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- February 29, 1288 It becomes legal in Scotland for a woman to propose marriage to a man.
- February
29, 1504 Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile
Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food. (And I went to
Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx 444 years later!) - February 29, 1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
- February
29, 1528 "Patrick Hamilton, student of Parid, Louvain, St Andrews,
Marburg, Abbot of Fearn, burned at St Andrew for heresy, the first
Reformation martyr in Scotland" - February 29, 1692 "Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem"
- February 29, 1696 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption (Some things stay the same!)
- February
29, 1704 "Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans attack
and destroy Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 100 men, women, and
children." - February
29, 1712 "February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move
to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style." - February 29, 1720 "Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I."
- February 29, 1784 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
- February 29, 1796 "Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England"
- February 29, 1816 Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
- February 29, 1848 Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland
- February 29, 1856 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease
- February
29, 1864 "American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails - Plans to
free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are
thwarted." - February 29, 1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens
- February 29, 1892 Britain & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea
- February 29, 1892 "St. Petersburg, Florida incorporated."
- February 29, 1904 "Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal"
- February 29, 1908 Dutch scientists produce solid helium
- February
29, 1916 "Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for
factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years
old." (And 96 years later Newt wants kids to work for nothing.) - February 29, 1932 Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland
- February
29, 1932 "TIME magazine features eccentric American politician William
""Alfalfa"" Murray on its cover after Murray stated his intention to run
for President of the United States." - February
29, 1936 "Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio
program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air." (And 28 years later I go see
Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl".) - February 29, 1936 FDR signs 2nd neutrality act
- February 29, 1940 """Gone with the Wind,"" wins 8 Oscars"
- February 29, 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations
- February
29, 1940 "For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel
becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award." - February
29, 1940 "In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, due to the war,
physicist Ernest Lawrence receives his 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from
the Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco." - February 29, 1944 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death
- February 29, 1944 "US troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands"
- February
29, 1944 World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in the
American General Douglas MacArthur-led Operation Brewer. - February 29, 1948 "Stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died"
- February 29, 1952 Dick Button wins his 5th consecutive world figure skating title
- February 29, 1952 The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority.
- February 29, 1956 Islamic Republic established in Pakistan
- February 29, 1956 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term (And Obama does same 56 years later????)
- February
29, 1960 "An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly
destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country." - February 29, 1960 "Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 seconds"
- February 29, 1960 Hugh Hefner opens the first Playboy Club in Chicago.
- February 29, 1960 "JFK makes ""missile gap"" the Presidential campaign issue"
- February 29, 1964 "Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 meters"
- February
29, 1964 "In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world
record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds)."
(And 8 years later I go to Sidney!) - February 29, 1964 LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter
- February 29, 1964 North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
- February
29, 1968 "Beatles' ""Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" wins
Grammy" (43 years later I see "Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles") - February 29, 1968 Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell announces the discovery of the first pulsar (a star that emits regular radio waves).
- February 29, 1968 US end regular flights with nuclear bombs
- February
29, 1972 "Hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000
a year"Â (And 1972 is one of the best years in my life financially!) - February
29, 1972 "Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating
antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican
Party" (Some things never change!) - February 29, 1972 "Vietnam War: Vietnamization - South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam."
- February 29, 1980 Gordie Howe becomes first NHL player to score 800 career goals
- February 29, 1980 "Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55 minutes trapped in an elevator, England"
- February 29, 1980 "Yigal Allon, former Israeli foreign minister and supporter of Israeli independence, dies at age 61."
- February 29, 1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces he is leaving office after serving over 15 years.
- February 29, 1988 Mark Greatbatch scores 107 vs England on Test Cricket debut
- February 29, 1988 Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WWII deportations
- February 29, 1988 "NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a ""WIMP"" in the war on drugs"
- February
29, 1988 South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with
100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape
Town - February 29, 1992 Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
- February 29, 1992 The Professional Spring Football League begins
- February 29, 1996 "A Peruvian Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 people aboard."
- February
29, 1996 "Daniel Green is convicted of murdering the father of
basketball star Michael Jordan during a 1993 holdup, and is sentenced to
life in prison." - February 29, 1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
- February
29, 1996 Novelist Joan Collins awarded US $1 million from Random House
for breach of contract. (And she didn't give me any of it for my 15 Leap
Year Birthday!) - February 29, 1996 "Soyuz TM-23, lands"
- February
29, 2000 "Six year old Dedrick Owens shoots and kills Kayla Rolland,
also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris
Township, Michigan. Rolland is currently the youngest victim of a school
shooting 2000 Feb 29 Destiny's Child Release "Say My Name" Single in the US "Say
My Name" is a song by American R&B group Destiny's Child. The song
was the third single from the group's 1999 album The Writing's on the
Wall, released through Columbia label in 2000...2000 Feb 29 The Smashing Pumpkins release MACHINA/The Machines of God MACHINA/The
Machines of God is The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, released
on February 29, 2000. A concept album, it marked the return of drummer
Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended...2004 Feb 29 76th Academy Awards The
76th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2003 and was
broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC
beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. EST, February...(And I wasn't
invited!!!)2004 Feb 29 Jean-Bertrand Aristide is Ousted from Power in Coup d'État The
2004 Haiti rebellion was a coup d'etat that happened after conflicts
that occurred for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004. It
resulted in the premature end of President Jean-...2008 Feb 29 Boston Celtics defeat Charlotte Bobcats, 108-100 While
several players talked openly about the likely addition of veteran
point guard Sam Cassell, Celtics coach Doc Rivers had a more immediate
issue on his mind. "I'm not worried abou...2008 Feb 29 FDA Approves Wyeth's Pristiq Desvenlafaxine
is an antidepressant (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
type-SNRI) used in the treatment of depression. It works by restoring
the balance of natural substances
