Daily Calendar for February 28th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1820s

• 1827: Baltimore and Ohio railroad incorporated

1860s

• 1861: Congress created the Territory of Colorado

1910s

• Born 1913: Vincente Minnelli (film director)

• Died 1916: Henry James (writer)

1930s

• Born 1939: Tommy Tune (choreographer)

1940s

• Born 1940: Mario Andretti (race car driver)

• Born 1944: Kelly Bishop (actress)

• Born 1948: Bernadette Peters (actress & singer)

1950s

• 1952: Vincent Massey became the first Canadian born Governor General of Canada

• 1953: James D. Watson and Francis H. C. Crick announced discovery of DNA's chemical structure

• Born 1957: John Turturro (actor)

1960s

• Born 1969: Robert Sean Leonard (actor)

1970s

• 1977: Parliament created VIA Rail Canada Inc.

1980s

• 1983: The last episode of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, aired on television

1990s

• Died 1993: Ruby Keeler (actress, singer, & dancer)

2000s

• Born 2001: Smarty Jones (Kentucky Derby winning horse)

• Died 2004: Daniel Boorstin (Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social historian who served as the librarian of Congress for 12 years)

• Died 2007: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Pulitzer Prize-winning historian)

• Died 2008: Mike Smith (lead singer of Dave Clark Five)

• Died 2009: Paul Harvey (radio broadcaster)

• 2009: Performer Natasha Veruschka swallowed 22.83-inch sword

2010s

• 2013: Pope Benedict XVI stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic church, becoming the first pope in about 600 years to retire