February 28
People born on this day are Pisces.
- 1985
The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers.
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Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
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An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.
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A Turkish military memorandum results in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey.
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The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in southern Puget Sound, damages the Seattle metropolitan area.
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During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
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Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so voluntarily since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
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Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.
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Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurates the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.
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The United States and Israel launch attacks across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.
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2005Vitor Roque, Brazilian footballer
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2000Moise Kean, Italian footballer
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2000Josip Šutalo, Croatian footballer
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1999Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player
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1998Teun Koopmeiners, Dutch footballer
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1997Chris Lindstrom, American football player
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1996Jakub Vrána, Czech ice hockey player
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1996Axel Werner, Argentinian footballer
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1995Randy Arozarena, Cuban-Mexican baseball player
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1994Alex Caruso, American basketball player
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1994Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer
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1993Marquis Teague, American basketball player
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