On this day …
February 28, 2015
- In 1784, John Wesley chartered the Methodist Church.
- In 1827, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was incorporated to become the first U.S. railroad to offer commercial transportation of people and freight.
- In 1883, the first vaudeville theater opened in Boston.
- In 1885, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated in New York as a subsidiary of American Bell Telephone.
- In 1954, the first color television sets using the NTSC standard were offered for sale to the public.
- In 1983, the final episode of the television series M*A*S*H aired and drew more than 100 million viewers; it retains the record for highest viewership of a series finale.
- In 1993, ATF agents raided the Waco, Texas compound of the Branch Davidian Church, starting a 51-day standoff.
- In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI resigned to become the first pope to do so since 1415.
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