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 February - 28.   

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

1986  On this day in history european Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade   

1986  On this day in history swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.   

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

1986  On February - 28 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 this day in history anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed   

1988  On this day in history mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99   

1989  Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA on this day in history.   

1989  Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public on this day in history.   

1989  On February - 28 hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46   

1990  On this day in history dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine   

1990  The space shuttle Atlantis launches from Cape Canaveral, to place a spy satellite in orbit on February - 28.   

1990  On this day in history colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies   

1991  The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting on February - 28.   

1991  US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies   

1992  On this day in history angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49   

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  On this day in history tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife   

1993  On February - 28 fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies   

1994  On February - 28 brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect   

1995  On February - 28 denver International Airport opens.   

1995  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1997  FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia on this day in history.   

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

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

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  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  On this day in history 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  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.   

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