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February 28 Deaths in History - February 28 Birthdays - February 28 Events
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February 28, 2003 Chris Brasher, British Athlete February 28, 2002 Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76 February 28, 2001 Roger Caras, American Activist February 28, 1996 Daniel Chipenda, angolam politician, dies at 64 February 28, 1995 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69 February 28, 1995 Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92 February 28, 1994 Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86 February 28, 1994 Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88 February 28, 1994 Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77 February 28, 1994 George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92 February 28, 1994 Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90 February 28, 1994 Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87 February 28, 1993 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies February 28, 1993 Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread and Chocolate), dies at 70 February 28, 1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 February 28, 1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94 February 28, 1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82 February 28, 1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 February 28, 1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies February 28, 1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53 February 28, 1991 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies February 28, 1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86 February 28, 1989 Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46 February 28, 1988 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 February 28, 1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 February 28, 1987 Nora Kaye, U.S. ballet dancer, dies at 67 February 28, 1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 February 28, 1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in New York City February 28, 1979 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 February 28, 1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies February 28, 1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 February 28, 1978 Philip Ahn, Los Angeles California, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 February 28, 1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 February 28, 1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83 February 28, 1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89 February 28, 1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 February 28, 1973 Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79 February 28, 1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies February 28, 1968 Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 February 28, 1968 Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25 February 28, 1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66 February 28, 1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet February 28, 1966 Elliot McKay See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash February 28, 1965 Adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74 February 28, 1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78 February 28, 1963 Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 February 28, 1963 Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman February 28, 1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70 February 28, 1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 February 28, 1960 F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 February 28, 1960 Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68 February 28, 1959 Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 February 28, 1953 Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64 February 28, 1949 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 February 28, 1940 Alfonso XIII de Borbon, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies February 28, 1940 Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 February 28, 1936 Pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 February 28, 1935 Alexander W. 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Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 February 28, 1931 Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness February 28, 1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54 February 28, 1929 John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65 February 28, 1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies February 28, 1922 Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 February 28, 1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 February 28, 1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) February 28, 1912 Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies February 28, 1908 Pat Garrett, American Criminal February 28, 1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 February 28, 1903 Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 February 28, 1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 February 28, 1869 Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet February 28, 1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton February 28, 1844 Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton February 28, 1818 Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 February 28, 1796 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 February 28, 1784 Phillis Wheatly, poet, dies February 28, 1781 Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 February 28, 1742 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 February 28, 1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 February 28, 1665 Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies February 28, 1638 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 February 28, 1638 Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies February 28, 1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 February 28, 1618 Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 February 28, 1609 Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 February 28, 1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 February 28, 1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies |