Page 11: Historical Events In February - 28

1998  On this day in history "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC   

1998  On February - 28 vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points   

2000  On February - 28 a 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage.   

2007  The New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter which changes its trajectory towards Pluto on February - 28.   

2012  On this day in history occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral   

2013  28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq on February - 28.   

2018  On this day in history 700 illegal churches closed in Rwanda for being too noisy and lacking building permits   

2019  On this day in history youTube announces it will stops all comments on videos featuring children because of paedophiles leaving inappropriate comments   

2020  Syrian Civil War: Ambassadors of all 29 NATO allies meet in the North Atlantic Council to express solidarity with Turkey after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by pro-Syrian government forces on February - 28.   

2021  78th Golden Globes: Best film "Nomadland" (drama), "Borat" (comedy), Best TV series "The Crown", Chadwick Boseman posthumously wins film Best Actor on February - 28.   

2023  FBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China [1] on this day in history.   

2024  On this day in history mitch McConnell announces he is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November, as the longest-serving Senate leader in US history [1]   

2024  Oprah Winfrey says she is stepping down from the board of WeightWatchers and selling her shares, months after she confirmed taking prescription weight-loss drugs [1] on this day in history.   

2024  On this day in history haitian jailbreak: A state of emergency is declared by the Haitian government after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.   

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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  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)   

0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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

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

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.