Subj : This Day In History
To   : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 07:37 am

  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
02/28/1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher 
02/28/1552 Jobst Brgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician 
02/28/1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) 
02/28/1616 Kaspar Forster, composer 
02/28/1683 Ren‚-Antoine de R‚aumur, France, biologist/engineer 
02/28/1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great 
02/28/1712 Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, France, general 
02/28/1747 Justin Morgan, composer 
02/28/1750 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister 
02/28/1771 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter 
02/28/1786 D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician 
02/28/1792 Henriette ALF countess d'oultremont de W‚gimont, wife of King Willem 

02/28/1797 Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) 
02/28/1797 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign 

02/28/1799 Johann von D”llinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian 
02/28/1810 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian 
02/28/1817 James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 
02/28/1820 John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland) 
02/28/1822 Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 
02/28/1823 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 
02/28/1824 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist 
02/28/1824 John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 
02/28/1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 188 

02/28/1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general/field marshal 
02/28/1850 Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) 
02/28/1854 Juliusz Zarebski, composer 
02/28/1857 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer 
02/28/1858 Jacob P Fish, industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries) 
02/28/1865 Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary 
02/28/1866 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russia, Symbolist poet (Pilot Stars) 
02/28/1875 Viliam Figus, composer 
02/28/1876 John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) 
02/28/1882 Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) 
02/28/1882 Jos‚ Vasconcelos, Oaxaca M‚xico, politician/essayist/philosopher 
02/28/1882 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer 
02/28/1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) 
02/28/1889 Victor Sutherland, actor (Captive City) 
02/28/1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) 
02/28/1893 Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) 
02/28/1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) 
02/28/1895 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright 
02/28/1896 Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) 
02/28/1898 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) 
02/28/1901 Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962) 
02/28/1901 Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen) 
02/28/1907 Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, cartoonist (Terry & Pirates) 
02/28/1909 Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie) 
02/28/1909 Stephen Spender, England, poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness) 
02/28/1910 Roman Maciejewski, composer 
02/28/1910 Vincente Minnelli, movie director (American in Paris, Gigi) 
02/28/1914 Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family) 
02/28/1915 Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953) 
02/28/1915 Zero Mostel, actor, if I were a rich man (Fiddler on the Roof) 
02/28/1917 Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer 
02/28/1917 John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK 
02/28/1918 Alfred Burke, actor (Backfire) 
02/28/1920 Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983-  ) 
02/28/1921 Vladimir Sommer, composer 
02/28/1923 Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie) 
02/28/1924 Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969-  ) 
02/28/1925 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son/Jabberwacky) 
02/28/1926 Seymour Shifrin, composer 
02/28/1926 Stanley Glasser, composer 
02/28/1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin, author (My Life) 
02/28/1928 Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey) 
02/28/1928 Tom Aldredge, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers) 
02/28/1929 Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City) 
02/28/1930 Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972) 
02/28/1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boa 

02/28/1931 Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75) 
02/28/1932 Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match) 
02/28/1932 Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow) 
02/28/1934 Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos) 
02/28/1938 Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979-  ) 
02/28/1939 Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964) 
02/28/1939 John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death) 
02/28/1939 Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend) 
02/28/1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play) 
02/28/1940 Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500) 
02/28/1942 Brian Jones, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) 
02/28/1942 Frank Bonner, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love) 
02/28/1943 Barbara Acklin, Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman) 
02/28/1943 Hans F D˜kstal, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 
02/28/1944 Barbara Acklin, [Allen], US singer (Love makes a woman) 
02/28/1944 Bernadette Peters, [Lazzaro], Queens NY, actress (Jerk, Song & Dance 

02/28/1944 Kelly Bishop, actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn) 
02/28/1945 Charles 'Bubba' Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy) 

02/28/1945 Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina) 
02/28/1945 Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion 

02/28/1947 Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys) 
02/28/1948 Frank Bonner, Little Rock Ark, actor (Herb-WKRP, Sidekicks) 
02/28/1950 Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere) 
02/28/1950 Stephen Chatman, composer 
02/28/1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972) 
02/28/1952 Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel) 
02/28/1952 Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage) 
02/28/1952 Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic) 
02/28/1953 Ricky 'Dragon' Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA 

