Constantinople's Eighth Council: Photius Deposed (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (28 Feb 2026) Today's historical events: The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés. The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala. The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians. Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra. A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit. A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett. China-United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué. In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices