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1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar; 1792 - Birth of Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876) 1874 - Death of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796) 1888 - Birth of Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the ... 1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, ... German-born English production designer and art ...
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:
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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
February 2 in recent years ... killing all 104 people on board. ... 1939 – Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010) [65]
February 24 in recent years ... At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced. ... 1857 – Emma Ann Browne,British-born Australian ...
February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".