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On this day: February 28

What happened in the Turkic world on February 28? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.

Events

  1. 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan viral pandemic in Azerbaijan

Births

  1. 1846 Jambyl Jabayev Kazakh traditional folksinger (1846-1945)
  2. 1866 Vyacheslav Ivanov Russian poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949)
  3. 1952 Eldar Mansurov Azerbaijani musician
  4. 1952 Elman Huseynov National Hero of Azerbaijan
  5. 1961 Alfred Koch Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman
  6. 1964 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Uzbekistani racing cyclist

Deaths

  1. 1943 Yuldash Akhunbabaev Uzbekistani politician (1885－1943)
  2. 1976 Elihan Tore Saghuni President of the Second East Turkestan Republic
  3. 2015 Yaşar Kemal Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015)
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Source: Wikidata and Wikipedia. Names link to the Wikipedia article.

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