What Happened On This Day ? February 28
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2013
Pope Benedict XVI resigns
The pope whose birth name is Joseph Ratzinger was the first leader of the Catholic Church to resign since 1415.
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1991
The first Gulf War ends
The armed conflict had lasted a little over half a year and claimed over 100,000 civilian casualties.
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1986
Swedish prime minister Olof Palme is assassinated
Even though over 130 people have confessed to the murder, the case has never been solved.
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1975
A London underground train crashes into the end of the tunnel at Moorgate station
The Moorgate tube crash claimed 43 lives and was the deadliest accident in the London Underground in during peacetime.
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1935
Nylon is invented
Wallace Carothers first produced the polymer at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
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1953
Paul Krugman
American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1948
Bernadette Peters
American actress, singer, author
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1929
Frank Gehry
Canadian/American architect, designed 8 Spruce Street, Walt Disney Concert Hall
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1901
Linus Pauling
American chemist, activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1894
Ben Hecht
American screenwriter, director, producer
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2009
Paul Harvey
American radio host
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2007
Billy Thorpe
English/Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
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1977
Eddie Anderson
American actor
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1925
Friedrich Ebert
German politician, 1st President of Germany
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1916
Henry James
American/English author