What Happened on February 28, 1878

Historical Events

Bland-Allison Act

Congress overrides US President Rutherford B. Hayes' veto of the Bland-Allison Act, requiring the Treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver dollars

US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate

Events in 1878

Famous Birthdays

Artur Kapp, Estonian organist, composer (Peace Symphony; Paradise and Peri), and educator, born in Suure-Jaani, Russian Empire (d. 1952)
Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)

Born in 1878 1878 Highlights