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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.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$348 Million
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Mar 2, 2019 - 2.$321 Million
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Mar 3, 2018 - 3.$291.4 Million
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Mar 2, 2016 - 4.$275 Million
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Mar 2, 2007 - 5.$273 Million
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Mar 1, 2019 - 6.$243 Million
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Mar 2, 2018 - 7.$240 Million
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Mar 4, 2014 - 8.$212 Million
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Mar 3, 2009 - 9.€164 Million
US$182.83 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 1, 2022 - 10.$167 Million
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Mar 3, 2023 - 11.$153 Million
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Mar 1, 2008 - 12.$144 Million
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Mar 1, 2023 - 13.€115.17 Million
US$138.87 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 2, 2021 - 14.€130 Million
US$138.11 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 3, 2023 - 15.$135 Million
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Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 1, 2016 - 16.€106.58 Million
US$130.25 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 1, 2018 - 17.€113.38 Million
US$128.91 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 2, 2019 - 18.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 6, 2009 - 19.$125 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 3, 2021 - 20.$114 Million
- Multi-State
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Mar 3, 2010 - 21.$112 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 1, 2005 - 21.$112 Million
- Multi-State
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Mar 2, 2010 - 23.$108 Million
- Multi-State
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Mar 2, 2012 - 24.$105 Million
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Mar 3, 2007 - 25.$103 Million
- Multi-State
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Mar 2, 2013
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1988
- Monday, Feb 29, 1988
35 years old - 1972
- Tuesday, Feb 29, 1972
51 years old - 1948
- Sunday, Feb 29, 1948
75 years old - 1948
- Sunday, Feb 29, 1948
75 years old - 1940
- Thursday, Feb 29, 1940
83 years old - 1936
- Saturday, Feb 29, 1936
87 years old
Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2020
- 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries: Joe Biden wins the South Carolina Democratic Party primary election.
- 2020
- COVID-19 pandemic: South Korea reports a total of 3,150 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
- 2008
- The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by 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
- Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
- 1996
- Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew died.
- 1996
- Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
- 1992
- First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
- 1988
- South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred 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
- Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
- 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
- World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
- 1940
- 12th Academy Awards: 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
- February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
- 1920
- Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
- 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.
- 1912
- The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
- 1892
- St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
- 1864
- American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
- 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.
- 1752
- King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
- 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
- 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.
- 1504
- Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
Births On This Day
- 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
- Ben Hampton, Australian rugby league player
- 1992
- Eric Kendricks, American football player
- 1992
- Caitlin EJ Meyer, American actress
- 1988
- Lena Gercke, German model and television host
- 1988
- Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
- 1988
- Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules footballer
- 1988
- Bobby Sanguinetti, American ice hockey player
- 1988
- Milan Melindo, Filipino boxer
- 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
- 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, American singer, songwriter and musician
- 1980
- Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach
- 1980
- Chris Conley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980
- 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
- 1976
- Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player
- 1976
- Gehad Grisha, Egyptian soccer referee
- 1976
- Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
- 1976
- Terrence Long, American baseball player
- 1976
- Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
- 1972
- Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach
- 1972
- Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl
- 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 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
- 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
- Lucian Grainge, English businessman
- 1960
- Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter
- 1960
- Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (d. 2013)
- 1956
- Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host
- 1956
- Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture
- 1956
- Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 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
- 1948
- Hermione Lee, English author, critic, and academic
- 1948
- Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer
- 1948
- Patricia A. McKillip, American author
- 1948
- Henry Small, American-born Canadian singer
- 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).
- 1940
- Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host
- 1940
- Bartholomew I of Constantinople
- 1940
- William H. Turner, Jr., American horse trainer
- 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)
- 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
- 1928
- Jean Adamson, British writer and illustrator
- 1928
- Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist, and author
- 1928
- Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-created the Logo programming language (d. 2016)
- 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
- Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (d. 1991)
- 1920
- Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
- 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)
- 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, 4th 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)
- 1876
- William Stewart, Scottish footballer
- 1860
- Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (d. 1929)
- 1852
- Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1936)
- 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, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)
- 1792
- Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
- 1736
- Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founded 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 was 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 (Lexx, The Ogre, The Human Centipede) (b. 1942)
- 2020
- Éva Székely, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic champion (1952) (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
- Louise Rennison, English author (b. 1951)
- 2016
- Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistani assassin (b. 1985)
- 2012
- Roland Bautista, American guitarist (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
- 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)
- 1988
- Sidney Harmon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)
- 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
- Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)
- 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
- Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
- 1948
- Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
- 1948
- Rebel Oakes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
- 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)
- 1928
- Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
- 1928
- Ina Coolbrith, American poet and librarian (b. 1841)
- 1920
- Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
- 1908
- Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
- 1908
- John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish-Australian politician, 1st Governor-General of Australia (b. 1860)
- 1880
- James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
- 1868
- Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
- 1852
- Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
- 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)
- 1740
- Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
- 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. 1540)
- 1528
- Patrick Hamilton, Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (b. 1504)
- 1460
- Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (b. 1401)
- 1212
- Hōnen, Japanese monk, founded Jōdo-shū (b. 1133)
- 992
- Oswald of Worcester, Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (b. 925)
- 468
- Pope Hilarius
