Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 29
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February 29: A leap day in the Gregorian calendar.
- 1704 - Joint French and Native American forces destroyed Deerfield, Massachusetts during Queen Anne's War.
- 1712 - February 29 was followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar.
- 1940 - At the 12th Academy Awards ceremony, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar.
- 1988 - South African archbishop Desmond Tutu (pictured) was arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town
- 2004 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising.
Recent days: February 28 – February 27 – February 26
