What Day of the Week

February 28, 2021 was the 59^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 306 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1700

  Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
• 1849

  Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, 4 months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.
• 1854

  The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
• 1914

  The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
• 1935

  DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
• 1942

  The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.
• 1972

  Sino-American relations: The United States and People’s Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
• 1993

  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group’s leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
• 1998

  First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
• 2001

  Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.

• 1917

  Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 2007)
• 1938

  Foge Fazio, American college football coach (d. 2009)
• 1953

  Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
• 1957

  John Turturro, American actor
• 1958

  David R. Ross, Scottish historian and writer (d. 2010)
• 1958

  Ginette Harrison, British mountaineer (d. 1999)
• 1958

  Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
• 1961

  Barry McGuigan, Irish boxer
• 1971

  Tristan Louis, American writer
• 1978

  Yasir Hameed, Pakistani cricketer

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