History for February 28
History for February 28 - On-This-Day.comMary Lyon 1797 - Educator, founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary (later Mt. Holyoke College) - 1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group.
- 1953 - In a Cambridge University laboratory, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.
- 1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died.
- 1983 - "M*A*S*H" became the most watched television program in history when the final episode aired.
- 1986 - Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm.
- 1993 - U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and 82 Davidians were killed in the 51-days of the standoff.
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