02/28/1955 Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 
02/28/1955 Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want) 
02/28/1956 Adrian Dantley, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, 1981, 84 top scorer) 
02/28/1957 Cindy Wilson, vocals/percussion (B-52's-Love Shack, Rock Lobster) 
02/28/1957 John Turturro, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever) 
02/28/1957 Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water) 
02/28/1958 Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76) 
02/28/1959 Sydney P Mufamadi, South African SACP-leader 
02/28/1960 Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina) 
02/28/1962 Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984 

02/28/1962 Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire) 
02/28/1965 Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders) 
02/28/1967 Marcus Lillington, rocker (Breathe-All I Need) 
02/28/1969 Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming) 
02/28/1969 Robert Sean Leonard, actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr & Mrs Bridge) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
02/28/1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies 
02/28/1609 Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 
02/28/1618 Philip Willem, Prince of Orange, dies 
02/28/1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 
02/28/1638 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 
02/28/1638 Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier, Huguenot leader, dies 
02/28/1665 Lodew˜k van Nassau, Bavarian diplomat, dies 
02/28/1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 
02/28/1742 Willem J Once-Gravesande, physicist, dies at 53 
02/28/1781 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 
02/28/1784 Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies 
02/28/1796 Freiedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 
02/28/1818 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, dies at 56 
02/28/1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeto 

02/28/1844 Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 

02/28/1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 
02/28/1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 
02/28/1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic) 

02/28/1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 
02/28/1922 Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 
02/28/1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies 
02/28/1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (Reaction of P), dies 
02/28/1929 John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65 
02/28/1935 Alexander WF Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 
02/28/1936 Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 
02/28/1940 Alfonso XIII the Borb˘n, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies 
02/28/1940 Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, dies 
02/28/1941 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1902-31), dies at 54 
02/28/1949 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 
02/28/1959 Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies 
02/28/1960 Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), dies at 68 
02/28/1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies 
02/28/1962 Harold Ogden 'Chic' Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 
02/28/1963 Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 
02/28/1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergense School), dies at 78 

02/28/1965 Adolf Sch„rf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74 
02/28/1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 
02/28/1966 Elliot M See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash 
02/28/1968 Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 
02/28/1968 Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25 
02/28/1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66 
02/28/1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies 
02/28/1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 82 
02/28/1973 Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79 
02/28/1974 Mees Toxopeus, captain KNZHRM ship, dies at 89 
02/28/1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 84 
02/28/1977 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 
02/28/1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 
02/28/1978 Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 
02/28/1979 Jane Hylton, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 
02/28/1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies 
02/28/1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC 
02/28/1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 
02/28/1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 
02/28/1987 Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67 
02/28/1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies 
02/28/1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 
02/28/1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies 
02/28/1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack at 53 in the Bronx 
02/28/1993 Fer A Olthoff, resistance fighter (Slogan), dies 
02/28/1993 Franco Brusati, director/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies 
02/28/1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 
02/28/1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies 
02/28/1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83 
02/28/1994 Pu Jie, b.v. the last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
02/28/ 870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople 
02/28/1066 Westminster Abbey opens 
02/28/1573 Flemish engraver/publisher John 'Hans' Liefrinck (about 54) buried 
02/28/1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia 
02/28/1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 
02/28/1653 Driedaagse Sea battle English beats Dutch 
02/28/1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 
02/28/1692 Salem witch hunt begins 
02/28/1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC 
02/28/1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100 
02/28/1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die 
02/28/1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' 'Tom Jones' published 
02/28/1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves 
02/28/1794 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 
02/28/1810 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 
02/28/1819 1st public performance of a Schubert song, 'Sch„fers Klageleid' 
02/28/1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet 
02/28/1827 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered 
02/28/1835 Dr Elias L”nnrot publishes Finnish poem 'Kalevala' 
02/28/1847 US defeats M‚xico in battle of Sacramento 
02/28/1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast 

