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FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025

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  • Published Feb 27, 2025 12:52 pm KST
  • Updated Feb 27, 2025 12:52 pm KST

1882-First U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University

1883-First U.S. vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts

1939-The first issue of Serbian weekly magazine Politikin zabavnik is published.

1940-First televised basketball game (University of Pitts beats Fordham University, 50-37)

1940-Richard Wright's "Native Son" published

1947-February 28 Massacre: Anti-government uprising in Taiwan is violently put down by Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang-led Republic of China government with the loss of 18,000-28,000 lives. Marks the beginning of the White Terror.

1976-18th Grammy Awards: Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" Record of the Year; Natalie Cole 1st African American to win Best New Artist

1983-U2 release their third studio album "War" featuring protest song "Sunday Bloody Sunday", their 1st No. 1 U.K. album