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History of 28 February
History of 28 February
1986 - Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm.
1993 - U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed...
History of 27 February
History of 27 February
1981 - Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of...
History of 26 February
History of 26 February
1986 - Corazon Aquino was inaugurated president of the Philippines. Long time President Ferdinand Marcos went into exile.
1987 -...
History of 25 February
History of 25 February
1986 - Filippino President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule after a tainted election.
1999...
History of 24 February
History of 24 February
1992 - "Wayne's World" opened in U.S. theaters.
1992 - Tracy Gold began working on the set of "Growing Pains"...
History of 23 February
History of 23 February
1991 - During the Persian Gulf War, ground forces crossed the border of Saudi Arabia into the country of Iraq....
History of 22 February
History of 22 February
1984 - The U.S. Census Bureau statistics showed that the state of Alaska was the fastest-growing state of the decade with an increase...
History of 6 January
History of 6 January
1982 - William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles, CA, of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14...
History of 5 January
History of 5 January
1900 - In Ireland, Nationalist leader John Edward Redmond called for a revolt against British rule.
1903 - The general...
History of 5 June
History of 5 June
1917 - American men began registering for the World War I draft.
1924 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson transmitted the first facsimile...
History of 4 June
History of 4 June
1960 - The Taiwan island of Quemoy was hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China.
1974 -...
History of 3 June
History of 3 June
1923 - In Italy, Benito Mussolini granted women the right to vote.
1932 - Lou Gehrig set a major league baseball record...