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- 1692 First people are accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, a West Indian slave
- 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus
- 1960 Agadir earthquake in Morocco kills a third of the population (12,000-15,000)
Feb 29 in Film & TV
- 1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st African American woman to win an Oscar for "Gone With The Wind"
Feb 29 in Music
- 1968 Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the first rock LP to do so
Feb 29 in Sport
- 1980 Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Gordie Howe scores in the 3rd period to become first NHL player to score 800 career goals as Hartford Whalers beat St. Louis Blues, 3-0 at Springfield Civic Center
Fun Fact About February 29
Michael Bracey ends 59 h 55 m trapped in an elevator, England
Famous Weddings
- 1816 Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
- 1996 Fashion designer Nicole Miller (44) weds Kim Taipale (42) in the office of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
- 2012 American actor Dick Van Dyke (86) weds second wife, American make-up artist Arlene Silver (40) in Malibu, California
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