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On This Day in History
February 29
February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to most years that are divisible by 4, such as 2016, 2020, and 2024.
Years that are divisible by 100, but not by 400, do not contain a leap day. Thus, 1700, 1800, and 1900 did not contain a leap day; neither will 2100, 2200, and 2300. Conversely, 1600 and 2000 did and 2400 will.
February 29 (when it occurs) is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar, with 306 days remaining until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day
- 2012
- Feds seize gambling site Bodog, indict founder. The sports gambling site Bodog was shut down and four Canadians indicted, including founder Calvin Ayre, for illegal gambling that generated more than $100 million in winnings, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
- 2008
- Soldier wins $1 million lottery jackpot, will return to Iraq. After completing two tours in Iraq, Sgt. Wayne Leyde won $1 million from a scratch-and-win lotto ticket on Tuesday.
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Mar 2, 2019 - 5.$321 Million
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Mar 3, 2018 - 6.$291.4 Million
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Mar 2, 2016 - 7.$275 Million
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Mar 2, 2007 - 8.$273 Million
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Mar 1, 2019 - 9.$264.7 Million
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Mar 1, 2025 - 10.$250.8 Million
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Mar 2, 2026 - 11.$243 Million
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Mar 2, 2018 - 12.$240 Million
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Mar 4, 2014 - 13.$215 Million
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Mar 4, 2025 - 14.$212 Million
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Mar 3, 2009 - 15.€174 Million
US$202.34 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 3, 2026 - 16.€164 Million
US$182.83 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 1, 2022 - 17.$167 Million
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Mar 3, 2023 - 18.$153 Million
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Mar 1, 2008 - 19.€128.74 Million
US$149.71 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 3, 2026 - 20.$144 Million
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Mar 1, 2023 - 21.€115.17 Million
US$138.87 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 2, 2021 - 22.€130 Million
US$138.11 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 3, 2023 - 23.$135 Million
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Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 1, 2016 - 24.€106.58 Million
US$130.25 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 1, 2018 - 25.€113.38 Million
US$128.91 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 2, 2019
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1988
- Monday, Feb 29, 1988
38 years old - 1972
- Tuesday, Feb 29, 1972
54 years old - 1960
- Monday, Feb 29, 1960
66 years old - 1948
- Sunday, Feb 29, 1948
78 years old - 1948
- Sunday, Feb 29, 1948
78 years old - 1940
- Thursday, Feb 29, 1940
86 years old - 1936
- Saturday, Feb 29, 1936
90 years old
Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2020
- Joe Biden wins the South Carolina primary election.
- 2020
- During a demonstration, pro-government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, leaving five injured.
- 2020
- The United States and the Taliban sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan.
- 2016
- At least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a suicide bombing by ISIL at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala.
- 2012
- North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.
- 2008
- The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a 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.
- 2004
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup.
- 2000
- Chechens attack a guard post near Ulus Kert, eventually killing 84 Russian paratroopers during the Second Chechen War.
- 1996
- Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.
- 1996
- The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
- 1992
- First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
- 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 come out as gay.
- 1984
- Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1980
- Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
- 1972
- South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam as part of Nixon's Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War.
- 1960
- The 5.7 Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
- 1944
- The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer, led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II.
- 1940
- For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an 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 in San Francisco.
- 1936
- The February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
- 1920
- The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
- 1916
- Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- 1916
- In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
- 1912
- The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
- 1908
- James Madison University is founded at Harrisonburg, Virginia in the United States as The State Normal and Industrial School for Women by the Virginia General Assembly.
- 1892
- St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
- 1796
- The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
- 1768
- Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
- 1720
- Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1644
- Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves Batavia in command of three ships.
- 1504
- Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
- 888
- Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne.
Births On This Day
- 2004
- Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer
- 2000
- Tyrese Haliburton, American basketball player
- 2000
- Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer
- 1996
- Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996
- Reece Prescod, British sprinter
- 1996
- Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player
- 1992
- Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer
- 1992
- Eric Kendricks, American football player
- 1992
- Jessica Long, American paralympic swimmer
- 1992
- Jessie T. Usher, American actor
- 1988
- Lena Gercke, German model and television host
- 1988
- Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
- 1988
- Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules footballer
- 1988
- Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor
- 1984
- Darren Ambrose, English footballer
- 1984
- Rica Imai, Japanese model and actress
- 1984
- Cullen Jones, American swimmer
- 1984
- Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player
- 1984
- Lena Raine, American video game composer and producer
- 1984
- Rakhee Thakrar, English actress
- 1984
- Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984
- Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician
- 1980
- Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach
- 1980
- Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980
- Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist
- 1980
- Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1980
- Taylor Twellman, American soccer player and sportscaster
- 1980
- Peter Scanavino, American actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- 1976
- Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player
- 1976
- Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
- 1976
- Terrence Long, American baseball player
- 1976
- Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
- 1972
- Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl
- 1972
- Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach
- 1972
- Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor
- 1972
- Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
- 1972
- Dave Williams, American singer (d. 2002)
- 1972
- Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter
- 1972
- Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist and educator (d. 1994)
- 1968
- Chucky Brown, American basketball player and coach
- 1968
- Gareth Farr, New Zealand composer and percussionist
- 1968
- Pete Fenson, American curler
- 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
- 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
- 1960
- Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter
- 1960
- Richard Ramirez, American serial killer and sex offender (d. 2013)
- 1956
- Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (d. 2021)
- 1956
- Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture
- 1956
- Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (executed 2002)
- 1952
- Tim Powers, American author and educator
- 1952
- Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
- 1952
- Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician
- 1948
- Hermione Lee, English author, critic and academic
- 1948
- Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer
- 1948
- Patricia A. McKillip, American author (d. 2022)
- 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).
