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Saturday, 28 February 2026

2007

Jupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft.

2005

Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut.

A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.

2004

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

2001

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.

Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.

1998

Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.

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.

1997

The North Hollywood shootout takes place.

A postmodern coup takes places in Turkey.

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