28 February
Quote for today:
Man is responsible not only for the feelings he has for others, but also for those he awakens in others. / card. Stefan Wyszyński /
People born on February 28 are under the sign Pisces.
Polar bear day
There are 306 days left until the end of the year
We still have to wait 112 days until summer, and only 22 days by spring
Name day celebrates:
Argymir, Ekard, Ekhard, Heraklides, Heron, Irenaeus, Jakert, Józef, Leon, Leona, Lubomir, Marcela, Paweł, Plutarch, Seren, Serena, Vincencja, Wincenta, Wincentyna and Zbrosław
Holidays in the world:
International - Rare Diseases Day (in leap years on February 29; initiated by the European Federation of Parents of Patients and Patients with Rare Diseases - EURORDIS)
in Poland:
- 1976 - The flag on the destroyer museum ship was lowered ORP Burza.
- 1981 - In Poznań, on the 25th anniversary of June 56, the Monument to the Victims of June 1956 was officially unveiled.
- 1987 - Destroyer ORP Lightning she was the only Polish ship to be decorated with the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari War Order.
- 1989 - The Pilsudski Association was registered.
- 1993 - The premiere of the film Pograbby directed by Jan Jakub Kolski.
- 1999 - Michał Listkiewicz became the president of the Polish Football Association.
- 2006 - The Amber Museum is opened in Gdańsk.
- 2008 - Archbishop ad personam Henryk Hoser took the office of bishop ordinary of the Warsaw-Praga diocese.
- 2009 - After the end of the 172th edition of the Małopolska Aviation Picnic at the Rakowice-Czyżyny airport, there was an accident of the Cessna 2 plane, in which 2 people (including the pilot) were killed and XNUMX were injured.
What happened on February 27 in the world of music:
The legendary American rock group The Doors was honored with a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Two members of the band were present at the ceremony: Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger.