| Born on the 29th of February
1468 Paul III last Renaissance
pope
1904 Jimmy Dorsey Shenandoah
PA, orchestra leader
1930 Fran Tarkenton NFL quarterback
(New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings)
1936 Henri "Rocket" Richard
NHL center (Montréal Canadiens)
1968 Bryce Paup NFL linebacker
(Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)
1968 Cary Conklin NFL quarterback
(San Francisco 49ers)
1968 Chucky Brown NBA forward
(Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)
1972 Antonio Sabato Jr actor
1972 Chris Devine Allentown
PA, diver (Olympics-96)
1972 Cyrus Beasley Rowe NY,
rower (Olympics-1996)
1972 Fabien Bownes NFL wide
receiver (Chicago Bears)
1972 Mark Farraway CFL offensive
linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) |
Important Happenings on this
day
1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse
to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
1940 "Gone with the Wind," wins
8 Oscars
1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes
1st black woman to win an Oscar
1960 1st Playboy Club, featuring
bunnies, opens in Chicago
1972 Hank Aaron becomes 1st
baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1980 Gordie Howe becomes 1st
NHL player to score 800 career goals
1984 Canadian PM Pierre Elliott
Trudeau announced he is stepping down |