Page 10: Historical Events In February - 28

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 on February - 28.   

1984  Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 28 charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC   

1986  On February - 28 european Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade   

1986  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 28 swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death   

1986  Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 on this day in history.   

1987  Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 on February - 28.   

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

1988  Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed on this day in history.   

1988  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 on this day in history.   

1989  Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA on February - 28.   

1989  On this day in history memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public   

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

1990  Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine on February - 28.   

1990  The space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit on this day in history.   

1990  Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies on February - 28.   

1991  The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting on February - 28.   

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

1991  On February - 28 guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies   

1992  Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1993  7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect on this day in history.   

1995  Denver International Airport opens on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history 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   

1995  On February - 28 uS Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force.   

1996  38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins on this day in history.   

1997  Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  On February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  On this day in history 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  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)   

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

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on February - 28.   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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