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February 29th
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February 29th is a date that occurs only on leap years in the Gregorian calendar, and is the 60th day of the year.  There
are 306 days remaining until the end of the calendar year.

Births
1468
 - Pope Paul III, last Renaissance Pope
1840 - John Philip Holland, engineer, developed the submarine
1920 - James Mitchell, actor (All My Children)
1936 - Alex Rocco, actor (The Godfather)
1944 - Dennis Farina, actor (Get Shorty)
1972 - Dave Williams, singer, musician (Drowning Pool)
1972 - Antonio Sabàto, Jr, actor, model (General Hospital)
1976 - Ja Rule, rapper, actor

Deaths
1928
- Ina Coolbrith, poet, librarian,
1980 - Gil Elvgren, painter of illustration
2000 - Dennis Danell, guitarist (Social Distortion)

Events
1940
- Gone with the Wind wins eight Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, including best picture.
1944 - During World War II, General Douglas MacArthur leads American troops in an invasion of the Admiralty Islands in
Operation Brewer.
1980 - Gordie Howe makes history by scoring his 800th goal with the Hartford Whalers of the NHL.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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