February 29

Important event in history that happen in 29 februari, Февруари, Únor, veebruar, फ़रवरी, febbraio, veljača, februāris, vasaris, február, Frar, Pebrero, luty, février, februarie, Февраль, фебруар, febrero, helmikuu, กุมภาพันธ์, Şubat, Лютий, tháng hai, Φεβρουάριος, Shk.

1504 - Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
1692 - Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
1696 - English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption
1704 - French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100
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.
1720 - Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns
1780 - The Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University.
1784 - Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
1796 - Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
1816 - Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
1832 - Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil
1836 - Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris
1848 - Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland
1856 - Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease
1868 - 1st British govt of Disraeli forms
1880 - Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy completed
1892 - Britian & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea
1892 - St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
1904 - Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal
1908 - Dutch scientists produce solid helium
1932 - Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland
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.
1936 - FDR signs 2nd neutrality act
1940 - 45 U boats sunk this month (170,000 ton)
1940 - Frederic from G & S "Pirates of Penzance" finally released by pirate
1940 - "Gone with the Wind," wins 8 Oscars
1940 - Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st black woman to win an Oscar
1940 - Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations
1944 - 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death
1944 - US troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands
1948 - Stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died
1952 - Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood & Demmy GRB
1952 - Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk & Paul Falk of GER
1952 - Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of FRA
1952 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA
1952 - The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority.
1956 - Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan
1956 - Pres Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term
1960 - 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago
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 - "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances
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 announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)
1968 - Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy
1968 - Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony, premieres
1968 - US end regular flights with nuclear bombs
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism & demands aid given to blacks
1972 - Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1972 - Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party
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 - Mark Greatbatch scores 107* v England on Test Cricket debut
1988 - NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs
1988 - Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WW II deportations
1992 - Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1992 - Professional Spring Football League begins
1996 - Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
1996 - Soyuz TM-23, lands
2000 - At least 700 died in flooding in Mozambique
2004 - 76th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King sweeps all eleven nominations, including Best Picture, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron win lead acting awards
2004 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising.