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'''February 29''', also known as '''leap day''' or '''leap year day''', is a date added to [[leap year]]s. A leap day is added in various [[solar calendar]]s (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the [[Sun]]), including the [[Gregorian calendar]] standard in most of the world. [[Lunisolar calendar]]s (whose months are based on the [[phases of the Moon]]) instead add a leap or [[Intercalation (timekeeping)|intercalary]] month.<ref name="gale">{{cite encyclopedia|first1=Ed. K. Lee|last1=Lerner|first2=Brenda W.|last2=Lerner|title=Calendar|encyclopedia=The Gale Encyclopedia of Science|year=2004|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]|location=Detroit, MI|pages=679–82}}</ref> It is the 60th day of a leap year in the [[Gregorian calendar]], and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is also the last day of [[February]] on leap years.

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1504]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] uses his knowledge of a [[March 1504 lunar eclipse|lunar eclipse]] that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.

===1601–1900===
*[[1644]] – [[Abel Tasman]]'s second Pacific voyage begins.
*[[1704]] – [[Queen Anne's War]]: French forces and [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]]s stage a [[Raid on Deerfield|raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]], killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
*[[1712]] – February 29 is followed by [[February 30]] in Sweden, in a move to abolish the [[Swedish calendar]] for a return to the [[Julian calendar]].
*[[1720]] – [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden]] abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick I]] on March 24.
*[[1752]] – King [[Alaungpaya]] founds [[Konbaung Dynasty]], the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
*[[1768]] – Polish nobles form the [[Bar Confederation]].
*[[1796]] – The [[Jay Treaty]] between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
*[[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid]] fails: Plans to free 15,000 [[United States|Union]] soldiers being held near [[Richmond, Virginia]] are thwarted.
*[[1892]] – [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] is incorporated.

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] – The [[Piedra Movediza]] (Moving Stone) of [[Tandil]] falls and breaks.
*[[1916]] – [[Tokelau]] is annexed by the United Kingdom.
* 1916 – [[Child labor]]: In [[South Carolina]], the minimum [[working age]] for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
*[[1920]] – The [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] National Assembly adopts the [[Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920|Constitution]].
*[[1936]] – The [[February 26 Incident]] in Tokyo ends.
*[[1940]] – [[12th Academy Awards]]: For her performance as Mammy in ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', [[Hattie McDaniel]] becomes the first [[African American]] to win an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].
* 1940 – Finland initiates [[Winter War]] peace negotiations.
* 1940 – In a ceremony held in [[Berkeley, California]], physicist [[Ernest Lawrence]] receives the 1939 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] from Sweden's [[Consul General|consul general]] in [[San Francisco]].
*[[1944]] – World War II: The [[Admiralty Islands]] are invaded in [[Operation Brewer]], led by American general [[Douglas MacArthur]].
*[[1960]] – The 5.7 {{M|w}} [[1960 Agadir earthquake|Agadir earthquake]] shakes coastal [[Morocco]] with a maximum perceived intensity of [[Mercalli intensity scale|X (''Extreme'')]], destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
*[[1972]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Vietnamization]]: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from [[Vietnam]].
*[[1980]] – [[Gordie Howe]] of the [[Hartford Whalers]] makes [[National Hockey League|NHL]] history as he scores his 800th goal.
*[[1984]] – [[Pierre Trudeau]] announces his retirement as [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] leader and [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
*[[1988]] – South African archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-[[apartheid]] demonstration in [[Cape Town]].
* 1988 – [[Svend Robinson]] becomes the first member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] to [[coming out|come out as gay]].
*[[1992]] – First day of [[Bosnian independence referendum, 1992|Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum]].
*[[1996]] – [[Faucett Flight 251]] crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.
* 1996 – The [[Siege of Sarajevo]] officially ends.
*[[2000]] – [[Second Chechen War]]: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
*[[2004]] – [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] is removed as president of [[Haiti]] following [[2004 Haitian coup d'état|a coup]].
*[[2008]] – The United Kingdom's [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] withdraws [[Prince Harry]] from a [[Operation Herrick|tour of Afghanistan]] after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.
* 2008 – [[Misha Defonseca]] admits to fabricating her memoir, ''[[Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years]]'', in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during [[the Holocaust]].
*[[2020]] – [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries]]: [[Joe Biden]] wins the [[South Carolina]] primary election.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Carolina Democratic Primary Results|url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/primaries/democratic/south-carolina/|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=31 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020 – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: South Korea reports a total of 3,150 confirmed cases of [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3547240-south-korea-reports-record-jump-in-coronavirus-cases |title=South Korea reports a record jump in coronavirus cases |vauthors=Hoffmann E |date=29 February 2020 |work=SeekingAlpha.com |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1468]] – [[Pope Paul III]] (d. 1549)
*[[1528]] – [[Albert V, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1579)
* 1528 – [[Domingo Báñez]], Spanish theologian (d. 1604)
*[[1572]] – [[Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon]] (d. 1638)
*[[1576]] – [[Antonio Neri]], Florentine priest and glassmaker (d. 1614)

