Page 9: Historical Events In February - 28

1973  Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78   

1974  Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms   

1974  In this year, Labour Party claims British parliamentary election   

1974  Taiwan police shoot into crowd.   

1974  The United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after a seven-year break.   

1974  The US and Egypt re-establish diplomatic ties for the inaugural time since 1967   

1974  Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89   

1975  More than 40 people die when a London subway train crashes into the end of a tunnel   

1975  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1975  Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83   

1976  18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win.   

1976  Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession.   

1977  A killer whale born in captivity at Marineland, Los Angeles CA.   

1977  Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends.   

1977  Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71.   

1978  The Department of Defense authorized fullscale development of the Sikorsky Aircraft's SH-60B LAMPS MK III helicopter. The aircraft was designed primarily for antisubmarine and antiship missions and to be deployed aboard frigates, destroyers and cruisers.   

1978  Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73.   

1979  Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY.   

1979  Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52.   

1980  "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes)   

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1980  Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies   

1981  China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan   

1982  AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day   

1982  FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street   

1983  Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch   

1983  Statistics Canada reports Canadian Gross National Product fell 4.8% in 1982; sharpest decline since 1933.   

1984  In this year, 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson claims 8.   

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   

1984  Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies   

1985  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  Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC   

1986  European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade   

1986  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.   

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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  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.   

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

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

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

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

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

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

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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