Page 10: Historical Events In February - 28
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1984 On February - 28 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 on February - 28.
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 on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade on February - 28.
1986 On February - 28 swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.
1986 On this day in history swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death
1986 On February - 28 sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 on February - 28.
1988 On February - 28 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed on February - 28.
1988 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 on this day in history.
1989 On February - 28 gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
1989 On this day in history memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
1989 On February - 28 hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine on this day in history.
1990 On February - 28 the space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit.
1990 Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies on this day in history.
1991 On February - 28 the Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting
1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire on February - 28.
1991 On February - 28 guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
1992 On this day in history angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
1993 On this day in history 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins
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 February - 28.
1993 Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife on February - 28.
1993 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies on this day in history.
1994 On February - 28 brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1995 On this day in history denver International Airport opens.
1995 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 on this day in history.
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 On February - 28 earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
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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