On this day: 28 February

Selected events and births on 28 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1638 – The National Covenant was formally adopted in opposition to proposed reforms to the Church of Scotland by King Charles I. Read more: National Covenant Church of Scotland Charles I of England
• 1874 – In one of the longest cases ever heard in an English court, the claimant in the Tichborne case was convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy. Read more: Tichborne case Perjury Tichborne baronets
• 1904 – The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa. Read more: Association football S.L. Benfica
• 1928 – Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more: C. V. Raman Raman scattering Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1939 – In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor. Read more: Lexicography Dord Webster's Dictionary
• 1974 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes. Read more: February 1974 United Kingdom general election Hung parliament Liberal Party (UK)
• 1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous 80-second flash of gamma rays, was detected on Earth, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way. Read more: GRB 970228 Gamma ray Gamma-ray burst
• 2013 – Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy. Read more: Pope Benedict XVI Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
• 2021 – Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history. Read more: Greater Manchester 2021 Go North West strike

Born on this day

• 1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Daniel C. Tsui Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1948 – Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Steven Chu United States Secretary of Energy Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1953 – Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Paul Krugman Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• 1996 – Jakub Vrána, Czech ice hockey player Read more: Jakub Vrána
• 1996 – Lucas Boyé, Argentinian footballer Read more: Lucas Boyé
• 1996 – Axel Werner, Argentinian footballer Read more: Axel Werner
• 1997 – Chris Lindstrom, American football player Read more: Chris Lindstrom
• 1998 – Teun Koopmeiners, Dutch footballer Read more: Teun Koopmeiners
• 1999 – Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player Read more: Luka Dončić
• 2000 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer Read more: Moise Kean
• 2000 – Josip Šutalo, Croatian footballer Read more: Josip Šutalo
• 2005 – Vitor Roque, Brazilian footballer Read more: Vitor Roque

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / February 28 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.