- 1944
- Saeed Poursamimi, Iranian actor
- 1940
- Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host
- 1936
- Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer (d. 2018)
- 1936
- Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut and politician
- 1936
- Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
- 1936
- Alex Rocco, American actor (d. 2015)
- 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, Brazilian cartoonist
- 1932
- Gavin Stevens, Australian cricketer
- 1928
- Joss Ackland, English actor (d. 2023)
- 1928
- Jean Adamson, British writer and illustrator (Topsy and Tim)
- 1928
- Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist and author
- 1928
- Michael Henshall, English Anglican suffragan bishop (d. 2017)
- 1928
- Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (d. 2016)
- 1928
- Tempest Storm, born Annie Banks, "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers", American burlesque performer and actress (d. 2021)
- 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)
- 1920
- Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (d. 1983)
- 1920
- Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1920
- James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (d. 2010)
- 1920
- Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (d. 2016)
- 1920
- Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
- 1916
- James B. Donovan, American lawyer (d. 1970)
- 1916
- Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999)
- 1912
- Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (d. 1978)
- 1908
- Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
- 1908
- 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)
- 1904
- Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (d. 1957)
- 1904
- Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
- 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)
- 1892
- Augusta Savage, American sculptor (d. 1962)
- 1884
- Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)
- 1860
- Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founder of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (d. 1929)
- 1852
- Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1936)
- 1852
- Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (d. 1912)
- 1840
- Theodor Leber, German ophthalmologist (d. 1917)
- 1836
- Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)
- 1828
- Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet and activist (d. 1921)
- 1812
- James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, eighth Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)
- 1792
- Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
- 1736
- Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founder of the Shakers (d. 1784)
- 1724
- Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (d. 1822)
- 1692
- John Byrom, English poet and educator (d. 1763)
- 1640
- Benjamin Keach, Particular Baptist preacher and author whose name is given to Keach's Catechism (d. 1704)
- 1576
- Antonio Neri, Florentine priest and glassmaker (d. 1614)
- 1572
- Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (d. 1638)
- 1528
- Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1579)
- 1528
- Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (d. 1604)
- 1468
- Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
Deaths On This Day
- 2020
- Dieter Laser, German actor (b. 1942)
- 2020
- Éva Székely, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion (b. 1927)
- 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
- Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistani assassin, executed (b. 1985)
- 2016
- Louise Rennison, English author (b. 1951)
- 2012
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2000
- Dennis Danell, American guitarist (b. 1961)
- 1996
- Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 1996
- Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
- 1996
- Ralph Rowe, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1924)
- 1992
- Ruth Pitter, English poet and author (b. 1897)
- 1984
- Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903)
- 1980
- Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)
- 1980
- Gil Elvgren, American painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
- 1976
- Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (b. 1902)
- 1972
- Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
- 1968
- Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1886)
- 1964
- Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
- 1960
- Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)
- 1960
- Walter Yust, American journalist and author (b. 1894)
- 1956
- Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
- 1952
- Sarah Ann Jenyns, Australian entrepreneur (b. 1865)
- 1948
- Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
- 1944
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
- 1940
- E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
- 1932
- Arthur Mills Lea, Australian entomologist (b. 1868)
- 1932
- Giuseppe Vitali, Italian mathematician (b. 1875)
- 1928
- Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
- 1928
- Ina Coolbrith, American poet and librarian (b. 1841)
- 1924
- Frederic Chapple, Australian educator (b. 1845)
- 1920
- Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
- 1916
- John Nanson, English-Australian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
- 1908
- Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
- 1908
- John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish-Australian politician, 1st Governor-General of Australia (b. 1860)
- 1904
- Patrick O'Sullivan, Irish-Australian politician (b. 1818)
- 1904
- Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, French astronomer (b. 1845)
- 1880
- James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
- 1868
- Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
- 1856
- Auguste Chapdelaine, French Christian missionary (b. 1814)
- 1848
- Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
- 1820
- Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
- 1792
- Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728)
- 1744
- John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)
- 1712
- Johann Conrad Peyer, Swiss anatomist (b. 1653)
- 1604
- John Whitgift, English archbishop and academic (b. 1530)
- 1600
- Caspar Hennenberger, German pastor, historian and cartographer (b. 1529)
- 1592
- Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer and diplomat (b. 1536/1537)
- 1528
- Patrick Hamilton, Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (b. 1504)
- 1460
- Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (b. 1401)
- 992
- Oswald of Worcester, Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (b. 925)
- 468
- Pope Hilarius