On February 28, 2013, less than three weeks after making the unexpected announcement that he would step down, 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI officially resigns.

In the pivotal 2012 Republican presidential primary season, Mitt Romney achieved significant victories in both Arizona and Michigan on February 28, reaffirming his status as the frontrunner for the party's nomination.

Paul Harvey, Iconic News Commentator, Passes Away at 90 In a poignant moment for American media, Paul Harvey, the renowned news commentator and talk-radio pioneer, died in Phoenix on February 28, 2009, at the age of 90.

In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.

At Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, agents of the U.

In a surprising announcement, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicates that his nation is ready to sign “without delay” a treaty designed to eliminate U.

On February 28, 1986, Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth suspends 11 players.

On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience.

On February 28, 1982, the J.

In April 1953, a groundbreaking announcement reverberated through the scientific community when British scientists James D.