Editing February 28 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[202 BC]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozu of Han|Liu Bang]] is enthroned as the [[Emperor of China]], beginning four centuries of rule by the [[Han dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Xiong|first=Victor Cunrui|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgPmDwAAQBAJ|title=From Peasant to Emperor: The Life of Liu Bang|publisher=Airiti Press|year=2018|isbn=978-986-6286-71-1|pages=i, 159|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192546/https://books.google.com/books?id=LgPmDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[870]] &ndash; The [[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic)|Fourth Council of Constantinople]] closes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kelly|first=Joseph Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLrn2Nx-g2YC|title=The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History|publisher=Liturgical Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8146-5376-0|pages=67–68|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192545/https://books.google.com/books?id=jLrn2Nx-g2YC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1525]] &ndash; [[Aztec]] king [[Cuauhtémoc]] is executed on the order of conquistador [[Hernán Cortés]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Allsop|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCJeDwAAQBAJ|title=366 Days: Compelling Stories From World History|publisher=L & E Books|year=2016|isbn=978-0-9956809-1-3|pages=64|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192547/https://books.google.com/books?id=XCJeDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1638]] &ndash; The Scottish [[National Covenant]] is signed in [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=National Covenant {{!}} Scottish history |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/National-Covenant |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417051443/https://www.britannica.com/event/National-Covenant |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Elias Lönnrot]] signed and dated the first version of the ''[[Kalevala]]'', the so-called foreword to the ''Old Kalevala''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juminkeko.fi/lonnrot/en/aihe_3_5.html|title=Elias Lönnrot in Kainuu &ndash; Field trip 6|access-date=19 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615130814/http://www.juminkeko.fi/lonnrot/en/aihe_3_5.html|archive-date=15 June 2011}}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; A gun [[USS Princeton disaster of 1844|explodes on board]] the steam warship ''[[USS Princeton (1843)|USS Princeton]]'' during a pleasure cruise down the [[Potomac River]], killing six, including Secretary of State [[Abel P. Upshur|Abel Upshur]]. President [[John Tyler]], who was also on board, was not injured from the blast.<ref>{{Cite news |title=How a warship explosion led to the first marriage of a sitting U.S. president |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/14/uss-princeton-john-tyler/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1922]] &ndash; The United Kingdom ends its [[protectorate]] over [[Egypt]] through a [[Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence|Unilateral Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Albert P. |editor1-last=Blaustein |editor1-link=Albert Blaustein |editor2-first=Jay A. |editor2-last=Sigler |editor3-first=Benjamin R. |editor3-last=Beede |title=Independence Documents of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=feyI5kisdBcC&pg=PA204 |volume=1 |year=1977 |publisher=[[Oceana Publications]] |location=[[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry, NY]] |isbn=978-0-379-00794-7 |pages=204–205 |access-date=2021-10-24 |archive-date=2016-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503030245/https://books.google.com/books?id=feyI5kisdBcC&pg=PA204 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; The [[1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake|Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake]] strikes northeastern North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-historique/events/19250301-en.php|title=The 1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake|publisher=[[Natural Resources Canada]]|accessdate=2012-03-04|archive-date=2017-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612211854/http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-historique/events/19250301-en.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[February 28 incident]]: In [[Taiwan]], civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians.<ref>{{cite news|last=Forsythe|first=Michael|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/asia/taiwan-turns-light-on-1947-slaughter-by-chiang-kai-sheks-troops.html|title=Taiwan Turns Light on 1947 Slaughter by Chiang Kai-shek's Troops|date=July 14, 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027063630/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/asia/taiwan-turns-light-on-1947-slaughter-by-chiang-kai-sheks-troops.html?_r=0|archive-date=October 27, 2018|quote=To somber cello music that evokes 'Schindler's List,' displays memorialize the lives lost, including much of the island's elite: painters, lawyers, professors, and doctors. In 1992, an official commission estimated that 18,000 to 28,000 people had been killed.