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February 29: important events

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Nick1986 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Emperor Mighty Slayer of Trolls Joined: 22-Mar-2011 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 7940	Quote Reply Topic: February 29: important events Posted: 28-Feb-2012 at 19:29
	This date only comes around once every four years. What is the origin of the leap year, and what events happened on this day? Edited by Nick1986 - 28-Feb-2012 at 19:30
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Nick1986 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Emperor Mighty Slayer of Trolls Joined: 22-Mar-2011 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 7940	Quote Reply Posted: 01-Mar-2012 at 19:03
	In 1712 the Swedes, having omitted two leap years from their calendar due to the Great Northern War, introduced a one-off extra day: February 30 http://www.timeanddate.com/date/february-30.html
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