Page 11: Historical Events In February - 28

1998  On February - 28 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC   

1998  On this day in history vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points   

2000  A 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history the New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter which changes its trajectory towards Pluto.   

2012  Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral on February - 28.   

2013  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2019  YouTube announces it will stops all comments on videos featuring children because of paedophiles leaving inappropriate comments on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

2023  FBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China [1] on February - 28.   

2024  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

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 this day in history 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 February - 28.   

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

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

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

1510  On this day in history 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.