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Events on February 28

• 1525 The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés has the last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, Cuauhtémoc, executed for alleged high treason.
• 1854 In Wisconsin, the Republican Party in the USA is founded, which opposes the expansion of slavery. Many opponents of the Kansas–Nebraska Act belong to it.
• 1900 By law, women are granted unrestricted access to higher education in the Grand Duchy of Baden.
• 1933 One day after the Reichstag fire, the German Reich President Paul von Hindenburg issues the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and the State. This forms the basis for the later Gleichschaltung of the German Reich.
• 1953 Based on X-ray diffraction data from Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, the English biochemists James Watson and Francis Crick decipher the structure of the genetic material deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
• 1961 The German Federal Constitutional Court rules Deutschland-Fernsehen GmbH unconstitutional because the federal government is interfering with the powers of the states, and thereby puts an end to Konrad Adenauer's project for a private television broadcaster.
• 1981 In Schleswig-Holstein, the mass demonstration in Brokdorf takes place, the largest demonstration in the Federal Republic of Germany up to that time.
• 1986 In Stockholm, the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot in the open on the street. The immediate circumstances remain unclear.
• 1988 With the closing ceremony, the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada, end. They began on February 13 and thus lasted 16 days for the first time.
• 1991 The television broadcaster Premiere begins broadcasting as the first German pay-TV service.
• 2002 Two months after euro cash was issued, the respective former national currencies in the eurozone are accepted as regular means of payment by businesses and banks for the last time.
• 2013 The papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. ends on this day at 20:00 on account of his voluntary renunciation of office on February 11, 2013.

Born on February 28

• 1901 Linus Pauling, American chemist
• 1903 Vincente Minnelli, American director
• 1912 Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini
• 1940 Mario Andretti, American racing driver
• 1951 Gustav Thöni, Italian ski racer and coach
• 1960 Richard Ramírez, American serial killer
• 1970 Lemony Snicket, American writer and screenwriter
• 1980 Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1990 Sebastian Rudy, German footballer
• 2000 Moise Kean, Italian footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „28. Februar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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