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The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year:

Footnotes

1. February 29 only occurs in leap years. This day is added to the calendar as a corrective measure because the Earth does not orbit the Sun in precisely 365 days.

See also

• Leap year
• List of calendars
• List of non-standard dates

External links

• On This Day
• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Library of Congress: Today in History
• History Channel (US): This Day in History
• History Channel (UK): This Day in History
• New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Computer History Museum: This Day in History
• Internet Movie Database: This Day in Movie History

• Days of the year
• Lists of days
• History-related lists
• Lists of events lists
• Reference material lists