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 February - 28.   

1984  Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

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

1987  On this day in history anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83   

1988  15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada on this day in history.   

1988  On February - 28 anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed   

1988  On February - 28 mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99   

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

1989  On February - 28 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  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  US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire on February - 28.   

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

1992  On this day in history angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1995  Denver International Airport opens on February - 28.   

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

1996  On this day in history 38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins   

1997  Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.   

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

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

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

1573  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

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

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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