All Events

Historical Events on February 29

  • Christopher Columbus

    1504

    Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.

  • St. Petersburg, Florida

    1892

    St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.

  • Child labor

    1916

    Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.

  • Gone with the Wind (film)

    1940

    For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.

  • Winter War

    1940

    Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.

  • Vietnam War

    1972

    Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.

  • Desmond Tutu

    1988

    South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.

  • Second Chechen War

    2000

    Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.

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