Historical Events In February - 28

1984  On February - 28 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  Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC on this day in history.  

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  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death on February - 28.  

1986  Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 on this day in history.  

1987  Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1988  On February - 28 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada  

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1988  On this day in history anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed  

1988  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 on this day in history.  

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

1989  On February - 28 memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public  

1989  On February - 28 hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46  

1990  Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine on February - 28.  

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

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 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 February - 28.  

1993  On February - 28 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 on February - 28.  

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

1996  38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins on February - 28.  

1997  On this day in history earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45  

1997  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.  

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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