Saturday 29th of February 1468

220th Pope Paulus III is born as Alessandro Farnese in Canino, Lazio, Italy.

Wednesday 29th of February 1792

Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini is born in Pesaro, Marche, Italy.

Monday 29th of February 1864

Outsider artist Adolf Wölfli is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.

Saturday 29th of February 1908

Artist Balthasar Kłossowski aka Balthus is born as Kłossowski de Rola in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Wednesday 29th of February 1956

Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Johannes Thimme is born in Erlangen, Bayern, Germany.

Wednesday 29th of February 1956

Serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos aka The Florida Highway Killer is born as Pittman in Rochester, Michigan, United States.

Monday 29th of February 1960

FBI Special Agent Melvin Horace Purvis aka Little Mel commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 57 in Florence, South Carolina, United States.

Purvis died from a gunshot wound to the head fired from the pistol given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. A later investigation suggested that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a tracer bullet jammed in the pistol.

Thursday 29th of February 1996

123 die in Faucett Boeing 737-222 Flight 251 crash in Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru.