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 February - 28 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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 February - 28.  

1987  On February - 28 anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83  

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

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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  Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46  

1990  Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine on this day in history.  

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  On February - 28 the Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting  

1991  US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire on this day in history.  

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  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 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 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  On February - 28 fBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia  

1997  Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US on February - 28.  

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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 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.  

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

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies  

1326  On February - 28 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 February - 28.  

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer  

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

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)