This Day: February 29

Photo by Komarov Egor

Zodiac

Pisces

Highlights

1940 - Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award, for best supporting actress for her role in Gone with the Wind

Birthdays

1468 - Pope Paul III

1692 - John Byrom, poet

1828 - Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells, feminist activist

1892 - Augusta Savage, sculptor

1904 - Jimmy Dorsey, big band leader

1928 - Joss Ackland, actor

1960 - Tony Robbins, motivational speaker

1976 - Ja Rule, rapper

1985 - Cullen Jones, swimmer

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