February 28 - the Indian budget day

On this day in 1933, various civil liberties were curbed in Germany.

Today is February 28, the fifty ninth day of the year.
There are 306 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1921 - The Kronstadt Rebellion began in Russia when sailors of the Baltic Fleet and workers at Kronstadt naval base rose up against the Communist government.
1922 - Britain formally declared Egypt's independence, but retained control of the Suez Canal and the country's defence.
1931 - Sir Oswald Mosley formed the "New Party" in Britain; it later evolved into the British Union of Fascists.
1933 - A day after the Reichstag burned down, Adolf Hitler persuaded President Hindenburg to sign a decree suspending guarantees of personal liberty, freedom of speech and the press and the right of assembly.
1967 - Henry Luce, American publisher, died. He was a co-founder of Time magazine and also founded Life and Fortune.
1986 - Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated by a gunman in central Stockholm.
1991 - After 42 days of the Gulf War, U.S. and allied forces ceased fire and Iraq told its army to stop fighting.
1996 - Britain's Princess Diana, on what she called the saddest day of her life, agreed to divorce estranged husband, Prince Charles.

2004 - African leaders agree at a summit to set up the African Standby Force, a multinational force empowered to intervene across Africa to end civil wars or genocide.

Today's birthdays:
Linus Pauling, winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace(1901-1994)
Vincente Minnelli, director (1903-1986)
Stephen Spender, poet (1909-1995)
Robin Cook, British politician (1946--)
Anita Raaj
Annu Kapoor

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