February 29th

The February 29th is the 60e Jour of the Année of the Gregorian Calendrier and the Calendrier Julien in the event of Leap year.

February 29th exists only every four years (rate/rhythm of the leap years), except (for the Gregorian calendar) the divisible years by 100, but exists well the divisible years by 400 (such as for example the year 2000).

Events

6th century

  •    596: The " Décrétion de Childebert " is published. Inspired by the queen mother Brunehilde, this text organizes and modernizes justice and the police force in Austrasie. (The exact date of this important publication is discussed).

9th century

  •    888: The count of Paris, Eudes is elected king by his pars, the large lords of the Western Francie.

18th century

  • 1768 : Under the threat of the Russia, the patriots Polish are grouped in the Confédération of Bar.

19th century

  • 1848 : Guigue de Champvans is named prefect of the Ain.

20th century

  • 1940 : Hattie McDaniel becomes the first black actress to obtain a Oscar for its participation in the film " Gone With The Wind ".

  • 1960 : An earthquake devastates Agadir, in the south of the Morocco. The town suit is destroyed, except for the strong history, and the official results make state of more than 12  000 victims. See Earthquake of Agadir of 1960.

  • 1968 : A plane Iliouchine 18 of the company United Arab Airlines crashe with Aswan and keep silent 16 of its 112 passengers and team members.

  • 1996 :

    • the crash landing of a Boeing 737 of the Faucett, in the south of the Peru, kill the 117 passengers and 6 team members.
    • the collision enters a coach and a car makes 29 dead and 18 wounded in with Bailén, Spain.

  • 2000 :

    • Closure International Conference on the African emerging markets, organized in particular by the Egyptian ministry of the foreign affairs.
    • in Iran, beginning of the lawsuit of twenty police officers implied in muscular intervention in a dormitory of the university of Teheran in July 1999, which had started series of demonstrations coeds and riots.
    • a six year old boy keep silent by ball a young girl of her age, Kayla Roland , in a school of the Michigan, with the the United States.
    • Business Dumas: Roland Dumas, put in examination, resigns of the presidency of the Constitutional council.

21e century

  • 2004 : Departure of the 2nd edition of " The Race " , the race with the veil around the unbounded world and without stopover as a crew which opens with the monoshells.

Births

15th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Death

Celebrations

Orthodoxe saints

  • Cassien of Marseilles (Ve century).

Others

  • Publication of the French newspaper the Candle of the Sapper . The Sapeur Camember, from Christophe, indeed was born a February 29th, which was worth very logically an incorporation to him the year of its fifth birthday.
February 28th * February 29th * March 1st (February 30th)

See too

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