The birth of Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player
The birth of Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer The birth of Jake Bugg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist The birth of Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler The birth of Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player The birth of Charles Jenkins, American basketball player The birth of Carlos Dunlap, American football player The birth of Markéta Irglová, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress The birth of Jorge Gastélum, Mexican footballer The birth of Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player The birth of Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer The birth of Travis Stevens, American judoka The birth of Tendai Mzungu, Australian footballer The birth of Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415. Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.Ī suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.ĭuring the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre. GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.įirst flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.įormer Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.Īn earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale. The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. YearĪndalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum. Historical Events on Awa Imani Birthday (February 28)īelow are historical events that coincided with Awa Imani's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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