Château de Grignon

55

Francis de Sales

French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church

*August 16th, 1567, Château de Thorens †December 28th, 1622, Lyon

57

Maurice of Nassau

Dutch Republic stadtholder and Prince of Orange (1567-1625)

*November 14th, 1567, Dillenburg †April 23rd, 1625, The Hague

58

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar

Spanish diplomat (1567-1626)

*November 1st, 1567, Astorga †October 2nd, 1626, Haro, La Rioja

59

Anne Mary of Hesse-Kassel

German countess

*January 27th, 1567, Kassel †November 21st, 1626, Neunkirchen

40

Jacob van Heemskerck

Dutch explorer

*March 13th, 1567, Amsterdam †April 25th, 1607, Bay of Gibraltar

75

Christoph Demantius

German composer

*December 15th, 1567, Liberec †April 20th, 1643, Freiberg

45

Anna of Saxony

Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg

*November 18th, 1567, Dresden †January 27th, 1613, Coburg Fortress

58

Georg Mylius

German theologian and university teacher (1567-1626)

*May 22nd, 1567, Mamonovo †March 1st, 1626, Königsberg

59

Georg Erasmus von Tschernembl

Austrian politician (1567-1626)

*January 26th, 1567, Schwertberg †November 18th, 1626, Geneva

40

Charles of Lorraine

Bishop of Metz, Bishop of Strasbourg

*July 1st, 1567, Nancy †November 24th, 1607, Nancy

63

Giovanni Francesco Anerio

Italian composer

*January 1st, 1567, Rome †June 11th, 1630, Graz

51

John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

*May 9th, 1567, Harzgerode †May 24th, 1618, Dessau

58

Jakob Fugger

Bishop of Constance (1567-1626)

*October 18th, 1567, Meersburg †January 14th, 1626, Meersburg

52

Richard Burbage

British actor and theatre owner (1567–1619)

*January 6th, 1567, London †March 13th, 1619, London

56

Heinrich Brockes

Politician (1567-1623)

*October 3rd, 1567, Lübeck †December 19th, 1623, Lübeck

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