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February 29 in recent years
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February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of February in leap years, with the exception of 1712 in Sweden. It is also the last day of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the last day of meteorological summer in the Southern Hemisphere in leap years.

In the Gregorian calendar, the standard civil calendar used in most of the world, February 29 is added in each year that is an integer multiple of four, unless it is evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400. For example, 1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was. The Julian calendar—since 1923 a liturgical calendar—has a February 29 every fourth year without exception. Consequently, February 29 in the Julian calendar, since 1900, falls 13 days later than February 29 in the Gregorian, until the year 2100.

The convention of using February 29 was not widely accepted before the 15th century; from Julian's edict until the 16th century (formally), February 24 was doubled instead.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1904Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (d. 1957)
  • 1904 – Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
  • 1908Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
  • 1908 – Dee Brown, American historian and author (d. 2002)
  • 1908 – Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (d. 2001)
  • 1908 – Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (d. 1968)
  • 1912Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (d. 1978)
  • 1916 – James B. Donovan, American lawyer (d. 1970)
  • 1916 – Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999)
  • 1920 – Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (d. 1983)
  • 1920 – Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)
  • 1920 – James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (d. 2010)
  • 1920 – Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (d. 2016)
  • 1920 – Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
  • 1924 – David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001)
  • 1924 – Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2017)
  • 1924 – Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1928 – Joss Ackland, English actor (d. 2023)
  • 1928 – Jean Adamson, British writer and illustrator (Topsy and Tim)
  • 1928 – Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist and author
  • 1928 – Michael Henshall, English Anglican suffragan bishop (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (d. 2016)
  • 1928 – Tempest Storm, born Annie Banks, "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers", American burlesque performer and actress (d. 2021)
  • 1932 – Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)
  • 1932 – Masten Gregory, American race car driver (d. 1985)
  • 1932 – Reri Grist, American soprano and actress
  • 1932 – Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist
  • 1932 – Gavin Stevens, Australian cricketer
  • 1936 – Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer (d. 2018)
  • 1936 – Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut and politician
  • 1936 – Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
  • 1936 – Alex Rocco, American actor (d. 2015)
  • 1940 – Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host
  • 1944Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (d. 2013)
  • 1944 – Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic
  • 1944 – Phyllis Frelich, American actress (d. 2014)
  • 1944 – Steve Mingori, American baseball player (d. 2008)
  • 1944 – Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian author and illustrator
  • 1944 – Lennart Svedberg, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1972).
  • 1944 – Saeed Poursamimi, Iranian actor
  • 1948Hermione Lee, English author, critic and academic
  • 1948 – Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer
  • 1948 – Patricia A. McKillip, American author (d. 2022)
  • 1952 – Tim Powers, American author and educator
  • 1952 – Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
  • 1952 – Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician
  • 1956Knut Agnred, Swedish singer, actor and comedian.
  • 1956 – Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (d. 2021)
  • 1956 – Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2021)
  • 1960Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter
  • 1960 – Tony Robbins, American author and motivational activist
  • 1964 – Dave Brailsford, English cyclist and coach
  • 1964 – Carmel Busuttil, former Maltese footballer
  • 1964 – Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
  • 1964 – Mervyn Warren, American tenor, composer and producer
  • 1968Chucky Brown, American basketball player and coach
  • 1968 – Gareth Farr, New Zealand composer and percussionist
  • 1968 – Pete Fenson, American curler
  • 1968 – Bryce Paup, American football player and coach
  • 1968 – Howard Tayler, American author and illustrator
  • 1968 – Eugene Volokh, Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator
  • 1968 – Frank Woodley, Australian actor, producer and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl
  • 1972 – Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach
  • 1972 – Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor
  • 1972 – Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
  • 1972 – Dave Williams, American singer (d. 2002)
  • 1972 – Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter
  • 1972 – Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist and educator (d. 1994)
  • 1976Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
  • 1976 – Terrence Long, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
  • 1980 – Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach
  • 1980 – Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist
  • 1980 – Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1980 – Taylor Twellman, American soccer player and sportscaster
  • 1980 – Peter Scanavino, American actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
  • 1984Darren Ambrose, English footballer
  • 1984 – Rica Imai, Japanese model and actress
  • 1984 – Cullen Jones, American swimmer
  • 1984 – Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player
  • 1984 – Lena Raine, American video game composer and producer
  • 1984 – Rakhee Thakrar, English actress
  • 1984 – Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician
  • 1988Lena Gercke, German model and television host
  • 1988 – Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
  • 1988 – Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules footballer
  • 1988 – Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor
  • 1992Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer
  • 1992 – Eric Kendricks, American football player
  • 1992 – Jessica Long, American paralympic swimmer
  • 1992 – Jessie T. Usher, American actor
  • 1992 – Saphir Taïder, Algerian footballer
  • 1996 – Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1996 – Norberto Briasco, Argentine-Armenian footballer
  • 1996 – Reece Prescod, British sprinter
  • 1996 – Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player
  • 2000Tyrese Haliburton, American basketball player
  • 2000 – Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer
  • 2000 – Jesper Lindstrøm, Danish footballer
  • 2004 – Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

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Holidays and observances

  • As a Christian feast day:
    • Saint John Cassian
    • February 29 in the Orthodox church
  • Rare Disease Day (in leap years; usually celebrated in common years on February 28)
  • Bachelor's Day (Ireland and United Kingdom)

See also

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