449 Historic Events for February 28
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| 1928 |
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Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey)
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| 1928 |
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Smokey The Bear
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| 1928 |
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Tom Aldredge, Dayton OH, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers)
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| 1929 |
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Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54
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| 1929 |
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Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
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| 1929 |
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John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
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| 1929 |
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Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
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| 1930 |
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Frank Malzone, baseball player
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| 1930 |
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Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
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| 1931 |
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Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
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| 1931 |
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Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
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| 1931 |
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Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
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| 1931 |
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Jack Thieuloy, writer
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| 1931 |
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Oswald Mosley founds his New Party
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| 1931 |
Death |
Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
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| 1932 |
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Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow)
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| 1932 |
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Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match)
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| 1933 |
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1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
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| 1933 |
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German Pres Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
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| 1933 |
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Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
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| 1934 |
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Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
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| 1935 |
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Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)
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| 1935 |
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Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
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| 1935 |
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Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers
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| 1935 |
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Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
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