February 28 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for February 28
In the headlines today:

2001	A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Western Washington state, causing billions of dollars in property damage, yet relatively few injuries.
1995	US Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force.
1995	Denver International Airport opens.
1990	The space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to place a spy satellite in orbit.
1993	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempt to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians at a compound near Waco, Texas, triggering a 51-day siege.
1986	Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.
1975	More than 40 people die when a London subway train crashes at the end of a tunnel.
1974	The US and Egypt reestablish diplomatic ties for the first time since 1967.
1967	The Beatles begin rehearsals for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1940	The first college basketball games are televised, as W2XBS in NY City broadcasts a pair of games from Madison Square Garden.
1861	The Colorado Territory is organized.
1849	The first gold-seekers arrived in San Francisco, aboard the ship California.
1844	US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes.
1827	The B&O Railroad is incorporated (and forever remembered on Monopoly game boards ).
1854	Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which would later become the Republican Party).