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Born Person description occupation position held country of citizenship given name 2009-12-18 Eva Emilova: Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast rhythmic gymnast: 2008-12-18 Gui Khury: Brazilian skateboarder athletics competitor skateboarder: Brazil: 2006-12-18 Malia Baker: Canadian actress actor YouTuber model: Canada: Malia: 2006-12-18 Mio Narita ...
1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
1963 – John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884) 1964 – Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879) 1965 – Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887) 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882) 1967 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892) 1969 – Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
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:
1756 – William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist (d. 1833) [15] 1759 – Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician (d. 1820) 1775 – Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician (d. 1840) 1780 – Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker (d. 1845) [16]
1993 – Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico. [10] 1994 – Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1695 – The 1695 Linfen earthquake in Shannxi, Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people. [4] 1756 – The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France. 1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
Kornelia Ender (born 1958), swimmer; became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games , all in world record times; Karin Enke (born 1961), speed skater; one of the most dominant of the 1980s; Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxer; Rudi Fink (born 1958), boxer; Birgit Fischer (born 1962), kayaker