Page 10: 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 February - 28.   

1986  On February - 28 european Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade   

1986  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 28 swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death   

1986  Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 on February - 28.   

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  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 on February - 28.   

1989  On this day in history gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA   

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 February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies on this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49   

1993  7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins on this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife   

1993  On this day in history fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies   

1994  On this day in history brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect   

1995  On February - 28 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 on February - 28.   

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  Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 on February - 28.   

1997  FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia on this day in history.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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

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

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

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

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

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