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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• 1914

  The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
• 1922

  The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
• 1933

  Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
• 1939

  The erroneous word “dord” is discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
• 1940

  Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
• 1975

  A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
• 1986

  Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
• 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.
• 1997

  An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills around 1,100 people
• 1998

  Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.

• 1894

  Ben Hecht, American playwright (d. 1964)
• 1900

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

  Stephen Spender, English poet (d. 1995)
• 1916

  Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (d. 1984)
• 1932

  Don Francks, Canadian actor
• 1939

  Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist meditation instructor (d. 1987)
• 1948

  Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
• 1973

  Masato Tanaka, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1975

  Mike Rucker, American football player
• 1979

  Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player

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