Page 11: Historical Events In February - 28

1998  On February - 28 "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  On February - 28 28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq   

2018  700 illegal churches closed in Rwanda for being too noisy and lacking building permits on February - 28.   

2019  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 fBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China [1]   

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

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history 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 February - 28.   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

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

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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