{"id":18790,"date":"2020-02-28T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=18790"},"modified":"2020-02-27T17:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:00:24","slug":"history-of-28-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-28-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 28 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 28 February<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> &#8211; Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco,\u00a0TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211; NATO made its first military strike when\u00a0U.S.\u00a0F-16 fighters shot down four Bosnian Serb warplanes in violation of a no-fly zone over central Bosnia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> &#8211; The Denver International Airport opened after a 16-month delay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Serbian police began a campaign to wipe out &#8220;terrorist gangs&#8221; in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; The Northwest region of the\u00a0U.S., including the state of Washington, was hit by an earthquake that measured 6.9 on the\u00a0Richter Scale. There were no deaths reported.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; In Ahmadabad, India, Hindus set fire to homes in a Muslim neighborhood. At least 55 people were killed in the attack.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; Sotheby&#8217;s auction house announced that it had identified Peter Paul Reubens as the creator of the painting &#8220;The Massacre of the Innocents.&#8221; The painting was previously thought to be by Jan van den Hoecke.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; It was announced that John Madden would be replacing Dennis Miller on &#8220;Monday Night Football.&#8221; Madden signed a four-year $20 million deal with ABC Sports.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> &#8211; NASA&#8217;s New Horizons spacecraft made a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter to change the planned trajectory towards Pluto.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> &#8211; Benedict XVI resigned as pope. He was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to resign voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Florent Serra, French tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Terry Bywater, English basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Noureen DeWulf, American actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Karol\u00edna Kurkov\u00e1, Czech model and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tim Bresnan, English cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Serbian tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tendai Mzungu, Australian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Travis Stevens, American judoka<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jorge Gast\u00e9lum, Mexican footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Carlos Dunlap, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Charles Jenkins, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Angelababy, Chinese actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jake Bugg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 28 February 1986 &#8211; Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm. 1993 &#8211;\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco,\u00a0TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. 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