Historical Events In February - 28
Wednesday, 06 November 2024
1984 On this day in history pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- goes for a walk in an Ottawa blizzard and decides to resign; announces decision the following day; Canada's 15th Prime Minister
1984 On this day in history leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1985 In Toronto Ontario, publisher Ernst Zundel convicted for distributing hate literature in a book that said the mass extermination of Jews in Germany in World War II never occurred on February - 28.
1985 On February - 28 charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade on February - 28.
1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm on February - 28.
1986 On this day in history swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death
1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 on February - 28.
1987 On this day in history anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
1988 On this day in history 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed on this day in history.
1988 On February - 28 mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
1989 On this day in history gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public on February - 28.
1989 On February - 28 hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
1990 On this day in history dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
1990 The space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit on February - 28.
1990 On this day in history colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
1991 On February - 28 the Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting
1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
1992 On this day in history angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
1993 On February - 28 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins
1993 On February - 28 bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempt to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians at a compound near Waco, TX, triggering a 51-day siege.
1993 On this day in history tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife
1993 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies on this day in history.
1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect on this day in history.
1995 On February - 28 denver International Airport opens.
1995 On this day in history in Fredericton New Brunswick, a judicial report on sexual abuse of boys at Kingsclear Training Centre released; critical of bureaucratic indifference that allowed abuse to continue for almost 30 years
1995 On February - 28 uS Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force.
1996 On this day in history 38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins
1997 On this day in history earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
1997 On February - 28 fBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US on February - 28.
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