February 29 in history
Events on February 29
Notable events that happened on February 29 in past years.
- 2024
The Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750.
Wikipedia article: Flour Massacre - 2020
Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.
Wikipedia article: Muhyiddin Yassin - 2012
North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.
Wikipedia article: North Korea - 2004
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup.
Wikipedia article: Jean-Bertrand Aristide - 1996
Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.
Wikipedia article: Faucett Perú Flight 251 - 1988
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
Wikipedia article: Desmond Tutu - 1980
Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
Wikipedia article: Gordie Howe - 1964
British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashes into the Glungezer mountain in the Tux Alps of Austria, killing all 75 people aboard.
Wikipedia article: British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 - 1940
For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Wikipedia article: Gone with the Wind (film) - 1936
The February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
Wikipedia article: February 26 incident - 1916
Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia article: Tokelau - 1908
James Madison University is founded at Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States as The State Normal and Industrial School for Women by the Virginia General Assembly.
Wikipedia article: James Madison University - 1768
Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
Wikipedia article: Bar Confederation - 1704
In Queen Anne's War, French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
- 888
Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne.
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