Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 29

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This is a list of selected February 29 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Leap day (Gregorian calendar) refimprove
1720 – Unable to establish a joint sovereignty similar to Great Britain's William and Mary, Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicated in favour of her husband, who became Frederick I. refimprove/unreferenced sections
1752Alaungpaya, a village chief in Upper Burma, founded the Konbaung Dynasty; by the time of his death, he had unified all of Myanmar, and driven out the French and the British. unreferenced section
1768 – A group of Polish nobles established the Bar Confederation to defend the internal and external independence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against Russian influence and King Stanisław II Augustus (portrait shown). Uncited section
1940 – At the 12th Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be awarded an Oscar, winning Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind. refimprove section
1960Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy Club in Chicago, featuring the first service uniform registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. date not cited
1996 – A court ruled that book publisher Random House owed British actress and author Joan Collins over US$1 million for breach of contract over an unpublished manuscript. refimprove section
Gioachino Rossini |b|1792| Birthday not cited
Ina Coolbrith |d|1928| Deathday not cited
Pedro Sánchez |b|1972| Birthday not cited

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February 29: Beginning of the Nineteen-Day Fast (Baháʼí Faith, 2024)

A damaged building from the 1960 Agadir earthquake
A damaged building from the 1960 Agadir earthquake
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