This is the last day of February, which happens once every four years, says Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, February 29 is the 60th day of the year. There are 306 days left in the year.
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1288 – Scotland sets February 29 as the day when a woman can propose marriage to a man. If he refuses, he has to pay a fine.
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1504 – Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to scare Jamaican Indians.
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1712 – in Sweden after February 29 is February 30.
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1762 – Peter III signs a manifesto on the independence of the nobility. The nobles were exempt from compulsory military and civil service, they were given the right to freely travel abroad, enter the service there, and were allowed to receive education not only in educational institutions, but also at home.
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1768 – The Bar Confederation is proclaimed in the city church of Bar.
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1944 – UPA assassination attempt on the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Army General Nikolai Vatutin, resulting in his death on April 15.
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2004 – The Bearer of the Rings: The Return of the King received 11 Oscars.
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925 – Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York.
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1784 – Leo von Klenze, German architect.
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1792 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer.
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1860 – Hermann Hollerith, founder of IBM, inventor of the tabulator.
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1868 – Lev Lopatinsky, actor and director, director of the Russian People’s Theater (Galicia).
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1908 – Maria Beck, Ukrainian lawyer, statesman, political and public figure in the USA, the first female mayor of Detroit.
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1912 – Yakov Tseglyar, Ukrainian composer.
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1932 – Yuri Bogatykov, Soviet and Ukrainian singer (baritone).
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1940 – Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch, issued the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
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1940 – Jozsef Szabo, Soviet football player, Ukrainian football coach.
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1952 – Raisa Smetanina, Soviet skier, 4-time Olympic champion and 5-time world champion.
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1968 – Vladimir Potapenko, collector of Ukrainian Nikovil.
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1976 – Ja Rule, American rapper and actor.
There is a tradition that on February 29, unmarried girls can propose to their chosen ones. It is believed that then the family will be happy and stable.
February 29th name days are celebrated by: Ilya, Alevtina, Kassiyan.
Source: korrespondent
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