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February 28

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February 28

February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 306 days remain until the end of the year (307 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Washington woman checks lottery ticket months after draw and discovers $135,000 win. A Washington woman bought a lottery ticket from a vending machine but didn't realize until months later that it was a $135,000 winner.
2022: New York man wins second $10 million lottery prize in three years. Talk about luck — a New York man just won his second top prize worth $10 million in three years.
2020: 22-year-old grocery store bagger claims $70M jackpot from a lottery ticket he bought at work. A 22-year-old grocery store employee just won the biggest jackpot in Quebec's history after he purchased a ticket from the store where he works.
2020: S.C. man loses more than $140K to 'you've won the lottery' scam. Deputies say a man lost more than $140,000 to a lottery scam in York County, South Carolina.
2019: Undercover Kentucky Lottery investigation snares three store employees trying to steal prizes. An undercover operation conducted by the Kentucky Lottery has nabbed three store clerks trying to steal winning tickets.
2019: No sales tax on Mississippi lottery tickets, but winnings will still be taxed. The Mississippi Legislature is expected to pass a measure clarifying that tickets for state's soon to be rolling lottery are exempt from sales taxes.
2018: UK's oldest lottery winners claim £18 million jackpot. A couple from Bristol have become the oldest winners of the UK lottery, after claiming an £18 million (US$24.9 million) jackpot.
2017: Tennessee bill advances to remove lottery winners from government assistance. The Tennessee House on Monday passed a bill despite opposition from Democrats that, if it becomes law, would require the names of lottery winners to be cross checked with federal and state government assistance programs.
2017: New Mexico House committee endorses changes in lottery operations. Financial bonuses for state lottery officials and contractors would be tied to increases in scholarship money available to New Mexico college students under a bill that got unanimous bipartisan approval from a House committee Monday.
2017: Pennsylvania Lottery launches new Fast Play Games. The Pennsylvania Lottery today launched Fast Play, a new type of games offering players the chance to win prizes without scratching the ticket or waiting for a drawing.
2016: Florida woman gives away $43 million Lotto jackpot. Florida Lottery officials said a Largo woman was the winner of a $43 million jackpot, and she said she's not keeping a penny of it.
2014: New Georgia Lottery game starts Sunday. Starting Sunday, Georgia lottery players will be able to buy tickets for the latest Georgia Lottery game called All or Nothing.
2014: Winning lottery ticket gets Mass. man off the hook for speeding. A Rockland, Massachusetts, man not only won the lottery Thursday morning, but also used the winning ticket to help him avoid a speeding ticket in Hingham.
2013: Florida to join multi-state Mega Millions lottery. Florida will start selling tickets to the popular Mega Millions game later this year.
2013: Arizona bill to allow anonymity for lottery winners clears panel. A bill that would allow Arizona lottery winners to remain anonymous moved closer to passage Wednesday following a contentious hearing in a state Senate committee that pitted the Republican sponsor against Democrats who argued it would diminish public accountability.
2013: Michigan Lottery gears up for online sales in spring. The Michigan Lottery plans to begin selling online subscriptions for games such as Mega Millions and Powerball starting this spring.
2012: Woman wants part of estranged husband's lotto jackpot. The winner of a $34.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot wants to remain anonymous, but a woman who claims to be his estranged wife is demanding a piece of the prize.
2012: Marine credits karma for $2.9 million slots jackpot. A U.S. Marine stationed in Washington, D.C., won a $2.8 million progressive slot machine jackpot at the Bellagio in Las Vegas after being accepted as a bone marrow donor.
2011: Maryland Lottery Pick 4 drawing generates huge payout. Players of the Maryland Lottery's Pick 4 game hit a grand slam of sorts this weekend, and a payout record was tied in the process.
2011: Florida lottery ticket wins $182.1M Powerball jackpot. The winning lottery ticket for Saturday's $182.1 million Powerball jackpot was sold in a Publix store in Kissimmee, Florida, located on a road with a very fitting name.
2009: $212 MILLION: largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot in a year. There has been another rollover in the top prize for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery -- to $212 million. It is the largest Mega Millions jackpot in more than a year.
2007: $267 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars. The Mega Millions lottery drawing produced no jackpot winner last night, sending Friday's jackpot to the highest level in a year.
2007: After alleged lottery ticket theft, store banned from ticket sales. An Ohio convenience store is banned from selling lottery tickets for a month, after the owner and an employee stole part of a Warren woman's jackpot, according to police reports.
2007: Georgia woman nearly forgot about $5M winning lottery ticket. A 60-year-old Georgia woman nearly forgot about a scratch-off lottery ticket in the bottom of her purse, which turned out to be worth $5 million.
2007: N.M. Senate votes to shift more lottery funds to scholarships. The New Mexico State Senate voted 39-1 Tuesday to ensure that more proceeds from the New Mexico Lottery go toward the scholarship fund and less go toward administration.
2007: Lottery winner followed careful spending plan. How one lucky winner spent his new-found fortune, after winning a $220 million Powerball jackpot in 2005.
2007: N.C. Gov. calls for shift of lottery funds. Gov. Mike Easley's spending plan for next year would shift profits from the N.C. Lottery toward a pre-kindergarten program at the expense of school construction and scholarships.
2007: Indiana Senate approves lottery sell-off. Administration officials worked the back of the Senate chamber Tuesday and managed to secure just enough support to pass Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the Hoosier Lottery.
