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February 29 , also known as leap day or leap year day , is a date added to leap years . A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the Sun ), including the Gregorian calendar standard in most of the world. Lunisolar calendars (whose months are based on the phases of the Moon ) instead add a leap or intercalary month.[1] Gregorian calendar , and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is also the last day of February on leap years.
1504 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.1644 – Abel Tasman 's second Pacific voyage begins.1704 – Queen Anne's War : French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony , killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.1712 – February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar .1720 – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.1752 – King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty , the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.1768 – Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation .1796 – The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.1864 – American Civil War : Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.1892 – St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.1912 – The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.1916 – Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.1916 – Child labor : In South Carolina , the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old. 1920 – Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution .1936 – February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.1940 – 12th Academy Awards : For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award .1940 – Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations. 1940 – In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California , physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco . 1944 – World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur .1960 – The 5.7 Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme ) , destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.1972 – Vietnam War : Vietnamization : South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam .1980 – Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.1984 – Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada .1988 – South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town .1988 – Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay . 1992 – First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum .1996 – Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.1996 – Siege of Sarajevo officially ends. 2000 – Second Chechen War : Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.2004 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup .2008 – The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.2008 – Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years the Holocaust . 2020 – 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries : Joe Biden wins the South Carolina Democratic Party primary election.[2] 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic : South Korea reports a total of 3,150 confirmed cases of COVID-19 .[3] 1468 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)1528 – Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1579)1528 – Domingo Báñez , Spanish theologian (d. 1604) 1572 – Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (d. 1638)1576 – Antonio Neri , Florentine priest and glassmaker (d. 1614)1640 – Benjamin Keach , Particular Baptist preacher and author whose name was given to Keach's Catechism (d. 1704)1692 – John Byrom , English poet and educator (d. 1763)1724 – Eva Marie Veigel , Austrian-English dancer (d. 1822)1736 – Ann Lee , English-American religious leader, founded the Shakers (d. 1784)1792 – Gioachino Rossini , Italian composer (d. 1868)1812 – James Milne Wilson , Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)1828 – Emmeline B. Wells , American journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1921)1836 – Dickey Pearce , American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)1852 – Frank Gavan Duffy , Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1936)1860 – Herman Hollerith , American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (d. 1929)1876 – William Stewart , Scottish footballer1884 – Richard S. Aldrich , American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)1892 – Augusta Savage , American sculptor (d. 1962)1896 – Morarji Desai , Indian civil servant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)1896 – William A. Wellman , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1975) 1904 – Jimmy Dorsey , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957)1904 – Pepper Martin , American baseball player and manager (d. 1965) 1908 – Balthus , French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001)1908 – Dee Brown , American historian and author (d. 2002) 1908 – Alf Gover , English cricketer and coach (d. 2001) 1908 – Louie Myfanwy Thomas , Welsh writer (d. 1968) 1916 – Dinah Shore , American singer and actress (d. 1994)1916 – James B. Donovan , American lawyer (d. 1970) 1916 – Leonard Shoen , founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999) 1920 – Fyodor Abramov , Russian author and critic (d. 1983)1920 – Arthur Franz , American actor (d. 2006) 1920 – James Mitchell , American actor and dancer (d. 2010) 1920 – Michèle Morgan , French-American actress and singer (d. 2016) 1920 – Howard Nemerov , American poet and academic (d. 1991) 1920 – Rolland W. Redlin , American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) 1924 – David Beattie , New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001)1924 – Carlos Humberto Romero , Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2017) 1924 – Al Rosen , American baseball player and manager (d. 2015) 1928 – Joss Ackland , English actor1928 – Jean Adamson , British writer and illustrator[4] 1928 – Vance Haynes , American archaeologist, geologist, and author 1928 – Seymour Papert , South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-created the Logo programming language (d. 2016) 1932 – Gene H. Golub , American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)1932 – Masten Gregory , American race car driver (d. 1985) 1932 – Reri Grist , American soprano and actress 1932 – Jaguar , Brazilian cartoonist 1932 – Gavin Stevens , Australian cricketer 1936 – Jack Lousma , American colonel, astronaut, and politician1936 – Henri Richard , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020) 1936 – Alex Rocco , American actor (d. 2015) 1936 – Nh. Dini , Indonesian writer (d. 2018) 1940 – Sonja Barend , Dutch talk show host1940 – Bartholomew I of Constantinople 1940 – William H. Turner, Jr. , American horse trainer 1944 – Ene Ergma , Estonian physicist and politician1944 – Dennis Farina , American police officer and actor (d. 2013) 1944 – Nicholas Frayling , English priest and academic 1944 – Phyllis Frelich , American actress (d. 2014) 1944 – Steve Mingori , American baseball player (d. 2008) 1944 – Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri , Italian author and illustrator 1944 – Lennart Svedberg , Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1972).