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| − | ''' | + | '''February 29''' in history: |
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| + | * 2004: After weeks of unrest and under pressure from foreign governments and insurgents, President Jean Bertrand Aristide fled [[Directory:Haiti|Haiti]]. | ||
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| + | * 1940: Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Gone With the Wind, the first African American actor or actress to be thusly honored; these ceremonies were hosted, for the first of many times, by Bob Hope. | ||
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| + | * 1880: The Saint Gotthard Railway Tunnel, linking [[Directory:Switzerland|Switzerland]] and [[Directory:Italy|Italy]] through the Alps, was completed; it had taken eight years to build and cost 300 lives. | ||
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| + | * 1692: In Salem, [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], two young girls in the household of the Rev. Samuel Parris were arrested and charged with witchcraft, leading to the Salem Witch Trials. | ||
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| + | [[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]] | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 29 February 2008
February 29 in history:
- 2004: After weeks of unrest and under pressure from foreign governments and insurgents, President Jean Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti.
- 1940: Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Gone With the Wind, the first African American actor or actress to be thusly honored; these ceremonies were hosted, for the first of many times, by Bob Hope.
- 1880: The Saint Gotthard Railway Tunnel, linking Switzerland and Italy through the Alps, was completed; it had taken eight years to build and cost 300 lives.
- 1692: In Salem, Massachusetts, two young girls in the household of the Rev. Samuel Parris were arrested and charged with witchcraft, leading to the Salem Witch Trials.
