Search: february 29
Why: Because:
Answer: Popes, prime ministers, and politicians... and 2 serial killers! Here are some:
- 1468 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
- 1736 – Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
- 1840 – John Philip Holland, Irish inventor of the submarine (d. 1914)
- 1896 – Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
- 1896 – William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975)
- 1904 – Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957)
- 1904 – Wolfe+585, Senior, aka Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr. (Wolfe+585, Senior), aka Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenwanderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortplanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraumen, Senior, German-born American typesetter who has the longest personal name ever used (death year unknown)
- 1908 – Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
- 1924 – Carlos Humberto Romero, President of El Salvador
- 1928 – Joss Ackland, English actor
- 1928 – Tempest Storm, American burlesque performer
- 1936 – Jack Lousma, American astronaut
- 1944 – Dennis Farina, American actor
- 1956 – Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 1960 – Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
- 1960 – Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker
- 1972 – Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American Real World housemate and AIDS activist (d. 1994)
- 1976 – Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
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WikipediaThe More You Know: Speaking of leap years, just last week, Eli and I were discussing Christmas and when Jesus was born (March?
September?) and December 25th and all that jazz, and we got into the Gregorian calendar, which was implemented because the leap years on the Julian calendar were all screwed up.
At the time of Gregory's edict in 1582, the vernal equinox had moved backward in the calendar, until it was occurring on about 11 March, 10 days earlier.
That means that Christmas would have been drifted all around, too.
BUT THEN! Allie mentioned something about
Coptic Christmas, which is currently held on January 7th, in accordance with the old Coptic (Alexandrian) / Julian calendar. It even moves! By the year 2100, Coptic Christmas will be on January 8th.
