1734 – Roger North, English biographer, dies at 82
1879 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician, dies at 54
1979 – Mustafa al-Barzani, Kurdish leader (KDP), dies at 75
1979 – Dolores Costello, American actress (Noah’s Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73
1980 – John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
1995 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist, murdered at 38
1995 – Earl Blackwell, American society impresario (Celebrity Register), dies at 85
2017 – Paula Fox, American writer (The Slave Dancer), dies at 92
2020 – Jack Welch, American businessman and CEO of General Electric (GE), dies of renal failure at 84
2022 – Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter (Sittin’ on a Rock (Cryin’ in a Creek)); Talkin’ to the Wall), dies at 86
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Famous Deaths for 28th February 2025
1786 – John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
1876 – Charles Edward Horsley, English composer, dies at 53
1891 – George Hearst, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from California), dies at 70
1963 – Eppa Rixey Jr., American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL wins leader 1922; 266 career wins; Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds), dies at 71
1993 – Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
1993 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
2003 – Roger Michael Needham, British cryptographer (b. 1935)
2004 – Carmen Laforet, Spanish author, dies at 82
2004 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, Librarian of Congress (1975-87) and author (“The Americans: The Democratic Experience” – 1974 Pulitzer Prize), dies at 89
2020 – Johnny Antonelli, American baseball pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series, NL ERA leader 1954; NY Giants), dies from colon cancer at 89
Historical Events for 28th February 2025
1653 – -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
1832 – Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia
1914 – Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the San Francisco Exposition
1939 – The erroneous word “Dord” is discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1951 – 8th Golden Globes: “Sunset Boulevard”, Jose Ferrer, and Gloria Swanson win
1969 – Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert of Great Britain
1972 – US President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1982 – FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1994 – Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand gun in the USA, comes into effect
2005 – 19th Soul Train Music Awards: Ice Cube, Usher and Ciara win
Today in History for 28th February 2025
Historical Events
1832 – Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia
1847 – US forces numbering less than 1,000 defeat a larger Mexico force in the Battle of the Sacramento River
1944 – Arrests of the ten-Boom family in Nazi occupied Netherlands (Haarlem) through a Dutch collaborator on charges of hiding Jews
1959 – Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul of Canada, their 3rd title
1967 – A West German court rules that impostor Anna Anderson failed to prove that she was missing Russian duchess Anastasia Romanov, ending a legal case that lasted almost 30 years
1969 – Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of Great Britain
Famous Birthdays
1155 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England, crowned aged 15 during his father’s lifetime, born in London (d. 1183)
1786 – François Arago, French astronomer, physicist and politician, born in Estagel, France (d. 1853)
1882 – Jose Vasconcelos, politician, essayist, philosopher, born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1959)
1953 – Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinetist, conductor (Lahti Symphony, 1988-2008; Minnesota Orchestra, 2003-2022), and composer, born in Sääminki, Finland
1967 – Marcus Lillington, British pop guitarist and keyboard player (Breathe – “Hands to Heaven”), born in Bideford, Devon, England
1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1737 – Hercule Brehy, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 63
1968 – Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You’re Mine), dies from cancer at 41
1979 – Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube), dies at 81
1994 – Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
2004 – Gene Allison, American RandB singer (“You Can Make It If You Try”), dies at 69
2023 – Grant Turner, New Zealand soccer midfielder (42 caps; SC Stop Out, Gisborne City AFC), dies from cancer at 64
Famous Deaths for 27th February 2025
1779 – Jan Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1844 – Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1942 – Martha McChesney Berry, American educator who founded Berry School for Children, dies at 75
1950 – Ivan Goll, French-German writer (the Landless John), dies at 58
1968 – Johannes Tralow, German writer (Ottoman tetralogy), dies at 85
1985 – David Huffman, American actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), murdered at 39
1996 – Francois Chaumette, French actor (Le Bossu, They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
1996 – Sylvia Williams, American museum director and curator (National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution), dies from the effects of a brain aneurysm at 60
2007 – Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
2015 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (Star Trek – “Spock”‘; Mission Impossible, 1969-71), and director (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; Three Men and a Baby), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 83
Historical Events for 27th February 2025
1700 – English explorer William Dampier is the first British person to visit the Pacific Island of New Britain, which he names
1922 – G B Shaw’s “Back to Methusaleh I/II” premieres in NYC
1933 – Jean Genet’s play “Intermezzo” premieres in Paris
1943 – The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1964 – The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1977 – Swedish pop group ABBA arrives in Australia for the first time, sparking “ABBA-mania”
1982 – Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1987 – “Washington Week In Review” 20th anniversary on PBS
