^B{^#!16!28 February^N! Feast day of St Oswald of Worcester, St Lupicinus, St Hilarius, pope, St Proterius, and St Romanus.
^B{1784^B} John Wesley, English founder of the Wesleyan faith, signed its deed of declaration. ^B{1900^B} Relief forces under General Buller reached British troops besieged for four months at Ladysmith, Natal; Boer troops retreated. ^B{1912^B} The first parachute jump was made, over Missouri, US. ^B{1948^B} The last British troops left India. ^B{1975^B} In Britain, a London underground train crashed at Moorgate station, killing 42 people. ^B{1986^B} Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was shot dead as he walked home from a cinema in Stockholm.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}RenΘ Antoine de RΘaumur, French scientist and inventor of a thermometer scale, ^B{1683^B}; Linus Pauling, US physicist and chemist, ^B{1909^B}; Stephen Spender, English poet and critic, ^B{1909^B}; Vincente Minelli, US film director, ^B{1913^B}; Peter Medawar, English immunologist, ^B{1915^B}; Barry McGuigan, Irish-born boxer, ^B{1951^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet, ^B{1869^B}; Henry James, US-born British novelist, ^B{1916^B}; Alfonso XIII, ex-king of Spain, ^B{1941^B}; Rajendra Prasad, first president of India, ^B{1963^B}; Henry Luce, US magazine publisher, ^B{1967^B}.
