What day of the week was February 28, 1959?

The day of the week February 28th, 1959 fell on was a Saturday. There were 29 days until Easter Sunday.

Maxwell Anderson the American journalist, author and playwright (b. 1888) died on this day in 1959.

Discoverer 1 the an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.