February 28

Events

 * 1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)

Births

 * 1878 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
 * 1882 - Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
 * 1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
 * 1940 - Joe South, American singer
 * 1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
 * 1943 - Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (d. 1998)
 * 1943 - Charles Bernstein, American composer
 * 1952 - William Finn, American composer
 * 1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996)
 * 1957 - Cindy Wilson, American singer (The B-52's)
 * 1969 - Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train)
 * 1971 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
 * 1977 - Jason Aldean, American country singer
 * 1978 - Jeanne Cherhal, French Singer-songwriter
 * 1989 - Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer