What Happened on Feb 29

French Soldiers Raid Deerfield, Massachusetts

On February 29, 1704, between two and three hundred French soldiers and their Native American allies raided the tiny frontier settlement of... Read more

Germany Launches New Submarine Campaign Against Allies - Sinking of the Sussex, La Provence, Cymric and Britannic

The year 1916 saw the launching of Germany's ruthless submarine campaign. Early in February, 70,000 German naval reservists had been brought to... Read more

"Mayerling" Is Released

Mayerling is a 1936 French historical film drama directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Seymour Nebenzal from a screenplay by Marcel Achard,... Read more

12th Academy Awards

The twelfth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, February 29, 1940 at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel. Though the winners were... Read more

British Agents in Greece and Occupying Germans Agree to Ceasefire with the Signing of the Plaka Agreement

When the German offensive abated somewhat, General Zervas sent his EDES fighters to counterattack ELAS in the hopes of regaining ground lost in the... Read more

Agadir Earthquake

In summary, it may be stated that the Agadir earthquake of February 29, 1960, was one of the most devastating local quakes of all times. Within a... Read more

U2's Zoo TV Tour

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Irish rock band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby, the tour... Read more

Crash of Faucett Flight 251 Kills 123 in Peru

Faucett Flight 251 was a flight that crashed on February 29, 1996, while on approach to Rodriguez Ballon Airport in Arequipa, Peru. The airplane... Read more

Dennis Danell dies

Social Distortion founder and guitarist Dennis Danell died from an apparent brain aneurysm at his Costa Mesa, California home at the age of 38,... Read more

Destiny's Child Release "Say My Name" Single in the US

"Say My Name" is a song by American R&B group Destiny's Child. The song was the third single from the group's 1999 album The Writing's on the Wall,... Read more

The Smashing Pumpkins release MACHINA/The Machines of God

MACHINA/The Machines of God is The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, released on February 29, 2000. A concept album, it marked the return of... Read more

76th Academy Awards

The 76th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2003 and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning... Read more

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is Ousted from Power in Coup d'État

The 2004 Haiti rebellion was a coup d'etat that happened after conflicts that occurred for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004. It resulted... Read more

FDA Approves Wyeth's Pristiq

Desvenlafaxine is an antidepressant (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor type-SNRI) used in the treatment of depression. It works by... Read more