Page 8: Historical Events In February - 28

1956  On February - 28 forrester issued a patent for computer core memory   

1958  West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket on February - 28.   

1959  On February - 28 "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances   

1959  On this day in history ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of Great Britain   

1959  On this day in history ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN   

1959  Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA on February - 28.   

1959  Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit on February - 28.   

1959  On this day in history men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA   

1959  On this day in history the first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched   

1959  On February - 28 maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70   

1960  On February - 28 8th winter Olympics games close at Squaw Valley CA   

1960  On this day in history uS wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4   

1960  F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1961  JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64   

1962  Rae Dawn Chong wasborn at Edmonton Alberta, daughter of actor Tommy Chong. Chong, she appeared in the film Quest for Fire on February - 28.   

1962  The birth of Rae Dawn Chong, Actress on February - 28.   

1962  On February - 28 harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70   

1963  On February - 28 theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58   

1964  On this day in history the opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building, much later this event confirms the fact that Toronto is the center of the universe   

1964  On February - 28 dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78   

1965  On this day in history adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74   

1966  On February - 28 cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes   

1966  On February - 28 charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet   

1968  On this day in history pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air   

1968  Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain   

1969  Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina & Ulanov of USSR on this day in history.   

1969  Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR on February - 28.   

1969  On this day in history men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA   

1970  Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 28 53rd PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National to win his 2nd golf grand slam   

1971  On this day in history the birth of Tristan Louis, Internet entrepreneur (me)   

1971  Women refused the right to vote in Lichtenstein elections on February - 28.   

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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  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

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

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

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  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

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 this day in history.   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.