What Day of the Week

February 28, 2019 was the 59^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 306 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1638

  The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
• 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.
• 1784

  John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.
• 1838

  Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec)
• 1870

  The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1959

  Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object to achieve a polar orbit, is launched.
• 1972

  Sino-American relations: The United States and People’s Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
• 1985

  The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
• 2001

  The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.

• 1675

  Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
• 1882

  Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
• 1931

  Dean Smith, American basketball coach
• 1942

  Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
• 1945

  Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011)
• 1951

  Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
• 1958

  David R. Ross, Scottish historian and writer (d. 2010)
• 1969

  Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
• 1980

  Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1980

  Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer

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