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February 28 : National Science Day
National Science Day is celebrated
in India on February 28 every year
to mark the discovery of Raman effect
by C.V. Raman. The event is commemorated
in honour of Sir C.V. Raman for his
legacy and discovery of the Raman
effect on February 28, 1927, for which
he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
1930.
Kalevala Day, the day of Finnish Culture.
(Finland)
National Science Day (India)
Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
Teacher's Day (Arab countries)
The third day of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'Ã
Faith)
Rare Disease Day (last day of February)
1700
– Today is followed by March 1 in
Sweden, thus creating the Swedish
calendar.
1838 – Robert Nelson, leader of the
Patriotes, proclaims the independence
of Lower Canada (today Quebec)
1885 – The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company is incorporated
in New York State as the subsidiary
of American Bell Telephone. (American
Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
1914 – The Autonomous Republic of
Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër,
by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
1922 – The United Kingdom ends its
protectorate over Egypt through a
Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1928 – C.V. Raman discovers Raman
effect.
1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers
invents nylon.
1942 – The heavy cruiser USS Houston
is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait
with 693 crew members killed, along
with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.
1947 – 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil
disorder is put down with the loss
of 30,000 civilian lives.
1953 – James D. Watson and Francis
Crick announce to friends that they
have determined the chemical structure
of DNA; the formal announcement takes
place on April 25 following publication
in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1954 – The first color television
sets using the NTSC standard are offered
for sale to the general public.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy
satellite that is the first object
to achieve a polar orbit, is launched.
1986 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister
of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1997 – An earthquake of magnitude
6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills
around 1,100 people
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran
is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous
flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth
for 80 seconds, providing early evidence
that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond
the Milky Way.
2001 – The Nisqually Earthquake measuring
6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the
Nisqually Valley and the Seattle,
Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S.
state of Washington.
2004 – Over 1 million Taiwanese participating
in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form
a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human
chain to commemorate the 228 Incident
in 1947
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