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  On this day in history leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies   

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 February - 28.   

1985  On February - 28 charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC   

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 February - 28.   

1986  On February - 28 swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death   

1986  On this day in history sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59   

1987  Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1988  15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada on February - 28.   

1988  On February - 28 anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed   

1988  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 on February - 28.   

1989  On February - 28 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  On this day in history dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine   

1990  On this day in history 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  The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting on this day in history.   

1991  On February - 28 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  Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 on February - 28.   

1993  7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins on February - 28.   

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  Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect on this day in history.   

1995  Denver International Airport opens on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

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

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

1997  Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

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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 February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

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

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

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

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 February - 28.   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

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)