Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 28
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February 28: Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday in Western Christianity (2006); Peace Memorial Day in Taiwan.
- 364 - Valentinian I was elected Roman Emperor by officers of the Roman military at Nicaea, Bithynia.
- 1784 - John Wesley (pictured), a minister of the Church of England, chartered the first Methodist Church.
- 1947 - Civil disorder in Taipei and Keelung, Taiwan was brutally suppressed by the Chinese Nationalist military in the 228 Incident.
- 1983 - The final episode of the television series M*A*S*H was broadcast in the United States, and became the most-watched television program in history.
- 1986 - Prime Minister Olof Palme of Sweden was assassinated in Stockholm.
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