Page 10: Historical Events In February - 28

1986  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death.   

1986  Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59   

1987  Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83.   

1988  15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada   

1988  Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed.   

1988  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99   

1989  Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA.   

1989  Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers is recorded as becoming public   

1989  Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46   

1990  Dutch police seize 3000 kg of cocaine.   

1990  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.   

1991  The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting.   

1991  US and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire.   

1991  Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies   

1992  Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49   

1993  7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld claims.   

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   

1993  Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife   

1993  Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies.   

1994  Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect   

1995  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.   

1995  US Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force.   

1996  38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette claims   

1997  Earthquake in Pakistan, results in the deaths of 45   

1997  FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia.   

1997  Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US.   

1998  "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC.   

1998  Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1600 points.   

2000  A 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage   

2007  The New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter which changes its trajectory towards Pluto   

2012  Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral   

2013  28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq   

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.   

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.   

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)