On this day: February 28
Events
Battle of WesenbergFebruary 28, 1268 · Wars & Conflicts
Autonomous Republic of Northern EpirusFebruary 28, 1914 – October 27, 1914 · World History
Kingdom of EgyptFebruary 28, 1922 – June 18, 1953 · World History- Release of Killing MachineFebruary 28, 1979 · Music
Founding of AdobeFebruary 28, 1982 · Companies- Release of WarFebruary 28, 1983 · Music
Waco SiegeFebruary 28, 1993 – April 19, 1993 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of Grand Theft Auto (video game)February 28, 1998 · Gaming
Release of Heroes of Might and Magic IIIFebruary 28, 1999 · Gaming- Release of Standing on the Shoulder of GiantsFebruary 28, 2000 · Music
- Release of Stiff Upper LipFebruary 28, 2000 · Music
- Release of InfiniteFebruary 28, 2000 · Music
Launch of Google SitesFebruary 28, 2008 · Internet- Release of 3096 DaysFebruary 28, 2013 · Film
Launch of YouTube TVFebruary 28, 2017 · Internet- Release of All the Bright PlacesFebruary 28, 2020 · Film
Battle of EnerhodarFebruary 28, 2022 – March 4, 2022 · Wars & Conflicts
Born on this day
Michel de MontaigneFebruary 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592 · Culture
Jost BürgiFebruary 28, 1552 – January 31, 1632 · Science
Thomas NewcomenFebruary 28, 1664 – August 5, 1729 · Technology
René Antoine Ferchault de RéaumurFebruary 28, 1683 – October 17, 1757 · Science- Alexandre-Théophile VandermondeFebruary 28, 1735 – January 1, 1796 · Science
René Just HaüyFebruary 28, 1743 – June 1, 1822 · Science
Ernest RenanFebruary 28, 1823 – October 2, 1892 · Culture- Antonio RottaFebruary 28, 1828 – September 10, 1903 · Art
Florian CajoriFebruary 28, 1859 – August 14, 1930 · Science
Vladimir VernadskyFebruary 28, 1863 – January 6, 1945 · Culture
Artur KappFebruary 28, 1878 – January 14, 1952 · Music
Pierre FatouFebruary 28, 1878 – August 9, 1929 · Science
Vsevolod PudovkinFebruary 28, 1893 – June 30, 1953 · Film
Ben HechtFebruary 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964 · Film
Marcel PagnolFebruary 28, 1895 – April 18, 1974 · Film
Philip Showalter HenchFebruary 28, 1896 – March 30, 1965 · Science
Linus PaulingFebruary 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994 · Politics
Vincente MinnelliFebruary 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986 · Film
Otakar VávraFebruary 28, 1911 – September 15, 2011 · Film
Peter MedawarFebruary 28, 1915 – October 2, 1987 · Science
Svend AsmussenFebruary 28, 1916 – February 7, 2017 · Music
Christopher C. KraftFebruary 28, 1924 – July 22, 2019 · Technology
Susanna AmatuniFebruary 28, 1924 – March 20, 2010 · Music
Louis NirenbergFebruary 28, 1925 – January 26, 2020 · Science
Frank GehryFebruary 28, 1929 – December 5, 2025 · Culture
Leon CooperFebruary 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024 · Science
Daniel C. TsuiFebruary 28, 1939 – present · Science
Joe SouthFebruary 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012 · Music
Storm ThorgersonFebruary 28, 1944 – April 18, 2013 · Film
Alexey EkimovFebruary 28, 1945 – present · Science
Mimsy FarmerFebruary 28, 1945 – present · Art
Steven ChuFebruary 28, 1948 – present · Science
Mike FiggisFebruary 28, 1948 – present · Film
Paul KrugmanFebruary 28, 1953 – present · Politics
Jean BourgainFebruary 28, 1954 – December 22, 2018 · Science
Guy MaddinFebruary 28, 1956 – present · Film
John TurturroFebruary 28, 1957 – present · Film
Rae Dawn ChongFebruary 28, 1961 – present · Film
Murray GoldFebruary 28, 1969 – present · Music
U. SrinivasFebruary 28, 1969 – September 2014 · Music
Nigel GodrichFebruary 28, 1971 – present · Music
Kehinde WileyFebruary 28, 1977 – present · Art
Geoffrey ArendFebruary 28, 1978 – present · Film
Sander van DoornFebruary 28, 1979 – present · Music
BadaFebruary 28, 1980 – present · Music
Markéta IrglováFebruary 28, 1988 – present · Music
Emmelie de ForestFebruary 28, 1993 – present · Music
Quinn ShephardFebruary 28, 1995 – present · Film