[5] 1948 – Hermione Lee , English author, critic, and academic1948 – Manoel Maria , Brazilian footballer 1948 – Patricia A. McKillip , American author 1948 – Henry Small , American-born Canadian singer 1952 – Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush , American journalist and producer1952 – Tim Powers , American author and educator 1952 – Raisa Smetanina , Russian cross-country skier 1952 – Bart Stupak , American police officer and politician 1956 – Jonathan Coleman , English-Australian radio and television host1956 – Bob Speller , Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture 1956 – Aileen Wuornos , American serial killer (d. 2002) 1960 – Lucian Grainge , English businessman1960 – Khaled , Algerian singer-songwriter 1960 – Richard Ramirez , American serial killer (d. 2013) 1964 – Dave Brailsford , English cyclist and coach1964 – Lyndon Byers , Canadian ice hockey player and radio host 1964 – Mervyn Warren , American tenor, composer, and producer 1968 – Chucky Brown , American basketball player and coach1968 – Gareth Farr , New Zealand composer and percussionist 1968 – Pete Fenson , American curler and sportscaster 1968 – Naoko Iijima , Japanese actress and model 1968 – Bryce Paup , American football player and coach 1968 – Howard Tayler , American author and illustrator 1968 – Eugene Volokh , Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator 1968 – Frank Woodley , Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter 1972 – Mike Pollitt , English footballer and coach1972 – Sylvie Lubamba , Italian showgirl 1972 – Antonio Sabàto Jr. , Italian-American model and actor 1972 – Pedro Sánchez , Prime Minister of Spain 1972 – Dave Williams , American singer (d. 2002) 1972 – Saul Williams , American singer-songwriter[6] 1972 – Pedro Zamora , Cuban-American activist and educator (d. 1994) 1976 – Vonteego Cummings , American basketball player1976 – Gehad Grisha , Egyptian soccer referee 1976 – Katalin Kovács , Hungarian sprint kayaker[7] 1976 – Terrence Long , American baseball player 1976 – Ja Rule , American rapper and actor 1980 – Çağdaş Atan , Turkish footballer and coach1980 – Chris Conley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1980 – Patrick Côté , Canadian mixed martial artist 1980 – Simon Gagné , Canadian ice hockey player 1980 – Rubén Plaza , Spanish cyclist 1980 – Peter Scanavino , American actor 1980 – Clinton Toopi , New Zealand rugby league player 1980 – Taylor Twellman , American soccer player and sportscaster[8] 1984 – Rica Imai , Japanese model and actress1984 – Cullen Jones , American swimmer[9] 1984 – Nuria Martínez , Spanish basketball player 1984 – Lena Raine , American video game composer and producer [10] 1984 – Adam Sinclair , Indian field hockey player 1984 – Rakhee Thakrar , English actress 1984 – Dennis Walger , German rugby player 1984 – Cam Ward , Canadian ice hockey player 1984 – Mark Foster , American singer, songwriter and musician 1988 – Lena Gercke , German model and television host1988 – Benedikt Höwedes , German footballer 1988 – Brent Macaffer , Australian Rules footballer[11] 1988 – Bobby Sanguinetti , American ice hockey player 1988 – Milan Melindo , Filipino boxer 1992 – Sean Abbott , Australian cricketer1992 – Ben Hampton , Australian rugby league player 1992 – Eric Kendricks , American football player[12] 1992 – Caitlin EJ Meyer , American actress 1996 – Nelson Asofa-Solomona , New Zealand rugby league player1996 – Reece Prescod , British sprinter[13] 1996 – Claudia Williams , New Zealand tennis player 2000 – Ferran Torres , Spanish footballer468 – Pope Hilarius 992 – Oswald of Worcester , Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (b. 925)1212 – Hōnen , Japanese monk, founded Jōdo-shū (b. 1133)1460 – Albert III , Duke of Bavaria-Munich (b. 1401)1528 – Patrick Hamilton , Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (b. 1504)1592 – Alessandro Striggio , Italian composer and diplomat (b. 1540)1600 – Caspar Hennenberger , German pastor, historian and cartographer (b. 1529)1604 – John Whitgift , English archbishop and academic (b. 1530)1740 – Pietro Ottoboni , Italian cardinal (b. 1667)1744 – John Theophilus Desaguliers , French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)1792 – Johann Andreas Stein , German piano builder (b. 1728)1820 – Johann Joachim Eschenburg , German historian and critic (b. 1743)1848 – Louis-François Lejeune , French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)1852 – Matsudaira Katataka , Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)1868 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)1880 – James Milne Wilson , Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)1908 1920 – Ernie Courtney , American baseball player (b. 1875)1928 1940 – E. F. Benson , English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)1944 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud , Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)1948 1952 – Quo Tai-chi , Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)1956 – Elpidio Quirino , Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)1960 1964 – Frank Albertson , American actor and singer (b. 1909)1968 1972 – Tom Davies , American football player and coach (b. 1896)1976 – Florence P. Dwyer , American politician (b. 1902)1980 1984 – Ludwik Starski , Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903)1988 – Sidney Harmon , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)1992 – Ruth Pitter , English poet and author (b. 1897)1996 Wes Farrell , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)Ralph Rowe , American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1924)2000 – Dennis Danell , American guitarist (b. 1961)2004 2008 2012 2016 Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Lerner, Ed. K. Lee; Lerner, Brenda W. (2004). "Calendar". The Gale Encyclopedia of Science . Detroit, MI: Gale . pp. 679–82. ^ "South Carolina Democratic Primary Results" . USA Today . Retrieved December 31, 2020 .^ Hoffmann E (February 29, 2020). "South Korea reports a record jump in coronavirus cases" . SeekingAlpha.com . Retrieved December 31, 2020 . ^ "Jean Adamson" . Goldsmiths, University of London . Retrieved January 7, 2020 .^ Thomas Kingdahl (October 5, 2018). 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