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Events

• 1638 (388 years ago) The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
• 1922 (104 years ago) The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
• 1947 (79 years ago) February 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians.
• 1969 (57 years ago) The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco.
• 1997 (29 years ago) An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.
• 2013 (13 years ago) Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so voluntarily since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
• 2023 (3 years ago) Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.
• 2026 The United States and Israel launch attacks across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.

Births

• 1533 (493 years ago) Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (died 1592)
• 1901 (125 years ago) Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
• 1929 (97 years ago) Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect and designer (died 2025)
• 1930 (96 years ago) Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
• 1942 (84 years ago) Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
• 1948 (78 years ago) Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 (73 years ago) Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1955 (71 years ago) Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (died 2022)

Deaths

• 628 (1398 years ago) Khosrow II, Shah of Iran, Sasanian Empire (born c. 570)
• 1648 (378 years ago) Christian IV, King of Denmark (born 1577)
• 1936 (90 years ago) Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
• 2006 (20 years ago) Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
• 2011 (15 years ago) Annie Girardot, French actress (born 1931)
• 2013 (13 years ago) Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
• 2020 (6 years ago) Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (born 1923)
• 2026 Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1939)

All 222 events, births and deaths of February 28