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 this day in history.   

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

1985  On February - 28 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 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 this day in history.   

1986  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1987  On February - 28 anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83   

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

1988  Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed on February - 28.   

1988  On February - 28 mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99   

1989  On this day in history gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA   

1989  Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public on this day in history.   

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

1990  Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history the Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting   

1991  On this day in history uS & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire   

1991  On this day in history guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies   

1992  On February - 28 angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49   

1993  On February - 28 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins   

1993  On February - 28 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.   

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  On February - 28 brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect   

1995  On February - 28 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  US Marines land in Somalia to protect the retreating UN peacekeeping force on this day in history.   

1996  On February - 28 38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins   

1997  On this day in history earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45   

1997  On this day in history 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  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

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  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.   

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

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 February - 28.   

1261  On February - 28 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  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.   

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

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)