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28 Feb 2023
The FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
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28 Feb 2022
The UN released a report warning that 14% of Earth's species face a very high risk of extinction.
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28 Feb 2013
Pope Benedict XVI resigns.
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28 Feb 2013
A Duke University neuroscientist connected two rat brains together over the internet.
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28 Feb 2012
The largest prehistoric penguin was discovered.
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28 Feb 2009
Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer, died in Arizona at the age of 90.
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28 Feb 1997
The FDA in the US started requiring that those purchasing cigarettes under the age of 27 must provide ID to prove they are over 18.
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28 Feb 1996
Alanis Morissette claimed four Grammy's, including Album of the Year with "Jagged Little Pill."
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28 Feb 1991
The first Gulf War ends.
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28 Feb 1990
The New Zealand Navy ended its daily allowance of rum to their sailors.
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28 Feb 1989
Angelababy was born in Shanghai, China.
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28 Feb 1986
Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, was shot at point-blank range on the busiest road in Sweden.
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28 Feb 1983
The series finale of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen aired.
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28 Feb 1977
The first killer whale calf was born in captivity at Marineland in Los Angeles, California.
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28 Feb 1975
A London underground train crashes into the end of the tunnel at Moorgate station.
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28 Feb 1959
The US Air Force launched the Discoverer 1 reconnaissance satellite.
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28 Feb 1953
The twisted ladder structure of DNA was discovered.
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28 Feb 1947
An anti-government uprising took place in Taiwan, where around 28,000 people lost their lives.
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28 Feb 1939
The erroneous word 'Dord' was added to Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition.
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28 Feb 1935
Nylon is invented.
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28 Feb 1933
President Hindenburg issued the Reichstag Fire Decree.
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28 Feb 1784
John Wesley opened the first Methodist Church in the US.