1994 – Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas’ percussion revue “Stomp” opens at the Orpheum Theatre, NYC; runs for 11,475 performances
2014 – Arseniy Yatsenyuk appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine
Today in History for 27th February 2025
Historical Events
1667 – Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1901 – National League Rules Committee for baseball decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1965 – France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1984 – Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m)
2015 – 70’s glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) sentenced to 16 years in prison for various child sex convictions
2018 – Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice
Famous Birthdays
1858 – Adelaide Hoodless, Canadian educational reformer (founder of the Women’s Institute), born in St George, Canada West (d. 1910)
1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (Tour de France 1930, 32; Olympic gold road race 1924), born in Saint-Ouen, France (d. 1980)
1910 – Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
1920 – Bob Talley, American jazz and blues pianist and composer (Blues Alley All-Star Band), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1995)
1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize, 1970), born in Riga, Latvia
1963 – Pär Nuder, Swedish politician, born in Täby, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1699 – Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1977 – Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), dies of leukemia or lead poisoning at 47
1996 – Sylvia Williams, American museum director and curator (National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution), dies from the effects of a brain aneurysm at 60
1998 – George H. Hitchings, American medical doctor (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988), dies at 92
2008 – William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), dies of a heart attack at 82
2019 – Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford and Sons), dies at 80
Today in History for 23rd February 2025
Historical Events
1947 – US General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews
1963 – Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera in Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata”
1971 – US army officer William Calley confesses and implicates Captain Medina during his trial for the My Lai Massacre
1979 – George Harrison releases “George Harrison” album, featuring the single “Blow Away”
1992 – Cricketer Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut as Zimbabwe lose to Sri Lanka
2003 – 45th Grammy Awards: “Don’t Know Why” by Norah Jones wins
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Titus Brandsma, Dutch Roman Catholic priest, philosopher (spoke out against Nazi ideology), martyr, and saint, born in Oegeklooster, Netherlands (d. 1942)
1913 – Charles Leonard, American pentathlete (Olympic silver medal 1936), born in Fort Snelling, Minnesota (d. 2006)
1955 – Howard Jones, British rock pianist, and singer-songwriter (Things Can Only Get Better), born in Southampton, England
1958 – David Sylvian [Batt], British songwriter, vocalist, new wave and improvisational rock guitarist (Japan; Rain Tree Crow), born in Beckenham, England
1965 – Kristin Davis, American actress (Melrose Place; Sex and the City), born in Boulder, Colorado
1983 – Aziz Ansari, Indian-American comedian and actor (Parks and Recreation, Master of None), born in Columbia, South Carolina
Famous Deaths
1507 – Gentile Bellini, Venetian painter (Sultan Mohammed II), dies at about 78 (burial date)
1904 – Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian homeopath doctor and founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, dies at 70
1996 – Joseph W. Barr, American banker and politician (Secretary of the Treasury), dies at 78
1997 – Oscar Lewenstein, British theater impresario (Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera), and film producer (The Knack …and How to Get It), dies of heart failure at 80
2017 – Derek Ibbotson, English 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956), dies at 84
2023 – John Motson, British football broadcaster (10 x FIFA World Cups; 10 x UEFA European C’ships; 29 x FA Cup finals; BBC, Talksport), dies at 77
Historical Events for 15th February 2025
1386 – Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders
1799 – First US printed ballots are authorized in Pennsylvania
1939 – German battleship Bismarck was launched
1944 – 891 British bombers attack Berlin in the largest raid by the RAF against the city
1956 – Pirates and KC As cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham, Alabama, due to a local ordinance barring Black players from playing against White players
1970 – Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
1985 – Teen film “The Breakfast Club” is released, written and directed by John Hughes, starring Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy
1995 – Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at record 3986.17
2012 – United Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4%
2023 – Scientists warn the Thwaites Glacier, the so-called “Doomsday Glacier” and the size of Florida, is weakening threatening a global sea level rise of 1.6 meters
Famous Deaths for 14th February 2025
869 – Saint Cyril [Constantine], Greek Byzantine Christian monk, missionary to the Slavs, scholar, linguist, and namesake of the Cyrillic alphabet, dies at about 42 (birthdate unconfirmed)27)
1737 – Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1845 – Joseph Lakanal, French Politician and Educator, dies at 82
1949 – Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. 1901)
1975 – Julian S. Huxley, English biologist, 1st director-general of UNESCO, dies at 87
2015 – Philip Levine, American poet (1995 Pulitzer prize), dies at 87
2022 – Sandy Nelson, American rock drummer (“Teen Beat”; “Let There Be Drums”), dies of stroke complications at 83
2023 – Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), dies at 96
2023 – Charley Ferguson, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965; AFL C’ship 1964, 65; Buffalo Bills), dies at 83
2024 – Don Gullett, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1970-78 (3 x World Series Champion – Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees), dies at 73