2007: Mass. Rep. says lottery funds should go to areas with highest sales. A Massachusetts State Representative says there is an imbalance in the way Lottery proceeds are doled out to cities and towns.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot up-sized to $267 million. Mega Millions sales have once again outpaced the forecast of Mega Millions officials, prompting them to increase tonight's lottery jackpot from $256 million to $267 million.
2006: California man turns in lottery scammers. A California man used common sense to avoid getting nabbed by a very common Canadian lottery scam.
2006: N.D. Lottery director discusses new game possibilities. North Dakota's lottery director talks about adding new games, as well as informal discussions between Mega Millions and Powerball officials over creating a new game bigger than Powerball.
2006: Texas Lottery eliminates Lotto bonus ball. Texas Lottery Commissioners voted today to ditch the unpopular Lotto Texas bonus ball and return to the style abandoned three years ago due to sagging sales.
2005: Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $112 Million. The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery has grown to $112 million dollars.
2005: Lottery proposal faces long odds in Nevada. Motivated by a struggling education system, Nevada lawmakers are trying - for the 23rd time since 1975 - to establish a statewide lottery by amending the Nevada Constitution.
2005: Leader who pushed to start the ND lottery can no longer play. The leader of a petition drive to legalize the lottery in North Dakota can no longer play the game.
2005: NJ interim Gov. nominates new lottery director. Michellene Davis, a lawyer and veteran state policy adviser, has been nominated to be the next executive director of the New Jersey Lottery.
2005: New Georgia lottery scratch game popular with players. More expensive tickets and bigger prizes are helping to drive sales of $100 million Cash Spectacular, the Georgia Lottery's latest scratch game.
2005: Self-service lottery machines to be installed in Penn. liquor stores. Officials at two Pennsylvania state agencies are working on introducing player-activated lottery-ticket terminals in state liquor stores.
2005: Florida Lotto winner sued — again. After the winner of a $35 million Florida Lotto jackpot settled with his ex-wife, his ex-wife's sister stepped into the picture and wants a cut, too.
2004: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $20 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $20 million Saturday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$607 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2024
2.$414.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2024
3.$348 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2019
4.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2018
5.$291.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2016
6.$275 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2007
7.$273 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2019
8.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2006
9.$243 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2018
10.$216 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2014
11.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2009
12.€164 Million
US$182.83 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2022
13.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2009
14.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2008
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2023
16.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2023
17.€115.17 Million
US$138.87 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2021
18.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2016
19.€106.58 Million
US$130.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2018
20.€112.05 Million
US$127.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2019
21.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2009
22.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2021
23.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2010
24.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2005
24.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Biggy70
Saturday, Feb 28, 1998
26 years old
1986: Down
Friday, Feb 28, 1986
38 years old
1984: dworth09
Tuesday, Feb 28, 1984
40 years old
1980: FunTimes
Thursday, Feb 28, 1980
44 years old
1978: lovefourplay
Tuesday, Feb 28, 1978
46 years old
1977: Pisces77
Monday, Feb 28, 1977
47 years old
1977: DaRealGeeBlack
Monday, Feb 28, 1977
47 years old
1974: NCJB
Thursday, Feb 28, 1974
50 years old
1965: donmaca2
Sunday, Feb 28, 1965
59 years old
1965: JAZZYJLYNN29
Sunday, Feb 28, 1965
59 years old
1962: Lady G
Wednesday, Feb 28, 1962
62 years old
1955: CAROLYN GRAZULI
Monday, Feb 28, 1955
69 years old
1952: MYSTME
Thursday, Feb 28, 1952
72 years old
1951: piscean228
Wednesday, Feb 28, 1951
73 years old
: mrcraft
(year not provided)
: Baxterbunch
(year not provided)
: Gad777
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.
2013: Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.
2002: During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
2001: The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.
1997: An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.
1997: A Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey.
1993: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh starting a 51-day standoff.
1986: Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1985: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers.
1983: The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers.
1975: In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1974: The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote.
1969: The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco.
1966: A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
1959: Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
1958: A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1947: February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 28,000 civilians.
1925: The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1922: The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1844: A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who was also on board, was not injured from the blast.
1835: Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala.
1638: The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
1525: Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
870: The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
202 BC: Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.

