Non-musical history for today: 1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that was the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, was launched. It failed to achieve orbit. It tried. Or did it? It said “f” this noize! and landed somewhere in the South Pole.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for February 28.

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