What Day of the Week

February 28, 2020 was the 59^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 307 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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.
• 1710

  In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
• 1811

  Cry of Asencio, begin of the Uruguayan War of Independence
• 1827

  The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
• 1870

  The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1922

  The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
• 1935

  DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
• 1947

  228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives.
• 1953

  James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April’s Nature (pub. April 2).
• 1997

  An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills around 1,100 people

• 1612

  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
• 1724

  George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
• 1882

  Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
• 1900

  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)
• 1909

  Stephen Spender, English poet (d. 1995)
• 1915

  Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
• 1925

  Harry H Corbett, English actor (d. 1982)
• 1939

  Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1979

  Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
• 1991

  Sarah Bolger, Irish actress

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