Friday February 28, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

202 BC
coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty’s rule over China
Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec)
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
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.
228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives.
Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object to achieve a polar orbit, is launched.
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.
Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.

Who were born on ?

John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author (d. 1882)
Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
Ilene Graff, American actress and singer
Brian Billick, American football coach
Barry McGuigan, Irish boxer
Mike Rucker, American football player
Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player

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