What happened on February 29
The day that only exists every fourth year. Anyone born on it has had roughly a quarter of the birthdays they are owed, which is the kind of arithmetic this whole app exists for.
15 things that happened
- 1940Hattie McDaniel becoming the first African American to win an OscarSource
- 1712Sweden's calendar oddity of February 30Source
- 1504Columbus using a lunar eclipse to awe Jamaican nativesSource
- 1960the Agadir earthquake that destroyed the Moroccan citySource
- 1996the end of the Siege of SarajevoSource
- 2020Luxembourg making all public transport freeSource
- 2008the unmasking of a fabricated Holocaust-with-wolves memoirSource
- 1980Gordie Howe's 800th NHL goalSource
- 1988the first Canadian MP to come out as gaySource
- 1912the fall of Tandil's balancing Moving StoneSource
- 2020the US–Taliban Doha AgreementSource
- 1940Ernest Lawrence receiving the Nobel Prize in PhysicsSource
- 1704the raid on DeerfieldSource
- 1988the arrest of Desmond Tutu at an anti-apartheid protestSource
- 2008Prince Harry being pulled from his Afghanistan tourSource
Born on February 29
- 1976Ja Rule — hip-hop starSource
- 1960Tony Robbins — motivational speakerSource
- 1792Gioachino Rossini — Barber of Seville composerSource
- 2000Tyrese Haliburton — NBA All-Star guardSource
- 1972Pedro Sánchez — Spanish prime ministerSource
- 1944Dennis Farina — Law & Order actorSource
- 1904Jimmy Dorsey — big band leaderSource
- 1896Morarji Desai — Indian prime ministerSource