Historical Events In February - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »