Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 28
February 28: Peace Memorial Day in Taiwan
- 364 - Valentinian I was elected Roman Emperor by officers of the Roman military at Nicaea, Bithynia.
- 1784 - John Wesley, a minister of the Church of England, chartered the first Methodist Church.
- 1935 - Nylon was invented by Wallace Carothers.
- 1947 - The 228 Incident in Taiwan: Civil disorder in Taipei and Keelung was brutally suppressed by the Chinese Nationalist military.
- 1983 - The final episode of the television series M*A*S*H was broadcast in the U.S., and became the most-watched television program in history.
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