28 Februar

The **28t o Februar** is the 59t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 306 days ti come (307 in lowp years).

## Events

* 1638 - The Naitional Covenant o Scotland is signed.
* 1922 - The Unitit Kinrick ends its protectorate ower Egyp.
* 1947 - In Taiwan, ceevil disorder is pit doun wi the loss o an estimatit 30,000 lifes.
* 1952 - End o the 1952 Winter Olympic Gemmes in Oslo.
* 1953 - The discovery o the Chemical Structure o DNA is annooncit bi James D. Watson an Francis Crick.
* 1960 - End o the 1960 Winter Olympic Gemmes in Squaw Valley, Californie.
* 1975 - A tube train crashes at Moorgate Station in Lunnon, killin 43 fowk.
* 1980 - Maist voters in Andalusie support mair autonomy frae Spain in a referendum.
* 1986 - Assassination o the Swadish Prime meenister Olof Palme.
* 1988 - End o the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
* 1997 - A yirdquauk in Iran kills 3,000 fowk.
* 2001 - 10 fowk are kilt in a train crash in Selby, Yorkshire.
* 2002 - Releegious violence in Gujarat: 166 fowk are kilt in twa separate massacres.
* 2002 - The 12 oreeginal Eurozone kintras gie up their auld currencies.
* 2004 - Ower 1 million fowk form a human chain in Taiwan tae remember the events o 1947.
* 2005 - A suicide bomb attack in Al-Hillah, Iraq, kills 127 fowk.
* 2010 - End o the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
* 2013 - Pape Benedict XVI offeecially resigns.

## Births

* 1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French humanist (d. 1592)
* 1764 - Robert Haldane, Scots kirkman (d. 1842)
* 1817 - Walter Hood Fitch, Scots botanical illustrator (d. 1892)
* 1873 - William McMaster Murdoch, Scots sailor (d. 1912)
* 1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French screenwriter (d. 1974)
* 1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist (d. 1994)
* 1923 - Charles Durning, American actor (d. 2012)
* 1929 - Frank Gehry, Canadian airchitect
* 1930 - Leon Cooper, American pheesicist
* 1939 - Daniel C. Tsui, Cheenese-American pheesicist
* 1940 - Mario Andretti, Italian-American racin driver
* 1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian fitbawer
* 1944 - Sepp Maier, German fitbawer
* 1946 - Robin Cook, Scots politeecian (d. 2005)
* 1947 - Stephanie Beacham, Inglis actress
* 1948 - Steven Chu, American pheesicist
* 1953 - Paul Krugman, American economist
* 1955 - Jimmy Calderwood, Scots fitbawer an manager
* 1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, American actor an comedian
* 1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
* 1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austrick skier
* 1979 - Ivo Karlovic, Croatie tennis player
* 1979 - Sander van Doorn (Sander Ketelaars), Dutch DJ an record producer (* Eindhoven)
* 1981 - Mark Brown, Scots fitbawer
* 1985 - Jelena Jankovic, Serbian tennis player
* 1993 - Emmelie de Forest, Dens sangster
* 1994 - Jake Bugg, Inglis sangster

## Daiths
* 1648 - Christian IV o Denmark (b. 1577)
* 1722 - William Kerr, 2nt Marquess o Lowden, Scots peer an sodger (b. 1661)
* 1916 - Henry James, American-Breetish writer (b. 1843)
* 1925 - Friedrich Ebert, Preses o Germany (b. 1871)
* 1941 - Alfonso XIII o Spain (b. 1886)
* 1963 - Rajendra Prasad, 1st Preses o Indie (b. 1884)
* 1986 - Olof Palme, Prime meenister o Swaden (b. 1927)
* 2003 - Alex Smith, Scots industrial scientist (b. 1922)
* 2006 - Owen Chamberlain, American pheesicist (b. 1921)
* 2011 - Jane Russell, American actress (b. 1921)
* 2013 - Donald A. Glaser, American pheesicist (b. 1926)

## Halidays

* Regional Haliday (Andalusie)
* Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
* Kalevala Day (Finland)
* Naitional Science Day (Indie)
* Teacher's Day in many Arab kintras