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February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of February in leap years only.
Famous people born on Leap Day. Leap Day babies make up a small percentage of the population, but several notable people have been born on Feb. 29 in even-numbered years. Here are a few notable names:
Robbins was born Anthony J. Mahavoric in North Hollywood, California, on February 29, 1960. [3] The eldest of three children, his parents divorced when he was seven. He is of Croatian descent from both sides of his family. [4]
Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore was born on February 29, 1916, to Russian-Jewish immigrant shopkeepers, Anna (née Stein) and Solomon Shore, in Winchester, Tennessee. [1] [2] She had an elder sister, eight years her senior, Elizabeth, known as "Bessie". When Fanny was eighteen months old, she was stricken with polio (infantile paralysis). The only ...
We get an extra day on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. After that, the next leap years are 2028 and 2032. ... Here is a list of some celebrities born on Feb. 29, according to famousbirthdays.com.
"Leaplings" or "Leap Day Babies" born on Feb. 29 celebrate their "real" birthdays every four years, since the Earth takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds to complete an orbit around ...
1904 – Jazz clarinetist and Big Band leader Jimmy Dorsey is born. 1920 – Two-time Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner Howard Nemerov is born. 1940 – For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel (pictured) becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Antonio Sabàto Jr. (born February 29, 1972) is an Italian-American model and actor. He rose to fame in the 1990s as an underwear model for Calvin Klein and playing Jagger Cates on the soap opera General Hospital from 1992 to 1995. By the early 2000s, most of his acting credits were guest appearances, reality television, and budget films.