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
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