February 29 2024 is Thursday. National Leap Day. Rare Disease Day. National Time Refund Day and much more on this date. Holidays & Observances, National and Special Days, Major Past Events, Zodiac Sign, Birthday of Celebrity & famous personalities on this date.
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Here Know Holidays, Observances of Special & National Day on February 29
The idea was changed in 1582 with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which did away with leap years in century years that weren’t precisely divisible by 400. This explains why 2400 will be a leap year but 2100, 2200, and 2300 will not, and why the years 1600 and 2000 were leap years while the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not.
- Western Zodiac – Pisces
- National Leap Day
- Rare Disease Day
- National Time Refund Day
Past events and historical events on February 29
- 2012-The world’s Second tallest man-made Tower Tokyo Skytree is completed measuring measures 634 m (2080 ft).
- 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country’s first democratically elected president is removed as President of Haiti
- 1996-The siege of Sarajevo is lifted after nearly 4 years
- 1996-A Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 on board.
- 1940-Hattie McDaniel becomes the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in the 1939 historical romance “Gone with the Wind”.
Famous Personalities & Celebrities Birthday on February 29
- 1964-Mervyn Warren-American singer-songwriter, producer
- 1960-Khaled-Algerian singer-songwriter
- 1916-Dinah Shore-American singer, actress
- 1904-Pepper Martin-American baseball player, manager
- 1792-Gioachino Rossini-Italian composer
FAQ / People Also Ask
1. Which Day is 29th February 2023?
- 29th February is Thursday
- Western Zodiac- Pisces.
2. Special Day on 29th February?
- National Leap Day – Every four years, Leap Day (February 29) is added to the calendar to produce leap years. It’s the last day of February in leap years, with the exception of Sweden in 1712. Since the Earth’s orbit around the sun isn’t exactly 365 days long, leap days are added to the calendar. With a leap day, a year has 366 days rather than the typical 365.
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