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Daily Calendar for Saturday, February 28, 2026

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Saturday, February 28, 2026

Born

  • Vincente Minnelli (film director) –
  • Gavin MacLeod (actor) –
  • Tommy Tune (choreographer) –
  • Mario Andretti (race car driver) –
  • Kelly Bishop (actress) –
  • Bernadette Peters (actress & singer) –
  • John Turturro (actor) –
  • Robert Sean Leonard (actor) –
  • Smarty Jones (Kentucky Derby winning horse) –

Died

  • Henry James (writer) –
  • Ruby Keeler (actress, singer, & dancer) –
  • Donald Glaser (American physicist and inventor of the Bubble Chamber; died in Berkeley, California) –
  • Daniel Boorstin (Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social historian who served as the librarian of Congress for 12 years) –
  • Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Pulitzer Prize-winning historian) –
  • Mike Smith (lead singer of Dave Clark Five) –
  • Paul Harvey (radio broadcaster) –

Events

  • Baltimore and Ohio railroad incorporated –
  • Congress created the Territory of Colorado –
  • Vincent Massey became the first Canadian born Governor General of Canada –
  • James D. Watson and Francis H. C. Crick announced discovery of DNA’s chemical structure –
  • Parliament created VIA Rail Canada Inc. –
  • The last episode of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, aired on television –
  • The last episode of M*A*S*H aired on TV –
  • At the 39th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morisette won 4 awards, including Album of the Year for Jagged Little Pill. –
  • Performer Natasha Veruschka swallowed 22.83-inch sword –
  • Pope Benedict XVI stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic church, becoming the first pope in about 600 years to retire –

Weather

  • A record snowstorm brought 43 inches of snow to Rochester, New York –
  • An area from Kansas to New York experienced record snowfalls –
  • A sandstorm with hurricane-force winds derailed a train in western China –