Day In History
This Day in History
Today: February 28, 2026
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Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.[1]
870
The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.[2]
1525
Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.[3]
1638
The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.[4]
1835
Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala.[5]
1844
A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who was also on board, was not injured from the blast.[6]</sp...
1922
The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.[7]
1925
The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.[8]
1947
February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 28,000 civilians.[9]
1958
A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.[10]
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