02/28/1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc 
02/28/1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 

02/28/1861 Territory of Colorado created 
02/28/1862 The opera 'La Reine de Saba' is produced (Paris) 
02/28/1863 Confederate raider 'Nashville' sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 
02/28/1864 -Mar 3rd] Skermish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford) 
02/28/1864 -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond 
02/28/1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections 

02/28/1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #184 Dejopeja 
02/28/1878 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate 
02/28/1879 'Exodus of 1879' southern blacks flee political/economic exploitatio 

02/28/1879 J Coggia discovers asteroid #193 Ambrosia 
02/28/1882 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard 
02/28/1883 1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston) 
02/28/1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes 
02/28/1891 Oscar Grund‚n skates world record 500m (50.8 sec) 
02/28/1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names 'carborundum' 
02/28/1900 General Bullers troops rescues Ladysmith Natal 
02/28/1906 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Queen's Univ (Kingston Ont) for Stanley Cup 
02/28/1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 
02/28/1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #710 Gertrud 
02/28/1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 
02/28/1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF) 
02/28/1917 AP reports M‚xico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I 
02/28/1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 
02/28/1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 
02/28/1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles 
02/28/1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 
02/28/1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands 
02/28/1924 US begins intervention in Honduras 
02/28/1925 Acting museum of Amsterdam established 
02/28/1925 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp 
02/28/1925 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) 
02/28/1925 Theater Museum of Amsterdam established 
02/28/1929 Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home 
02/28/1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass 
02/28/1932 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1310 Villigera 
02/28/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1724 Vladimir 
02/28/1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD) 
02/28/1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 
02/28/1940 1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's MSG) 
02/28/1940 Richard Wright's 'Native Son' published 
02/28/1940 US population at 131,669,275  (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) 
02/28/1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania 
02/28/1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands 
02/28/1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 
02/28/1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 
02/28/1943 'Porgy & Bess' opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan 
02/28/1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration in Taiwan 
02/28/1951 French govt of Pleven dissolves 
02/28/1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates 
02/28/1952 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1629 Pecker & #1630 Milet 
02/28/1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Chroestsjov & Malenkov 
02/28/1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass 
02/28/1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 
02/28/1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory 
02/28/1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit 
02/28/1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players 

02/28/1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo 
02/28/1960 US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 
02/28/1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor 
02/28/1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN 
02/28/1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes 
02/28/1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 
02/28/1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air 
02/28/1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1793 Zoya 
02/28/1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 
02/28/1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 
02/28/1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 
02/28/1971 Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 
02/28/1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting 
02/28/1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 
02/28/1973 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #3407 & #3627 
02/28/1973 Suriname govt of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders 
02/28/1974 Ethiopian govt of Makonnen forms 
02/28/1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 
02/28/1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd 
02/28/1974 US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years 
02/28/1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 
02/28/1975 EG signs accord of Lom‚ with 46 developing countries 
02/28/1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possessi 

02/28/1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara 
02/28/1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 
02/28/1979 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2612 Kathryn 
02/28/1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2521 
02/28/1980 'The Well-Tuned Piano' by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) 
02/28/1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws 

02/28/1981 China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to agreements with Taiwan 
02/28/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2958 
02/28/1981 S J Bus discovers asteroids #2780 Monnig, #3287, #3307 & #3602 
02/28/1982 AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 
02/28/1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 
02/28/1982 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3288 Seleucus 
02/28/1983 Final TV episode of 'M*A*S*H' airs (CBS); record 125 million watch 
02/28/1986 European Economic Community sign 'Special Act' for Europe free trade 

02/28/1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada 
02/28/1988 Anti-Armeense pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed 
02/28/1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game 
02/28/1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13) 
02/28/1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes publi 

02/28/1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine 
02/28/1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit 

02/28/1991 Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain 
02/28/1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16) 
02/28/1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 
02/28/1993 Iolanda Chen jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) 
  
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