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151 Historic Events for February 29

1828 Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela Birth
1832 Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil Event
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris Event
1840 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building Birth
1844 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 Death
1848 Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland Event
1852 John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies Death
1852 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer Birth
1856 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease Event
1860 Herman Hollerith, inventor (1st electric tabulating machine) Birth

1868 1st British govt of Disraeli forms Event
1868 [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 Death
1869 W E B DuBois, famous African Birth
1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed Event
1884 Alfred Sendrey, composer Birth
1890 John Philip Holland, father of modern submarine Birth
1892 Britian and US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea Event
1896 Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer Birth
1896 Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79) Birth
1896 Stanley Swash, CEO (Woolworths) Birth
1896 William W Wellman, Brookline Mass, director (Star is Born) Birth
1896 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer Birth
1900 Y¢rgos Sef‚ris, [Seferi dis], Greek diplomat/poet (Strofi) Birth
1900 Edna Swithenbank Manley, Jamaican sculptor, wife of PM Birth
1904 Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah Pa, orch leader (Stage Show) Birth