===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] – [[Benjamin Keach]], [[Particular Baptist]] preacher and author whose name was given to [[Keach's Catechism]] (d. 1704)
*[[1692]] – [[John Byrom]], English poet and educator (d. 1763)
*[[1724]] – [[Eva Marie Veigel]], Austrian-English dancer (d. 1822)
*[[1736]] – [[Ann Lee]], English-American religious leader, founded the [[Shakers]] (d. 1784)
*[[1792]] – [[Gioachino Rossini]], Italian composer (d. 1868)
*[[1812]] – [[James Milne Wilson]], Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, eighth [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. February 29, 1880)
*[[1828]] – [[Emmeline B. Wells]], American journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1921)
*[[1836]] – [[Dickey Pearce]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)
*[[1852]] – [[Frank Gavan Duffy]], Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth [[Chief Justice of Australia]] (d. 1936)
*[[1860]] – [[Herman Hollerith]], American statistician and businessman, co-founded the [[Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company]] (d. 1929)
*[[1876]] – [[William Stewart (footballer, born 1876)|William Stewart]], Scottish footballer
*[[1884]] – [[Richard S. Aldrich]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)
*[[1892]] – [[Augusta Savage]], American sculptor (d. 1962)
*[[1896]] – [[Morarji Desai]], Indian civil servant and politician, fourth [[Prime Minister of India]] (d. 1995)
* 1896 – [[William A. Wellman]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1975)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] – [[Jimmy Dorsey]], American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957)
* 1904 – [[Pepper Martin]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
*[[1908]] – [[Balthus]], French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
* 1908 – [[Dee Brown (writer)|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)
*[[1916]] – [[Dinah Shore]], American singer and actress (d. 1994)
* 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 (actor)|James Mitchell]], American actor and dancer (d. 2010)
* 1920 – [[Michèle Morgan]], French-American actress and singer (d. 2016)
* 1920 – [[Howard Nemerov]], American poet and academic (d. 1991)
* 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
* 1928 – [[Jean Adamson]], British writer and illustrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Adamson |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/honorands/jean-adamson/ |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=7 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1928 – [[Vance Haynes]], American archaeologist, geologist, and author
* 1928 – [[Seymour Papert]], South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-created the [[Logo (programming language)|Logo programming language]] (d. 2016)
*[[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 (cartoonist)|Jaguar]], Brazilian cartoonist
* 1932 – [[Gavin Stevens]], Australian cricketer
*[[1936]] – [[Jack Lousma]], American colonel, astronaut, and politician
* 1936 – [[Henri Richard]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
* 1936 – [[Alex Rocco]], American actor (d. 2015)
* 1936 – [[Nh. Dini]], Indonesian writer (d. 2018)
*[[1940]] – [[Sonja Barend]], Dutch talk show host
* 1940 – [[Bartholomew I of Constantinople]]
* 1940 – [[William H. Turner, Jr.]], American horse trainer
*[[1944]] – [[Ene Ergma]], Estonian physicist and politician
* 1944 – [[Dennis 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).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/var-varldens-baste-da-korde-han-ihjal-sig/|title=Lennart "Lill-Strimma" Svedberg|publisher=Expressen|language=sv|author=Thomas Kingdahl|date=5 October 2018|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1948]] – [[Hermione Lee]], English author, critic, and academic
* 1948 – [[Manoel Maria]], Brazilian footballer
* 1948 – [[Patricia A. McKillip]], American author
* 1948 – [[Henry Small (singer)|Henry Small]], American-born Canadian singer
*[[1952]] – [[Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush]], American journalist and producer
* 1952 – [[Tim Powers]], American author and educator
* 1952 – [[Raisa Smetanina]], Russian cross-country skier
* 1952 – [[Bart Stupak]], American police officer and politician
*[[1956]] – [[Jonathan Coleman (presenter)|Jonathan Coleman]], English-Australian radio and television host
* 1956 – [[Bob Speller]], Canadian businessman and politician, 30th [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]]
* 1956 – [[Aileen Wuornos]], American serial killer (d. 2002)
*[[1960]] – [[Lucian Grainge]], English businessman
* 1960 – [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]], Algerian singer-songwriter
* 1960 – [[Richard Ramirez]], American serial killer (d. 2013)
*[[1964]] – [[Dave Brailsford]], English cyclist and coach
* 1964 – [[Lyndon Byers]], Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
* 1964 – [[Mervyn Warren]], American tenor, composer, and producer
*[[1968]] – [[Chucky Brown]], American basketball player and coach
* 1968 – [[Gareth Farr]], New Zealand composer and percussionist
