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'''February 29''' in history:
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* 2004: After weeks of unrest and under pressure from foreign governments and insurgents, President Jean Bertrand Aristide fled [[Directory:Haiti|Haiti]].
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* 1940: Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Gone With the Wind, the first African American actor or actress to be thusly honored; these ceremonies were hosted, for the first of many times, by Bob Hope.
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* 1880: The Saint Gotthard Railway Tunnel, linking [[Directory:Switzerland|Switzerland]] and [[Directory:Italy|Italy]] through the Alps, was completed; it had taken eight years to build and cost 300 lives.
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* 1692: In Salem, [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], two young girls in the household of the Rev. Samuel Parris were arrested and charged with witchcraft, leading to the Salem Witch Trials.
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[[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]]

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February 29 in history:

  • 2004: After weeks of unrest and under pressure from foreign governments and insurgents, President Jean Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti.
  • 1940: Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Gone With the Wind, the first African American actor or actress to be thusly honored; these ceremonies were hosted, for the first of many times, by Bob Hope.
  • 1880: The Saint Gotthard Railway Tunnel, linking Switzerland and Italy through the Alps, was completed; it had taken eight years to build and cost 300 lives.
  • 1692: In Salem, Massachusetts, two young girls in the household of the Rev. Samuel Parris were arrested and charged with witchcraft, leading to the Salem Witch Trials.