Historical Events In February - 28
Thursday, 28 September 2023
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 On this day in history 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
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 this day in history.
1986 On February - 28 swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.
1986 On this day in history swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death
1986 On this day in history sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 on February - 28.
1988 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada on February - 28.
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed on February - 28.
1988 On this day in history mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA on February - 28.
1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public on this day in history.
1989 Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46 on February - 28.
1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine on February - 28.
1990 On this day in history the space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit.
1990 Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history the Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting
1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire on February - 28.
1991 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies on this day in history.
1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 on February - 28.
1993 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins on February - 28.
1993 On this day in history 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 Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife on February - 28.
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 this day in history denver International Airport opens.
1995 On February - 28 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 this day in history 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 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 on this day in history.
1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
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