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February 28th, 2008EventFormer Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to Thailand after months of exile.
February 28th, 2007EventJupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft.
February 28th, 2005EventLebanon s pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut.
February 28th, 2005EventA suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
February 28th, 2004EventOver 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, 2001EventThe 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, 2001EventSix passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
February 28th, 1998EventFirst 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, 1998EventKosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
February 28th, 1997EventThe North Hollywood shootout takes place.

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