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February 28th, 2008 | Event | Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to Thailand after months of exile. |
February 28th, 2007 | Event | Jupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft. |
February 28th, 2005 | Event | Lebanon s pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut. |
February 28th, 2005 | Event | A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. |
February 28th, 2004 | Event | Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947 |
February 28th, 2001 | Event | The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington. |
February 28th, 2001 | Event | Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash. |
February 28th, 1998 | Event | First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace. |
February 28th, 1998 | Event | Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo. |
February 28th, 1997 | Event | The North Hollywood shootout takes place. |
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