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  Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies on February - 28.  

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 February - 28.  

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 February - 28.  

1986  On this day in history swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.  

1986  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death on this day in history.  

1986  On February - 28 sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59  

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

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

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

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  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  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  Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies on February - 28.  

1991  The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting on February - 28.  

1991  On this day in history uS & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire  

1991  Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies on February - 28.  

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 February - 28.  

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 February - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1997  On February - 28 earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45  

1997  FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia on February - 28.  

1997  Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US on this day in history.  

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1155  On February - 28 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  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.  

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

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

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies  

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)  

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

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

1510  On February - 28 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 this day in history.