At this time is Friday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2025. There are 306 days left within the 12 months.
At this time in historical past:
On Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted at a spiritual compound close to Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms brokers tried to arrest Department Davidian chief David Koresh on weapons costs; 4 brokers and 6 Davidians had been killed as a 51-day standoff started.
Additionally on this date:
In 1844, a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded because the ship was crusing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and a number of other others; President John Tyler, who additionally was aboard the ship, was unhurt.
In 1953, Francis H.C. Crick introduced that he and fellow scientist James D. Watson had found the double-helix construction of DNA.
In 1975, 43 folks had been killed in London’s Underground when a practice didn’t cease at Moorgate station, smashing into the tip of a tunnel.
In 1983, the ultimate episode of the tv collection “M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H” aired; almost 106 million viewers noticed the finale, which stays the most-watched episode of any U.S. tv collection thus far.
In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated whereas strolling on a Stockholm avenue along with his spouse; his assailant was by no means captured and stays unidentified.
In 2013, Benedict XVI grew to become the primary pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year hold forth. (Benedict was succeeded the next month by Pope Francis.)
In 2014, delivering a blunt warning to Moscow, President Barack Obama expressed deep concern over reported army exercise inside Ukraine by Russia and warned “there will probably be prices” for any intervention.
At this time’s birthdays:
- Architect Frank Gehry is 96.
- Rock singer Sam the Sham (aka Domingo Samudio) is 88.
- Actor-director-choreographer Tommy Tune is 86.
- Corridor of Fame auto racer Mario Andretti is 85.
- Actor Mercedes Ruehl is 77.
- Actor-singer Bernadette Peters is 77.
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is 72.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Adrian Dantley is 70.
- Actor John Turturro is 68.
- Actor Maxine Bahns is 55.
- Actor Robert Sean Leonard is 56.
- Musician Pat Monahan (Prepare) is 56.
- Actor Tasha Smith is 54.
- Hockey Corridor of Famer Eric Lindros is 52.
- Actor Ali Larter is 49.
- Nation musician Jason Aldean is 48.
- NBA guard Luka Dončić is 26.