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What happened in history on this day: February 28?
On February 28 in ...
- 1984 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 26th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Michael Jackson for "Beat It";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Irene Cara for "Flashdance - What A Feeling";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Michael Jackson for "Thriller";
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Police for "Every Breath You Take";
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Pat Benatar for "Love Is A Battlefield";
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Michael Jackson for "Beat It";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Police for "Synchronicity";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Chaka Khan for "Chaka Khan";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Michael Jackson for "Billie Jean";
Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance: Herbie Hancock for "Rockit";
Best Video, Short Form: Duran Duran for "Girls On Film/Hungry Like The Wolf".
- 1996 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Seal for "Kiss From A Rose";
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Hootie and The Blowfish for "Let Her Cry";
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Alanis Morissette for "You Oughta Know";
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Tom Petty for "You Don't Know How It Feels";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Blues Traveler for "Run-Around".
- 1997 - WFAA-TV becomes the first TV station in the USA to start broadcasting their newscasts in HDTV on a VHF channel.
Births on February 28
- 1874 - Birth of Soledad Jiminez Santander in Spain; actor (Phantom of the Range).
- 1882 - Birth of Geraldine Farrar; US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer).
- 1889 - Birth of Victor Sutherland in Paducah, Kentucky, USA; actor (Captive City).
- 1893 - Birth of Ben Hecht in New York City, New York, USA; novelist/playwright/screenwriter (The Front Page).
- 1898 - Birth of Molly Picon; Yiddish actress (Milk and Honey).
- 1909 - Birth of Olan Soule in La Harpe, Illinois, USA; actor (My Three Sons, Arnie).
- 1914 - Birth of Jim Boles in Lubbock, Texas, USA; actor (Joe - One Man's Family).
- 1915 - Birth of Zero [Samuel Joel] Mostel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Fiddler on the Roof).
- 1918 - Birth of Alfred Burke in London, England; actor (Backfire).
- 1921 - Birth of John Bouber [Blom]; actor/author (Fool of Heideloo).
- 1923 - Birth of Charles Durning in Highland Falls, New York, USA; actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Fury, The Sting, Tootsie).
- 1925 - Birth of Harry H Corbett in Rangoon, Burma; actor (Steptoe and Son, Jabberwacky).
- 1928 - Birth of Bettye Ackerman in Cottageville, South Carolina, USA; actress (Maggie Graham - Ben Casey).
- 1928 - Birth of Tom Aldredge in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers).
- 1931 - Birth of Gavin MacLeod in Mount Kisco, New York, USA; American actor (Murray - The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Captain Stubing - The Love Boat), Christian activist.
- 1932 - Birth of Don Francks in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow).
- 1942 - Birth of Frank Bonner in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love, Sidekicks).
- 1944 - Birth of Kelly Bishop in Colorado, USA; actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn).
- 1945 - Birth of Charles "Bubba" Smith in Texas, USA; NFL player (Baltimore Colts)/actor (Police Academy).
- 1945 - Birth of Mimsy Farmer in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina).
- 1947 - Birth of Stephanie Beacham in England; actress (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, The Colbys).
- 1948 - Birth of Bernadette Peters [Lazzaro] in Queens, New York, USA; actress (The Jerk, Song and Dance).
- 1948 - Birth of Mercedes Ruehl in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People).
- 1950 - Birth of Ilene Graff in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Marsha - Mr Belvedere).
- 1952 - Birth of Cristina Raines [Tina Herazo] in Manila, Philippines; actress (Sentinel).
- 1952 - Birth of Jennie Lynn in San Diego, California, USA; actress (Love and Marriage).
- 1957 - Birth of John Turturro in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever).
- 1962 - Birth of Rae Dawn Chong in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; actress (Quest for Fire).
- 1969 - Birth of Robert Sean Leonard in Westwood, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr and Mrs Bridge).
- 1971 - Birth of John Buchanan; actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man).
- 1974 - Birth of Michael Manasseri; actor (License to Drive).
Deaths on February 28
- 1960 - Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at age 68.
- 1963 - Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at age 58.
- 1968 - Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at age 41.
- 1968 - Death of Juanita Hall due to diabetes at age 66; singer/actress (Bloody Mary - South Pacific Broadway show (Tony Award) and movies, Capt Billy's Mississippi Music Hall TV show (1948)).
- 1973 - Death of Cecil Kellaway of arteriosclerosis at age 78; character actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Adventures in Paradise, Bewitched, Ben Casey MD, The Twilight Zone, Studio One, Schlitz Playhouse, Disneyland).
- 1973 - Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at age 79.
- 1978 - Death of Philip Ahn at age 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA; Korean-American actor (Master Kan - Kung Fu) (born 1905).
- 1979 - Jane Hylton, English actress (Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies at age 52.
- 1985 - Charita Bauer, actress (Mary - Aldrich Family), dies at age 62 in New York City, New York.
- 1987 - Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at age 83.
- 1990 - Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at age 86.
- 1992 - Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at age 49.
- 1993 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at age 81.
- 1993 - Joyce Carey [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at age 94.
- 1993 - Death of Ruby Keeler of cancer at age 82; Canadian singer, dancer, actress (42nd Street, Dames) (born 1910).
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