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02/28/1988
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Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
Type: Event
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02/28/1988
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Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
Type: Death
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02/28/1989
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Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
Type: Event
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02/28/1989
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Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
Type: Event
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02/28/1989
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Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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02/28/1989
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Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
Type: Death
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02/28/1990
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Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
Type: Event
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02/28/1990
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US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
Type: Event
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02/28/1990
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Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1990
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Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
Type: Death
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02/28/1990
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Tuppy Owen-Smith, S Afr cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1991
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"Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
Type: Event
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02/28/1991
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"Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances
Type: Event
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02/28/1991
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Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
Type: Event
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02/28/1991
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Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
Type: Event
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02/28/1991
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US and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
Type: Event
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02/28/1991
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Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1992
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Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
Type: Death
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02/28/1992
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Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1992
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La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
Type: Death
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02/28/1993
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"Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
Type: Event
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02/28/1993
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7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins
Type: Event
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02/28/1993
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Gun battle erupts at Waco Texas between FBI and Branch Davidians
Type: Event
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02/28/1993
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Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
Type: Event
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02/28/1993
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Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife
Type: Event
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02/28/1993
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Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1993
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Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread and Chocolate), dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/28/1993
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Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/28/1993
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Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94
Type: Death
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02/28/1993
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Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
Type: Death
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02/28/1994
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100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco Texas
Type: Event
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02/28/1994
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Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
Type: Event
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02/28/1994
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Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
Type: Death
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02/28/1994
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Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88
Type: Death
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02/28/1994
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Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/28/1994
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George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92
Type: Death
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02/28/1994
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Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
Type: Death
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02/28/1994
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Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/28/1995
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Denver International Airport opens
Type: Event
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02/28/1995
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Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/28/1995
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Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
Type: Death
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02/28/1995
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Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
Type: Death
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02/28/1996
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38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins
Type: Event
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02/28/1996
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Daniel Chipenda, angolam politician, dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/28/1997
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Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
Type: Event
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02/28/1997
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FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
Type: Event
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02/28/1997
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Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
Type: Event
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02/28/1998
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"View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
Type: Event
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02/28/1998
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Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
Type: Event
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