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

1261  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)  

1409  On February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)  

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher  

1552  On February - 28 birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician  

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

1573  On February - 28 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 February - 28.  

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

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)  

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

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on February - 28.  

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.  

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.