Page 10: Historical Events In February - 28

1984  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 on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On February - 28 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 this day in history mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99   

1989  Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public   

1989  Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1990  On February - 28 dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine   

1990  On February - 28 the space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit.   

1990  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 uS & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies   

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

1995  Denver International Airport opens on this day in history.   

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 this day in history uS Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force.   

1996  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US   

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1155  On this day in history birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

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

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

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 February - 28.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

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

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.