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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 29
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of David Beattie; British Governor-General of New Zealand.
- 80th: 1944 - Five leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Dennis Farina in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mike Torello - Crime Story, Law and Order, In-Laws).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Phyllis Frelich in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, USA; actor (Love is Never Silent).
- 80th: 1944 - US troops land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of James RB Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra.
- 60th: 1964 - Death of Frank Albertson in his sleep at age 55; actor (Chico and the Man TV show, Room Service).
- 60th: 1964 - Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 metres.
- 60th: 1964 - US President Lyndon Johnson reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter.
- 60th: 1964 - North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Roland Culver of a heart attack at age 83; British actor (Thunderball, Duke of Omnium - The Pallisers TV show (1974)).
- 40th: 1984 - Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement.
- 20th: 2004 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti. The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
- 20th: 2004 - The film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson, wins Academy Awards in every category it was nominated for, with 11 wins in total, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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