Page 8: Historical Events In February - 28

1956  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances   

1959  Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of Great Britain on this day in history.   

1959  Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN on this day in history.   

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

1959  On February - 28 launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit   

1959  Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA on this day in history.   

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

1959  Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history 8th winter Olympics games close at Squaw Valley CA   

1960  US wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 on this day in history.   

1960  On February - 28 f S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74   

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

1961  Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 on February - 28.   

1962  On this day in history rae Dawn Chong wasborn at Edmonton Alberta, daughter of actor Tommy Chong. Chong, she appeared in the film Quest for Fire   

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

1962  Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1963  Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1964  The opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building, much later this event confirms the fact that Toronto is the center of the universe on February - 28.   

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  Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes on February - 28.   

1966  Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet on February - 28.   

1968  Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 28 doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

1971  On this day in history 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  On February - 28 women refused the right to vote in Lichtenstein elections   

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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  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

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

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  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

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)