* 1968 – [[Pete Fenson]], American curler and sportscaster
* 1968 – [[Naoko Iijima]], Japanese actress and model
* 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]] – [[Mike Pollitt]], English footballer and coach
* 1972 – [[Sylvie Lubamba]], Italian showgirl
* 1972 – [[Antonio Sabàto Jr.]], Italian-American model and actor
* 1972 – [[Pedro Sánchez (Spanish politician)|Pedro Sánchez]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]]
* 1972 – [[Dave Williams (singer)|Dave Williams]], American singer (d. 2002)
* 1972 – [[Saul Williams]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/saul-williams|title=Saul Williams|work=[[Academy of American Poets]]|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
* 1972 – [[Pedro Zamora]], Cuban-American activist and educator (d. 1994)
*[[1976]] – [[Vonteego Cummings]], American basketball player
* 1976 – [[Gehad Grisha]], Egyptian former soccer referee
* 1976 – [[Katalin Kovács]], Hungarian sprint kayaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Katalin Kovács|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/katalin-kovacs|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
* 1976 – [[Terrence Long]], American baseball player
* 1976 – [[Ja Rule]], American rapper and actor
*[[1980]] – [[Çağdaş Atan]], Turkish footballer and coach
* 1980 – [[Chris Conley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1980 – [[Patrick Côté (fighter)|Patrick Côté]], Canadian mixed martial artist
* 1980 – [[Simon Gagné]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 – [[Rubén Plaza]], Spanish cyclist
* 1980 – [[Peter Scanavino]], American actor
* 1980 – [[Clinton Toopi]], New Zealand rugby league player
* 1980 – [[Taylor Twellman]], American soccer player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/taylor-twellman|title=Taylor Twellman|website=Major League Soccer|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1984]] – [[Rica Imai]], Japanese model and actress
* 1984 – [[Cullen Jones]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/cullen-jones|title=Cullen Jones|website=Olympic.org|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
* 1984 – [[Nuria Martínez]], Spanish basketball player
* 1984 – [[Lena Raine]], American video game composer and producer <ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/kuraine/status/968877816019222529 |title=heya it's my birthday (observed)! fun facts: - it's actually on the 29th but yknow - I don't get twitter balloons this year - I celebrate in feb cos march isn't my birth month - I've celebrated 8.5 real birthdays now - 🎉🎈 |date=28 February 2018 |website=twitter.com }}</ref>
* 1984 – [[Adam Sinclair]], Indian field hockey player
* 1984 – [[Rakhee Thakrar]], English actress
* 1984 – [[Dennis Walger]], German rugby player
* 1984 – [[Cam Ward]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1984 – [[Mark Foster (singer)|Mark Foster]], American singer, songwriter and musician
*[[1988]] – [[Lena Gercke]], German model and television host
* 1988 – [[Benedikt Höwedes]], German footballer
* 1988 – [[Brent Macaffer]], Australian Rules footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/player-profile/brent-macaffer|title=Brent Macaffer|website=Collingwood Football Club|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
* 1988 – [[Hannah Mills]], Welsh sports sailor<ref>{{cite web|title=Hannah Mills|publisher=Team GB|URL=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/hannah-mills/3D1tZhiuDl5rhJMAjstE0m|accessdate=2021-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tokyo Olympics: Team GB sailors Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win 470 gold|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58083440|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2021-08-04|accessdate=2021-08-04}}</ref>
* 1988 – [[Bobby Sanguinetti]], American ice hockey player
* 1988 – [[Milan Melindo]], Filipino boxer
*[[1992]] – [[Sean Abbott]], Australian cricketer
* 1992 – [[Ben Hampton]], Australian rugby league player
* 1992 – [[Eric Kendricks]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Kendricks|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/erickendricks/2552312/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Caitlin EJ Meyer]], American actress
*[[1996]] – [[Nelson Asofa-Solomona]], New Zealand rugby league player
* 1996 – [[Reece Prescod]], British sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Reece Prescod|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/reece-prescod-283327|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Claudia Williams]], New Zealand tennis player
* [[2000]] – [[Tyrese Haliburton]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/halibty01.html|title=Tyrese Haliburton Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>
* 2000 – [[Ferran Torres]], Spanish footballer
* [[2004]] – [[Lydia Jacoby]], American swimmer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/christinebrennan/2021/07/25/17-year-old-lydia-jacoby-first-us-olympic-swimmer-alaska/8085670002/|title=17-year-old Alaskan swimmer Lydia Jacoby makes history before she races at Tokyo Olympics|website=USAToday.com|accessdate=July 29, 2021}}</ref>


