deaths
February 28, 2004
Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (born 1914)

Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.
February 28
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year.