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Leap Day
(Observed every fourth year)
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1912
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Harry Milgrom (New York City-born Educator; Science Writer for Children)
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1940
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David R. Collins (Iowa-born Children's Author)
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1944
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Susan L. Roth (New York City-born Children's Author)
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1948
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Patricia McKillip (Oregon-born Children's Author of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
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1960
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Tony Robbins (California-born Writer, Motivational Speaker)
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1892
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Augusta Christine Savage (Florida-born African-American Artist)
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1948
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Willi Smith (Pennsylvania-born African-American Fashion Designer)
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1792
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Gioacchino Rossini (Italian Opera Composer)
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1736
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Ann Lee (English-American Founder of the American Society of Shakers)
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1904
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Jimmy Dorsey (Pennsylvania-born Musician and Bandleader)
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1916
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Dinah Shore (Tennessee-born Singer)
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1944
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Dennis Farina (Chicago-born Actor)
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1972
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Antonio Sabato Jr. (Italian Model, Actor)
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1908
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Pat Garrett (Alabama-born Former Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico Who Shot and Killed Billy the Kid)
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1700
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200-300 French Soldiers and Their Native American Allies Raid the Tiny Frontier Settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts
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1756
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The First Leap Day Is Observed in England
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1864
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Union Forces Split in Attempt to Free Prisoners Near Richmond, Virginia
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1868
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In Minnesota, the First Issue of the St. Paul Daily Dispatch Is Published
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1916
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Britain's Armed Merchant Ship Alcantara and Germany's Raider Grief Both Sink After Battling in the North Sea
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1931
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The Zwaanendael Museum Opens in Lewes, Delaware
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1940
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Bob Hope Hosts the Oscar Banquets for the First Time
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Gone with the Wind Is Honored with Eight Oscars by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Hattie McDaniel Is the First African-American Actress or Actor to Receive an Academy Award
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1944
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In Alaska, the Juneau Lumber Mills Sawmill Burns
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1952
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Owen Lattimore Testifies Before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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New York City's First Flashing Pedestrian "Walk-Don't Walk" Sign Is Installed at Times Square
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1960
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The Publishing Firms of Henry Holt & Co., Rinehart & Co., and the John C. Winston Company Merge
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5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 12,000-15,000 People in Morocco
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1968
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Presidential Commission on Civil Disorders Condemns Racism as the Primary Cause of the Nation's Social Unrest
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1972
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South Korea Pulls 11,000 Troops Out of Vietnam
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7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Causes Landslides on the Japanese Island of Hachijo
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1984
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Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, Resigns After More Than 15 Years in Office
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1988
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Anthony, Texas Declares Itself the "Leap Year Capital of the World"
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2004
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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Flees Haiti
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