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Historical Event on 2/28/1937

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.

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4/22/1921Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.