==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[468]] – [[Pope Hilarius]]
* [[992]] – [[Oswald of Worcester]], Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (b. 925)
*[[1212]] – [[Hōnen]], Japanese monk, founded [[Jōdo-shū]] (b. 1133)
*[[1460]] – [[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albert III]], Duke of Bavaria-Munich (b. 1401)
*[[1528]] – [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)|Patrick Hamilton]], Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (b. 1504)
*[[1592]] – [[Alessandro Striggio]], Italian composer and diplomat (b. 1540)
*[[1600]] – [[Caspar Hennenberger]], German pastor, historian and cartographer (b. 1529)

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] – [[John Whitgift]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1530)
*[[1740]] – [[Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal)|Pietro Ottoboni]], Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
*[[1744]] – [[John Theophilus Desaguliers]], French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)
*[[1792]] – [[Johann Andreas Stein]], German piano builder (b. 1728)
*[[1820]] – [[Johann Joachim Eschenburg]], German historian and critic (b. 1743)
*[[1848]] – [[Louis-François Lejeune]], French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
*[[1852]] – [[Matsudaira Katataka]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
*[[1868]] – [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] (b. 1786)
*[[1880]] – [[James Milne Wilson]], Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. February 29, 1812)

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] – [[Pat Garrett]], American sheriff (b. 1850)
* 1908 – [[John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow]], Scottish-Australian politician, 1st [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1860)
*[[1920]] – [[Ernie Courtney]], American baseball player (b. 1875)
*[[1928]] – [[Adolphe Appia]], Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
* 1928 – [[Ina Coolbrith]], American poet and librarian (b. 1841)
*[[1940]] – [[E. F. Benson]], English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
*[[1944]] – [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]], Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd [[President of Finland]] (b. 1861)
*[[1948]] – [[Robert Barrington-Ward]], English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
* 1948 – [[Rebel Oakes]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
*[[1952]] – [[Quo Tai-chi]], Chinese politician and diplomat, [[Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations]] (b. 1888)
*[[1956]] – [[Elpidio Quirino]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. 1890)
*[[1960]] – [[Melvin Purvis]], American police officer and [[FBI]] agent (b. 1903)
* 1960 – [[Walter Yust]], American journalist and author (b. 1894)
*[[1964]] – [[Frank Albertson]], American actor and singer (b. 1909)
*[[1968]] – [[Lena Blackburne]], American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)
* 1968 – [[Tore Ørjasæter]], Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1886)
*[[1972]] – [[Tom Davies (American football)|Tom Davies]], American football player and coach (b. 1896)
*[[1976]] – [[Florence P. Dwyer]], American politician (b. 1902)
*[[1980]] – [[Yigal Allon]], Israeli general and politician, [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. 1918)
* 1980 – [[Gil Elvgren]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
*[[1984]] – [[Ludwik Starski]], Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903)
*[[1988]] – [[Sidney Harmon]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)