}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[1948 Accra riots]] erupted following a march by ex-servicemen of the [[Gold Coast Regiment]] towards the seat of the colonial government at [[Osu Castle|Christiansborg Castle]] where they were fired upon by Superintendant Colin Imray leading to the killing of [[Cornelius Francis Adjetey|Sergeant Adjetey]], [[Patrick Attipoe|Corporal Attipoe]] and [[Odartey Lamptey|Private Odartey Lamptey]] and the arrest of [[The Big Six (Ghana)|the Big Six]] in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Today in History: The Riots of February 28, 1948 |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Today-in-History-The-Riots-of-February-28-1948-1722647 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=11 November 2024 |date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241111203824/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Today-in-History-The-Riots-of-February-28-1948-1722647 |archive-date=11 November 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=GOLD COAST (RIOTING, ACCRA) |journal=Hansard |date=1 March 1948 |volume=448 |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1948/mar/01/gold-coast-rioting-accra |access-date=11 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Riots of 28th February 1948 |url=http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/the-riots-of-28th-february-1948/ |website=www.praad.gov.gh |publisher=Public Records and Archives Administration Department |access-date=11 November 2024 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190430061143/http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/the-riots-of-28th-february-1948/ |archive-date=30 April 2019 |location=Accra |date=28 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; A school bus in [[Floyd County, Kentucky]] hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen [[Levisa Fork]] river. The driver and 26 children die in [[Prestonsburg, Kentucky, bus crash|one of the worst school bus accidents]] in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0hLAAAAYAAJ |title=Bulletin |publisher=Tennessee Folklore Society |year=1999 |page=122 |access-date=2021-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133901/https://books.google.com/books?id=m0hLAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=2021-08-01 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; ''[[Discoverer 1]]'', an American [[spy satellite]] that is the first object intended to achieve a [[polar orbit]], is launched but fails to achieve orbit.<ref>{{cite book|author=G.W.A Drummer|title=Electronic Inventions and Discoveries: Electronics from its earliest beginnings to the present day, Fourth Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e35kJYAlyCgC&pg=PA185|date=1 January 1997|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-7503-0493-1|pages=185|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133900/https://books.google.com/books?id=e35kJYAlyCgC&pg=PA185|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; A NASA [[Northrop T-38 Talon|T-38 Talon]] [[1966 NASA T-38 crash|crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory]] while attempting a poor-visibility landing at [[Lambert Field]], St. Louis, killing astronauts [[Elliot See]] and [[Charles Bassett]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[1969 Portugal earthquake]] hits [[Portugal]], [[Spain]] and [[Morocco]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.safecommunitiesportugal.com/1969-earthquake-the-sea-bubbled-and-the-country-took-to-the-streets-in-pyjamas/ | title=1969 earthquake the sea bubbled and the country took to the streets in pyjamas &#124; Safe Communities Portugal }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight X-167]] crashes during takeoff from [[Semey Airport]], killing 32 people.<ref name="AVIA.PRO">{{cite web |date=31 December 2014 |title=Plane crash Yak-40 near Semipalatinsk Airport |url=https://avia-pro.net/blog/aviakatastrofa-yak-40-bliz-aeroporta-semipalatinska-1973 |website=AVIA.PRO}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; The [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|British election]] ended in a [[hung parliament]] after the [[Jeremy Thorpe]]-led [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] achieved their biggest vote share since 1929.<ref>{{cite book|last=  Cook|first= Chris|title= A Short History of the Liberal Party|publisher= Macmillan Press|location= Basingstoke|year= 1998|isbn= 978-0-333-73516-9|page=155&ndash;156, 246}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; In London, an underground train [[Moorgate tube crash|fails to stop]] at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=A brief history of the Underground|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/londons-transport-a-history/london-underground/a-brief-history-of-the-underground|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=28 January 2018|ref={{sfnRef|"A brief history of the Underground", Transport for London}}}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[Goodbye, Farewell and Amen|final episode]] of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' airs, with almost 110 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/03/arts/finale-of-m-a-s-h-draws-record-number-of-viewers.html | work=The New York Times | title=Finale Of M*A*S*H Draws Record Number Of Viewers | date=March 3, 1983}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] carries out a [[1985 Newry mortar attack|mortar attack]] on the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] police station at [[Newry]], killing nine officers.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/01/world/ira-mortars-kill-9-at-ulster-base.html "I.R.A. MORTARS KILL 9 AT ULSTER BASE"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. 1 March 1985. Retrieved 28 February 2015.</ref> 
