Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
February 28
| 1066 | Westminster Abbey, the most famous church in England, opens its doors. | |
| 1574 | On the orders of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, two Englishmen and an Irishman are burnt for heresy. | |
| 1610 | Thomas West is appointed governor of Virginia. | |
| 1704 | Indians attack Deerfield, Mass. killing 40 and kidnapping 100. | |
| 1847 | Colonel Alexander Doniphan and his ragtag Missouri Mounted Volunteers ride to victory at the Battle of Sacramento, during the Mexican War. | |
| 1861 | The territory of Colorado is established. | |
| 1900 | After a 119-day siege by the Boers, the surrounded British troops in Ladysmith, South Africa, are relieved. | |
| 1863 | Four Union gunboats destroy the CSS Nashville near Fort McAllister, Georgia. | |
| 1916 | Haiti becomes the first U.S. protectorate. | |
| 1924 | U.S. troops are sent to Honduras to protect American interests during an election conflict. | |
| 1936 | The Japanese Army restores order in Tokyo and arrests officers involved in a coup. | |
| 1945 | U.S. tanks break the natural defense line west of the Rhine and cross the Erft River. | |
| 1946 | The U.S. Army declares that it will use V-2 rocket to test radar as an atomic rocket defense system. | |
| 1953 | Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia sign a 5-year defense pact in Ankara. | |
| 1967 | In Mississippi, 19 are indicted in the slayings of three civil rights workers. | |
| 1969 | A Los Angeles court refuses Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan's request to be executed. | |
| 1971 | The male electorate in Lichtenstein refuses to give voting rights to women. | |
| 1994 | U.S. warplanes shoot down four Serb aircraft over Bosnia in the first NATO use of force in the troubled area. | |
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Born on February 28 |
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| 1533 | Michel de Montaigne, French moralist who created the personal essay. | |
| 1820 | John Tenniel, illustrator of various books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland). | |
| 1824 | Charles Blondin, tightrope walker. | |
| 1894 | Ben Hecht, writer. | |
| 1901 | Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize-winning American chemist. | |
| 1909 | Stephen Spender, English poet, critic. | |
| 1911 | Denis Burkitt, British medical researcher. | |
| 1926 | Svetlana Stalin, daughter of Josef Stalin. | |
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