*[[1992]] – [[Ruth Pitter]], English poet and author (b. 1897)
*[[1996]] – [[Wes Farrell]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
* 1996 – [[Ralph Rowe]], American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1924)
*[[2000]] – [[Dennis Danell]], American guitarist (b. 1961)
*[[2004]] – [[Kagamisato Kiyoji]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd [[Yokozuna]] (b. 1923)
* 2004 – [[Jerome Lawrence]], American playwright and author (b. 1915)
* 2004 – [[Harold Bernard St. John]], Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Barbados]] (b. 1931)
* 2004 – [[Lorrie Wilmot]], South African cricketer (b. 1943)
*[[2008]] – [[Janet Kagan]], American author (b. 1946)
* 2008 – [[Erik Ortvad]], Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1917)
* 2008 – [[Akira Yamada]], Japanese scholar and philosopher (b. 1922)
*[[2012]] – [[Roland Bautista]], American guitarist (b. 1951)
* 2012 – [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]], English singer, guitarist and actor (b. 1945)
* 2012 – [[Sheldon Moldoff]], American illustrator (b. 1920)
* 2012 – [[P. K. Narayana Panicker]], Indian social leader (b. 1930)
*[[2016]] – [[Wenn V. Deramas]], Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1966)
* 2016 – [[Gil Hill]], American police officer, actor and politician (b. 1931)
* 2016 – [[Josefin Nilsson]], Swedish singer (b. 1969)
* 2016 – [[Louise Rennison]], English author (b. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardagh |first1=Philip |title=My hero: Louise Rennison (1951-2016) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/04/my-hero-louise-rennison-young-adult-author-philip-ardagh |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 January 2020 |date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 – [[Mumtaz Qadri]], Pakistani assassin (b. 1985)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/erasmus/2016/03/02/worryingly-a-liberals-killer-is-honoured-in-pakistan|title=Worryingly, a liberal's killer is honoured in Pakistan|date=2 March 2016|work=[[The Economist]]|access-date=28 Dec 2019}}</ref>
*[[2020]] – [[Dieter Laser]], German actor (''[[Lexx]]'', ''[[The Ogre (1996 film)|The Ogre]]'', ''[[The Human Centipede (First Sequence)|The Human Centipede]]'') (b. 1942)
* 2020 – [[Éva Székely]], Hungarian [[International Swimming Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] swimmer, Olympic champion ([[Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|1952]]) (b. 1927)

==Holidays and observances==
* As a Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Auguste Chapdelaine]] (one of the [[Martyr Saints of China]])
**[[Oswald of Worcester]] (in leap year only)
**Saint [[John Cassian]]
**[[February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|February 29]] in the Orthodox church
* The fourth day of [[Ayyám-i-Há]] ([[Baháʼí Faith]]) (observed on this date only if [[Baháʼí Naw-Rúz]] falls on March 21)
*[[Rare Disease Day]] (in leap years; celebrated in common years on February 28)
*[[Bachelor's Day (tradition)|Bachelor's Day]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]])

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/29 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=29}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/29 Historical Events on February 29]
* [http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/February_29 Today in Canadian History]

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[[Category:Discordian holidays]]
[[Category:Old Style leap years]]

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