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Olof Palme]], 26th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], is [[Assassination of Olof Palme|assassinated in Stockholm]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The investigation committee report (1999:88) |url=http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/12/44/6a2655da.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202132145/http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/12/44/6a2655da.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2007 |page=159 |language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on [[STS-36]].<ref name="sts-36-mr">{{Cite tech report|last=Mechelay|first=Joseph E.|last2=Germany|first2=D. M.|last3=Nicholson|first3=Leonard S.|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19920007756/downloads/19920007756.pdf|title=STS-36 Space Shuttle mission report|date=April 1, 1990|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=August 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831172450/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19920007756/downloads/19920007756.pdf|archive-date=August 31, 2024|hdl-access=free|hdl=2060/19920007756|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] (ATF) agents [[Waco siege|raid]] the [[Branch Davidian]] church in [[Waco, Texas]] with a warrant to arrest the group's leader [[David Koresh]], starting a [[Waco siege|51-day standoff]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=2908955&page=1 | title = Remembering the Waco Siege | publisher = ABC News | author = Justin Sturken and Mary Dore | date = February 28, 2007 | access-date = 2008-06-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803060928/http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2908955&page=1 | archive-date = August 3, 2008 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; An [[1997 Ardabil earthquake|earthquake]] in northern [[Iran]] is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.<ref>{{cite web|last = Person|first = Waverley L.|url = https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php|title = Significant Earthquakes of the World: 1997|accessdate = 2008-10-18|work = [[United States Geological Survey]]|publisher = [[United States Department of the Interior]]|date = 2008-07-16|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081004192030/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php|archivedate = 2008-10-04|url-status = dead}}</ref>
*  1997 &ndash; A [[1997 Turkish military memorandum|Turkish military memorandum]] resulted in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/28-subat-bin-yil-surecek-diyenleri-kimse-anmiyor-352977.html |title=28 Şubat bin yıl sürecek diyenleri kimse anmıyor |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228110331/http://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/28-subat-bin-yil-surecek-diyenleri-kimse-anmiyor-352977.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/28-subat-mahkumu-anma-gecesinde-erbakan-i-anlatti-3405377-haberi/|title=28 Şubat Mahkumu, Anma Gecesinde Erbakan'ı Anlattı|date=February 29, 2012|website=Haberler.com|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=March 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305015858/http://www.haberler.com/28-subat-mahkumu-anma-gecesinde-erbakan-i-anlatti-3405377-haberi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/karamollaoglu-28-subat-turk-tarihine-gecen-kara-bir-lekedir-2595390|title='Muhalefet, iktidarın en büyük destekçisidir'|website=www.haberturk.com|date=26 February 2020|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317163802/https://www.haberturk.com/karamollaoglu-28-subat-turk-tarihine-gecen-kara-bir-lekedir-2595390|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[2001 Nisqually earthquake]], having a [[moment magnitude scale|moment magnitude]] of 6.8, with [[epicenter]] in the southern [[Puget Sound]], damages [[Seattle metropolitan area]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historylink.org/File/3039|title=Earthquake registering 6.8 on Richter Scale jolts Seattle and Puget Sound on February 28, 2001.|website=historylink.org|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305074509/https://www.historylink.org/file/3039|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; During the [[2002 Gujarat riots|religious violence in Gujarat]], 97 people are killed in the [[Naroda Patiya massacre]] and 69 in the [[Gulbarg Society massacre]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XVI]] [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigns]] as the pope of the [[Catholic Church]], becoming the first pope to do so since [[Pope Gregory XII]] in 1415.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pope Benedict XVI to resign citing poor health |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=11 February 2013 |archive-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230092610/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-21411304 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Tempi train crash|Two trains collide]] south of the [[Vale of Tempe]] in [[Greece]], leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.<ref name="bbc1">{{Cite news |date=1 March 2023 |title=Greece train crash: 57 people confirmed dead as public anger grows |language=en |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64820085 |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301102920/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64807384 |archive-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi|Modi]] of India inaugurated the 2nd [[Spaceport|Space Port]] of India - [[Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honourable Prime Minister Lays the Foundation Stone for India's Second Spaceport |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Second_Spaceport_FoundationStone_Laid_Hon_PrimeMinister.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.isro.gov.in}}</ref>