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What happened in history on this day: February 29?
On February 29 in ...
- 1968 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 10th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: 5th Dimension for "Up, Up And Away";
Album of the Year: The Beatles and George Martin for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band";
Best Instrumental Theme: Lalo Schifrin for "Mission: Impossible";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Bobbie Gentry for "Ode To Billie Joe";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Glen Campbell for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix";
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: Aretha Franklin for "Respect".
- 1988 - NBC-TV debuts the situation comedy Day by Day.
- 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.
- 2008 - American TV show The Young and the Restless becomes the number one rated daytime drama for 1000 consecutive weeks in the US, since December 1988.
Births on February 29
- 1896 - Birth of William W Wellman in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; director (A Star is Born).
- 1904 - Birth of Jimmy Dorsey in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Stage Show TV show, "So Rare" song).
- 1916 - Birth of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
- 1920 - Birth of Arthur Franz Perth in Amboy, New Jersey, USA; actor (Invaders From Mars, Young Lions).
- 1920 - Birth of James Mitchell in Sacramento, California, USA; actor (Palmer - All My Children).
- 1920 - Birth of Michele Morgan; actress (Bluebeard, Joan of Paris).
- 1928 - Birth of Joss Ackland in London, England; actor (Queenie, To Kill a Priest, Above and Beyond, A Woman Named Jackie).
- 1936 - Birth of Alex Rocco; actor (The Division, George Carlin Show, Blue Knight, Facts of Life, Stanley, Stunt Man).
- 1944 - Birth of Dennis Farina in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mike Torello - Crime Story, Law and Order, In-Laws).
- 1944 - Birth of Phyllis Frelich in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, USA; actor (Love is Never Silent).
- 1972 - Birth of Antonio Sabato Junior; actor (Jagger Cates - General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful).
Deaths on February 29
- 1964 - Death of Frank Albertson in his sleep at age 55; actor (Chico and the Man TV show, Room Service).
- 1984 - Death of Roland Culver of a heart attack at age 83; British actor (Thunderball, Duke of Omnium - The Pallisers TV show (1974)).
- 1992 - Johnny Mack, British actor (Time Lord - Doctor Who), dies at age 70.
- 1996 - Death of Wes Farrell of cancer at age 56; writer-producer (The Partridge Family TV show), songwriter ("Hang On Sloopy" song).
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