Births On This Day

1999: Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player
1994: Alex Caruso, American basketball player
1994: Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer
1990: Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
1989: Carlos Dunlap, American football player
1989: Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
1989: Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player
1988: Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
1987: Akito, Japanese professional wrestler
1987: Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer
1985: Tim Bresnan, English cricketer
1985: Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1985: Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer
1984: Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
1982: Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress
1981: Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout
1980: Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
1980: Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
1980: Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1979: Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver
1979: Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
1978: Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier
1978: Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
1978: Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player
1977: Jason Aldean, American singer-songwriter
1977: Lance Hoyt, American football player and wrestler
1976: Ali Larter, American actress and model
1975: Mike Rucker, American football player
1974: Lee Carsley, English-Irish footballer and manager
1974: Alexander Zickler, German footballer and manager
1973: Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
1973: Scott McLeod, New Zealand rugby player
1973: Nicolas Minassian, French race car driver
1973: Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler
1972: Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter
1971: Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer
1970: Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner
1970: Daniel Brochu, Canadian actor
1969: Sean Farrel, English footballer
1969: Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
1969: Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
1969: Pat Monahan, American singer, songwriter and actor
1967: Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager
1967: Seth Rudetsky, American musician, actor, writer, and radio host
1966: Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
1966: Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid
1963: Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1961: Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer
1958: Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (d. 2012)
1958: David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (d. 2010)
1957: Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1957: John Turturro, American actor and director
1957: Cindy Wilson, American singer-songwriter
1956: Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981)
1956: Terry Leahy, English businessman
1955: Adrian Dantley, American basketball player and coach
1955: Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 2022)
1954: Brian Billick, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1953: Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1953: Ricky Steamboat, American professional wrestler
1949: Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006)
1948: Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate
1948: Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author
1948: Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
1947: Salvador Flamenco, Salvadorean footballer
1946: Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2005)
1946: Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1945: Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011)
1944: Kelly Bishop, American actress
1944: Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (d. 2014)
1944: Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager
1944: Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer (d. 2013)
1943: Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
1942: Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (d. 2021)
1942: Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1969)
1942: Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1940: Mario Andretti, Italian-American racing driver
1939: Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939: Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer
1937: Jeff Farrell, American swimmer
1933: Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician
1932: Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (d. 2016)
1931: Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020)
1931: Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (d. 2021)
1931: Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996)
1930: Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929: Hayden Fry, American football player and coach (d. 2019)
1929: John Montague, American-Irish poet and academic (d. 2016)
1929: Frank Gehry, Canadian-born American architect and designer
1928: Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976)
1928: Tom Aldredge, American actor (d. 2011)
1928: Sylvia del Villard, actress, dancer, choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist (d. 1990)
1925: Harry H. Corbett, Burmese-English actor (d. 1982)
1924: Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
1922: Radu Câmpeanu, Romanian politician (d. 2016)
1921: Marah Halim Harahap, Indonesian military officer, Governor of North Sumatra (d. 2015)
1920: Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (d. 2014)
1919: Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (d. 2013)
1915: Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1915: Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1909: Stephen Spender, English author and poet (d. 1995)
1908: Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1907: Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
1906: Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1901: Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1898: Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (d. 1969)
1896: Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1894: Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1964)
1887: William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
1884: Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
1878: Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929)
1866: Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1949)
1858: Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (d. 1941)
1848: Arthur Giry, French historian and academic (d. 1899)
1704: Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (d. 1760)
1683: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (d. 1757)
1675: Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1552: Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (d. 1632)
1535: Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer (d. 1578)
1533: Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (d. 1592)
1518: Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)
1261: Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (d. 1283)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930)
2020: Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
2020: Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917)
2019: André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929)
2016: George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
2015: Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923)
2014: Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)
2013: Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2011: Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)
2009: Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918)
2007: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917)
2006: Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2005: Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941)
2004: Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)
2003: Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)
2002: Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
2002: Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
1998: Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)
1993: Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)
1978: Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
1977: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
1975: Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (b. 1888)
1966: Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
1966: Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
1955: Isak Penttala, Finnish politician (b. 1883)
1936: Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1932: Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
1929: Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
1882: Adolf Zytogorski, Polish-British chess master and translator (b. c. 1811/1812)
1857: André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
1740: Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and patron of the arts (b. 1667)
1621: Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
628: Khosrow II, Shah of Iran, Sasanian Empire (b. c. 570)

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