Page 8: Historical Events In February - 28

1956  On this day in history forrester issued a patent for computer core memory   

1958  On February - 28 west Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket   

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

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

1959  On February - 28 ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN   

1959  On February - 28 ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA   

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

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

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

1960  On February - 28 uS wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4   

1960  F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  On February - 28 the birth of Rae Dawn Chong, Actress   

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

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  Adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74 on February - 28.   

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

1966  On this day in history charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet   

1968  Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air on February - 28.   

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

1969  Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain on this day in history.   

1969  Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina & Ulanov of USSR on February - 28.   

1969  Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 28 men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA   

1970  On February - 28 bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge   

1971  53rd PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National to win his 2nd golf grand slam on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 28 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  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on February - 28.   

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

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

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

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on this day in history.   

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

1573  On this day in history birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

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 February - 28.   

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

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

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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