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 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  Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC on this day in history.   

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  Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death on February - 28.   

1986  Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 on February - 28.   

1987  On this day in history 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 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 February - 28 memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public   

1989  Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46 on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

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

1991  Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies on this day in history.   

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

1993  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

1993  On February - 28 tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife   

1993  Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies on February - 28.   

1994  Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect on February - 28.   

1995  Denver International Airport opens on February - 28.   

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

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

1997  Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 on this day in history.   

1997  FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia on February - 28.   

1997  Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US on this day in history.   

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1155  On February - 28 birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

1261  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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 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  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  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

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