Page 10: Historical Events In February - 28

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 February - 28 leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies   

1985  On February - 28 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  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83   

1988  15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada on this day in history.   

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  Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  On February - 28 colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies   

1991  On this day in history the Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting   

1991  On February - 28 uS & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire   

1991  On February - 28 guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies   

1992  Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 on February - 28.   

1993  On February - 28 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins   

1993  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 on this day in history.   

1993  Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife on this day in history.   

1993  Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 28 brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect   

1995  On this day in history denver International Airport opens.   

1995  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 on February - 28.   

1995  US Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1997  On this day in history smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US   

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1155  On February - 28 birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

1261  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.   

1552  On this day in history birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  On this day in history birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  On this day in history birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)   

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)