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What happened in history on this day: February 28?
On February 28 in ...
- 1891 - Oscar Grundén skates world record 500 metre (50.8 seconds).
- 1903 - Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buy Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000.
- 1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven sweep Queens University (Kingston Ontario) in two games.
- 1929 - Chicago Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home.
- 1931 - Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass.
- 1940 - First televised basketball game (college game at New York City's Madison Square Garden-University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37).
- 1954 - Patty Berg/Pete Cooper win LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament.
- 1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory.
- 1958 - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day three of third Test Cricket.
- 1959 - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of Great Britain.
- 1959 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul of Canada.
- 1959 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA.
- 1959 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA.
- 1959 - NFL Chicago Cardinals trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for nine players.
- 1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
- 1960 - US wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4.
- 1960 - VIII Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley, California close.
- 1966 - Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal.
- 1969 - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of Great Britain.
- 1969 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of USSR.
- 1969 - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert, German Democratic Republic.
- 1969 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA.
- 1970 - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53).
- 1971 - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National to win his second golf grand slam.
- 1981 - Calvin Murphy (Houston Rockets) sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws.
- 1982 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Seven Major League Baseball players, who are admitted drug users, are severely disciplined by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth. Penalties include year-long suspensions without pay, heavy fines, drug-related community service and career-long drug testing.
- 1988 - XV Olympic Winter Games close at Calgary, Canada.
- 1988 - Pat Verbeek becomes first New Jersey Devils' player to score four goals in an NHL game.
- 1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13).
- 1989 - Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankees' Captain.
- 1991 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500 metre indoor (3:34:16).
- 1993 - Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46 metres).
- 1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is fourth NHL player to get 1,600 points.
- 2010 - The 2010 Winter Olympics close in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. An estimated 3.5 billion people watched the games worldwide. Canada won 14 gold medals, most ever by a single nation at the Winter Games.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Los Angeles Kings by score 7-0.
- 2022 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Washington Capitals by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: New Jersey Devils beats Vancouver Canucks by score 7-2.
Births of sports figures on February 28
- 1917 - Birth of Hans Deutgen in Sweden; world champion archer.
- 1931 - Birth of Gustav Thoni in Italy; skier (World Cup-1971, 1972, 1973, 1975).
- 1935 - Birth of Clive Halse; cricket player (South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour).
- 1939 - Birth of Charles Brown in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; featherweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1964).
- 1940 - Birth of Mario Andretti; race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500).
- 1945 - Birth of Charles "Bubba" Smith in Texas, USA; NFL player (Baltimore Colts)/actor (Police Academy).
- 1946 - Birth of Graham Vivian; cricket player (son of Giff, five Tests for New Zealand 1965-72).
- 1951 - Birth of Gustavo Thoeni in Italy; giant slalom (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1951 - Birth of Karsan Ghavri; cricket player (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s).
- 1952 - Birth of Melissa Babish in South Carolina, USA; swimmer (Olympics).
- 1956 - Birth of Adrian Dantley in Washington DC; NBA forward (Olympics-gold-1976, Utah Jazz, 1981, 1984 top scorer).
- 1957 - Birth of Ian Smith; cricket wicket-keeper (New Zealand of the 1980s).
- 1957 - Birth of Jeff Woodland in Papua New Guinea; Nike golfer (1991 Dakota Dunes Open).
- 1958 - Birth of Christine Lathan-Brehmer in German Democratic Republic; 400 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1958 - Birth of Mark Pavelich; NHL player (New York Rangers).
- 1961 - Birth of Barry McGuigan; British boxer.
- 1961 - Birth of Wayne Smith in Albany, Washington, USA; Australasia golfer.
- 1962 - Birth of Angela Bailey in England; Canadian 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 1962 - Birth of Chunli Li in Auckland, New Zealand; table tennis player (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - Birth of Steve Tsujiura; hockey forward (Team Japan 1998).
- 1965 - Birth of Duane Ferrell; NBA forward (San Francisco Warriors, Indiana Pacers).
- 1965 - Birth of Mikko Makela in Tampere, Finland; NHL right wing (New York Islanders).
- 1966 - Birth of Erik van Kessel; Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht).
- 1966 - Birth of Jan Varholik in Kosice, Czechoslovakia; hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia).
- 1966 - Birth of Tim Goad; NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland Browns).
- 1966 - Birth of Vincent Askew; NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Portland Trail Blazers).
- 1967 - Birth of Antone Davis; NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff[rey] Pfaendtner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rower (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of J T Snow; US baseball first baseman (New York Yankees, California Angels).
- 1968 - Birth of Mike Milchin in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins).
- 1969 - Birth of Shawn McEachern in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Washington Senators).
- 1970 - Birth of Jan Varholik; hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998).
- 1970 - Birth of Mika Stromberg in Helsinki, Finland; hockey defenseman (Team Finland).
- 1970 - Birth of Noureddine Morceli in Algeria; 1500 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Melisa Moses in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; diver (Olympics-4th-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Scott Gragg; NFL tackle (New York Giants).
- 1973 - Birth of Demetrice Martin; WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores).
- 1973 - Birth of Denard Walker; cornerback (Tennessee Oilers).
- 1973 - Birth of Eric Lindros in London, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers).
- 1973 - Birth of Gary Walker; NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers).
- 1973 - Birth of Henry Bailey; NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1974 - Birth of Katie Allen; Australian field hockey full back/half back (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Kevin Abrams; cornerback (Detroit Lions).
- 1974 - Birth of Michael Swift; WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire).
- 1975 - Birth of Azhar Mahmood; cricket pace bowler (Pakistani ODI 1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Angie Kennedy in Nambour, Queensland, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Aki-Petteri Berg; NHL defenseman (Team Finland Olympics-bronze-1998, Los Angeles Kings).
- 1977 - Birth of Debbie Koegel in Norristown, Pennsylvania; dance skater (and Oleg Fediukov).
- 1979 - Birth of Virginia Ledgerwood in Chester, Virginia; rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Tayshaun Prince; American basketball player.
- 1980 - Birth of Piotr Giza; Polish football player.
Deaths of sports figures on February 28
- 1912 - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies.
- 1980 - Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricket player (45 wickets for England), dies.
- 1984 - Leslie Walcott, cricket player (Test for West Indies versus England 1930), dies.
- 1990 - Colin Milburn, cricket player (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies.
- 1990 - Tuppy Owen-Smith, South Africa cricket player (batsman versus England 1929), dies.
- 1995 - Keith Rigg, cricket player (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies.
- 2017 - Death of Vladimir Petrov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1947).
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