Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 28
February 28, 2025 is the 59th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 306 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 28
- 1827 –The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- 1885 –The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
- 1897 –Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
- 1972 –Sino-American relations: The United States and People’s Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
- 1975 –A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
- 1991 –The first Gulf War ends.
- 1997 –An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills around 1,100 people
- 1997 –GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
- 1998 –Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
- 2001 –Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
Who were born on February 28?
- 1823 –Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
- 1833 –Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
- 1915 –Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1942 –Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
- 1958 –Ginette Harrison, British mountaineer (d. 1999)
- 1970 –Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
- 1976 –Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
- 1976 –Ali Larter, American actress and model
- 1978 –Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player
- 1989 –Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
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