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February 29 Events in History - February 29 Birthdays - February 29 Deaths
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February 29, 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 February 29, 2000 At least 700 died in flooding in Mozambique February 29, 1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup February 29, 1992 Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open February 29, 1992 Professional Spring Football League begins February 29, 1988 KWK-FM in St. Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG February 29, 1988 Mark Greatbatch scores 107* vs. England on Test Cricket debut February 29, 1988 New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs February 29, 1988 Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WW II deportations February 29, 1984 Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down February 29, 1980 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals February 29, 1980 Michael Bracey ends 59 h 55 m trapped in an elevator, England February 29, 1972 Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year February 29, 1972 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party February 29, 1968 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) February 29, 1968 Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy February 29, 1968 Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony, premieres February 29, 1968 U.S. end regular flights with nuclear bombs February 29, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 29, 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks February 29, 1964 "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 28 performances February 29, 1964 Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 m February 29, 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson reveals U.S. 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, 1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts February 29, 1960 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago February 29, 1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec February 29, 1960 John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue February 29, 1960 KRET TV channel 23 in Richardson, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting February 29, 1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan February 29, 1956 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term February 29, 1952 Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB February 29, 1952 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of GER February 29, 1952 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of FRA February 29, 1952 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA February 29, 1948 Stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died February 29, 1944 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death February 29, 1944 U.S. troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands February 29, 1940 45 U boats sunk this month (170,000 ton) February 29, 1940 Frederic from G and S "Pirates of Penzance" finally released by pirate February 29, 1940 "Gone with the Wind," wins 8 Oscars February 29, 1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st black woman to win an Oscar February 29, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs 2nd neutrality act February 29, 1932 Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland February 29, 1908 Dutch scientists produce solid helium February 29, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal February 29, 1892 Britian and U.S. sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea February 29, 1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed February 29, 1868 1st British government of Disraeli forms February 29, 1856 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease February 29, 1848 Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland February 29, 1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris February 29, 1832 Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil February 29, 1816 Dutch King Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna February 29, 1796 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England February 29, 1784 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille February 29, 1720 Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns February 29, 1704 French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100 February 29, 1692 Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem February 29, 1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians |