Notable Historical Events on February 29th
February 29th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1504 |
Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians |
1692 |
Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne & Tituba, an Indian servant first people to be accused of witchcraft in Salem Mass. |
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 |
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 government of Disraeli forms |
1880 |
Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy completed |
1892 |
Britain & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea |
1892 |
St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated. |
1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus |
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 |
12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh win |
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 |
2004 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising. |
2004 |
76th Academy Awards - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Sean Penn & Charlize Theron win |
2016 |
Indian Government Announces Steps to Double Farmers' Incomes |
2016 |
NY judge backs Apple in encryption fight with government |
2016 |
Google says it bears 'some responsibility' after self-driving car hit bus |
2016 |
Suicide bombings kill 40 in eastern Iraq, eight west of Baghdad |
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