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What happened in history on this day: February 29?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On February 29 in ...
- 1940 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film The Ugly Duckling.
- 1952 - The Goofy film Hello Aloha is released.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring "A Trip through Adventureland" and the film Water Birds.
- 1976 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring The Survival of Sam the Pelican.
- 2000 - Disney releases the animated film An Extremely Goofy Movie on videocassette.
- 2004 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Best Animated Feature) for the film Finding Nemo.
- 1944 - The US 1st Cavalry Division lands on Los Negros Island in the south Pacific.
- 2000 - Activision releases the Battle Zone: Rise of the Black Dogs video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 1632 - King Gustav Adolf and the Dukes of Mecklenburg sign a treaty of alliance.
- 1904 - Birth of John "Pepper" Martin baseballer (National League stolen base leader 1933,34,36).
- 1908 - Birth of Alf Gover cricketer (bowled in four Tests for England/famous coach).
- 1932 - "Big Ed" Morris pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies.
- 1932 - Birth of Gavin Stevens cricket (Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour).
- 1936 - Birth of Alwin Schockemohle Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1936 - Birth of Henri "Rocket" Richard NHL center (Montréal Canadiens).
- 1948 - Birth of Nikolai Pimenov USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1948 - Birth of Yuri Pimenov USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1952 - Birth of Raisa Smetanina USSR, cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1976, 80, 92).
- 1952 - Birth of Raul Gonzalez Mexican 50K speed walker (world record).
- 1952 - Dick Button wins his 5th consecutive world figure skating title.
- 1952 - Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy Great Britain.
- 1952 - Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of Germany.
- 1952 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of France.
- 1952 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA.
- 1964 - Birth of Henrik Sundstrom Sweden, tennis star.
- 1964 - Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 metres.
- 1964 - North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime.
- 1968 - Birth of Bryce Paup NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Birth of Cary Conklin NFL quarterback (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1968 - Birth of Chucky Brown NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Devine Allentown Pennsylvania, diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Cyrus Beasley Rowe New York, rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Fabien Bownes NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears).
- 1972 - Birth of Mark Farraway Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos).
- 1972 - Hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year.
- 1976 - Birth of Bryan Gillooly Auburn New York, diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Gordie Howe becomes first NHL player to score 800 career goals.
- 1988 - Mark Greatbatch scores 107 vs England on Test Cricket debut.
- 1992 - Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1992 - The Professional Spring Football League begins.
- 1996 - In Lumberton, North Carolina, Daniel Green is convicted of the murder of James Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan.
- 1996 - Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup.
- 1504 - Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians.
- 1968 - First pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge).
- 1996 - Soyuz TM-23 lands.
- 1960 - Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 seconds.
Other history:
- 2004 - The film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson, wins Academy Awards in every category it was nominated for, with 11 wins in total, including Best Picture and Best Director.
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/today/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of World History
What's Notable About this Year?
Ken P's Coin/Stamp/Bill Novelties
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