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National Tooth Fairy Day February 28 | ||
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National Floral Design Day February 28 | ||
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National Public Sleeping Day February 28 | ||
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National Chocolate Souffle Day February 28 | ||
Also on February 28
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Day of Andalucía (ES) · 和平紀念日 (TW)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Shabbat Zachor שבת זכור holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2013 — Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since 1415. ↗
- 2005 — A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. ↗
- 2004 — Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the... ↗
- 2002 — During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre. ↗
- 1998 — First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S.... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1994 — Jake Bugg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1990 — Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1989 — Carlos Dunlap, American football player
- 1989 — Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
- 1989 — Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player