February 29: Unbelievable Historical Events
See what incredible events have occurred on February 29 throughout history, from royal decrees to leap year proposals! Learn about this unique date and its impact on the world #February29 #ThisDateInHistory
February "29 February" appears increasingly often in legal documents – although the records of the proceedings of the House of Commons of England continued to use the old system until the middle of the sixteenth century. It was not until passage of the Calendar Act of 1750 that 29 February was formally recognised in British law.
1504 Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
1692 First people are accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, a West Indian slave
1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100
1796 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
1892 St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated
1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus
1936 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs 2nd Neutrality Act
1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st African American woman to win an Oscar for "Gone With The Wind”
1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan
1956 US President Eisenhower announces he will seek a 2nd term
1960 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago
1964 LBJ reveals the US has secretly developed the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, an advanced, long‐range high-speed and high-altitude reconnaissance airplane
1988 NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs
2020 US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war in Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar. US and NATO allies will withdraw their troops after 14 months if deal kept.
-
1:04:04
The Bitcoin Family
10 hours agoBITCOIN , BLOCKCHAIN AND LIFE AMA
6.52K1 -
2:09:41
Matt Kohrs
11 hours agoQuadruple Witching Insanity, Stocks Falls & Crypto Plummets || The MK Show
21.9K -
11:39
VIVA TV
23 hours agoPasta & Pinot Night! Spaghetti and Clams | Kiki Kuisine | Joey Camasta
7.89K2 -
LIVE
MissesMaam
2 hours agoGroovin' On A Friday 💚✨ | BeatSaber
144 watching -
LIVE
Wendy Bell Radio
6 hours agoThe Great American Grift
7,634 watching -
53:26
FULL SEND PODCAST
15 days agoWill Smith Gets Deep About Regrets in His Life and Reveals How Much He’s Made Off Movies!
10.1K46 -
10:54
NC Dirt Hunter
4 days agoCivil War relics: Behind Confederate lines. Metal Detecting with the Manticore
25.3K10 -
3:36
GeekyNerdyTechy
1 day agoPanasonic LUMIX S9: Better Autofocus than S5II & S5IIX
16.1K2 -
1:03:52
TheMonicaCrowleyPodcast
21 hours agoThe Monica Crowley Podcast: Illegal Alien Crime Spree
24.7K12 -
10:43
History With Kayleigh
1 day agoHave We Found Plato's Body?
26.2K9