Specialty of 28 Feb/Is 28 Feb is holyday / Is February 28 a leap year?

 

February 28th is the 59th day of the year (or the 60th day during a leap year) in the Gregorian calendar. Here are some notable events that have occurred on February 28th:

• 1784: John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.
• 1827: The first commercial railroad in the United States, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is chartered.
• 1844: A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the ship is on a Potomac River cruise, killing 6 people including two members of President John Tyler's cabinet.
• 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick announce their discovery of the structure of DNA.
• 1983: The final episode of the TV show "MAS*H" airs, becoming the most-watched television episode in history up to that point.
• 2013: Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the first pope to do so in almost 600 years.

These are just a few examples of the many events that have occurred on February 28th throughout history.