Today in History for 28th February 2017:
Historical Events
1704 – Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
1933 – German President Paul von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
1951 – 8th Golden Globes: Sunset Boulevard, Jose Ferrer, and Gloria Swanson win
1977 – 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California)
1988 – Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
1990 – Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
Famous Birthdays
1876 – John Alden Carpenter, composer (Sea Drift), born in Chicago, Illinois
1908 – Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1915 – Zero “Samuel” Mostel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof), born in Brooklyn, New York
1928 – Tom Aldredge, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers), born in Dayton, Ohio
1956 – Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1925 – Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
1935 – Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1980 – Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
1993 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
1999 – Christine Glanville, British Puppeteer (. 1924)
2014 – Rostislav Belyakov, Russian chief designer of the MiG fighter jet, dies at 94