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
