February 28
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on February 28 this year.
- R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai (the Chida)d. 1806 CE
Sephardic halachist and bibliographer who settled in Livorno
Trace this life → - R. Yosef Rosen (Rogatchover Gaon)d. 1936 CE
Rabbi in Dvinsk; Talmudic prodigy who authored Tzafnat Paneach
- 1953 CEJewish · died
Eleazar Sukenik, the Hebrew University archaeologist who first recognized the antiquity of the Dead Sea Scrolls, died in Jerusalem.
- 1968 CEHindu · founded
Auroville, the experimental township near Puducherry founded on the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, was inaugurated before delegates from many nations.
- 1989 CEHindu · died
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the scholar and teacher whose students shaped much of modern postural yoga, died at Madras.
- 2013 CEChristian
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation took effect, beginning the vacancy that led to the election of Pope Francis.
- 2015 CEMesopotamian
The National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, home to one of the world's great collections of Mesopotamian antiquities, reopened to the public after twelve years.
- 1901 CEScience · born
Linus Pauling, the American chemist who illuminated the nature of the chemical bond and later received a second, unshared Nobel Prize, was born in Portland, Oregon.
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