Other Notable Events, February 28

In 2005, at least 125 Iraqi police recruits and others were killed when a suicide bomber drove into a crowd outside a government office south of Baghdad.

In 2006, at least 25 people died in an explosion outside a Shiite mosque in Baghdad and 33 more were killed in three other bombings.

In 2007, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Diego declared bankruptcy, halting trials on about 150 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children by priests.

In 2008, rivals in the disputed Kenyan presidential election signed a power-sharing agreement in an effort to end a violent 2-month aftermath in which an estimated 1,500 people died and as many as 600,000 were displaced.

Also in 2008, Prince Harry, third in line for the British throne, was pulled from the front lines in Afghanistan immediately after word got out that the prince was on army duty. He had spent 10 weeks in the war zone. The British media knew of the deployment but kept quiet until the story broke on a U.S. website.

In 2009, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accepted U.S. President Barack Obama's nomination as secretary of health and human services after former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., withdrew over a tax problem.

Also in 2009, radio broadcasting icon Paul Harvey, who entertained generations of listeners with his news and comments, died. He was 90.

In 2010, the Winter Olympics came to a close in Vancouver with host Canada winning the most gold medals (14) and the United States first in overall medals (37) including nine gold.

Also in 2010, a powerful winter storm with high winds and heavy rain killed more than 50 people in four European countries.

In 2011, the U.S. Labor Department announced the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.9 percent in February with 192,000 jobs added, the sharpest jobs increase since June.

In 2012, financial experts warned that the U.S. economic growth would move slowly as the year progressed. At the end of February the Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.5 percent, closing at 12,952.07.