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1468 Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) 1692 Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) 1728 Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) 1736 Anna Lee, Manchester, England, founded Shaker movement in America 1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) 1792 Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist (discovered human ovum) 1828 Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela 1840 John Philip Holland, pioneer in submarine building 1860 Herman Hollerith, inventor (1st electric tabulating machine) 1896 Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer 1896 William W Wellman, Brookline Mass, director (Star is Born) 19-- John Roarke, Providence RI, comedian (Fridays) 1900 Edna Swithenbank Manley, Jamaican sculptor, wife of PM 1900 Yorgos Sef‚ris, [Seferi dis], Greek diplomat/poet (Strofi) 1920 Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Invaders From Mars, Young Lions) 1920 James Mitchell, Sacramento Calif, actor (Palmer-All My Children) 1920 Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72) 1920 Michele Morgan, [Simone Roussel], France, actress (Joan of Paris) 1936 Alex Rocco, actor (Blue Knight, Stanley, Stunt Man) 1936 Alwin Schockemohle, Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1976) 1936 Henri "Rocket" Richard, NHL center (Montr‚al Canadiens) 1936 Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids Mich, Col USMC/astronaut (Skylab 3, STS-3) 1944 Dennis Farina, actor (Mike Torello-Crime Story) 1948 Nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976) 1948 Patricia [Anne] McKillip, US, sci-fi author (Fool's Run) 1948 Yuri Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976) 1952 Bart Stupak, (Rep-D-Michigan) 1952 Raisa Smetanina, USSR, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1952 Susan Sennett, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama) 1952 Tim[othy] Powers, US, sci-fi author (Epitaph in Rust, Night Moves) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 29468 Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1604 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at about 74 1852 John Landseer, printer & engraver for Royal Academy, dies 1868 [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bayern (Lola Montez), dies 1928 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies 1932 "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies 1980 Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61 1984 Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83 1992 Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 29Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 29468 [RC] Commemoration of St Hilarius, pope (461-68), calendar reformer 992 [Christian] Commemoration of St Oswald, archbishop of York Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 29[Ancient Rome] Prid Kal Mar [World] Leap Day/Bachelor Day 468 St Hilary ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians 1692 Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem 1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 1784 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille 1796 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England 1836 Rossini's opera "Les Huguenots" premiers in Paris 1848 Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland 1856 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease 1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens 1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #214 Aschera 1892 Britian & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal 1932 Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua-motion in Finland 1944 US troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands 1952 Dick Button wins his 5th consecutive world figure skating title 1956 Islamic Republic established in Pakistan 1956 Pres Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term 1960 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago 1960 Earthquake devastates Agadir Morocco, about 12,000 die 1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec 1960 JFK makes "missile gap" the presidential campaign issue 1960 KRET TV channel 23 in Richardson, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 m 1964 LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter 1964 NC high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime 1968 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1976 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2105 Gudy 1980 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals 1980 Michael Bracey ends 59 h 55 m trapped in an elevator, England 1984 Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down 1988 KWK-FM in St Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG 1988 NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1988 Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WW II deportations 1992 The Professional Spring Football League begins Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 29øF highest temperature for this date in NYC øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 60th day of the year with 305 days left (Numerology = 4) Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 2902/29/52 --- Blue Tango --- Winterhalter, Hugo 02/29/64 --- Hello, Dolly! --- Armstrong, Louis |
