Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Pius IX was the longest reigning pope (over 31 years) ever.
(7 February 1878)
There are 3191 births, 3577 deaths, 1013 murders, 438 disasters and 1847 other events about 5344 people in 5923 places until today.
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8 events for 29 February:
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(+) 551 Years Ago Today Saturday 29th of February 1468 220th Pope Paulus III is born as Alessandro Farnese in Canino, Lazio, Italy. |
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(+) 227 Years Ago Today Wednesday 29th of February 1792 Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini is born in Pesaro, Marche, Italy. |
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(+) 155 Years Ago Today Monday 29th of February 1864 Outsider artist Adolf Wölfli is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland. |
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(+) 111 Years Ago Today Saturday 29th of February 1908 Artist Balthasar Kłossowski aka Balthus is born as Kłossowski de Rola in Paris, Île-de-France, France. |
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(+) 63 Years Ago Today Wednesday 29th of February 1956 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Johannes Thimme is born in Erlangen, Bayern, Germany. |
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(+) 63 Years Ago Today Wednesday 29th of February 1956 Serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos aka The Florida Highway Killer is born as Pittman in Rochester, Michigan, United States. |
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(-) 59 Years Ago Today The Bullet Traced his HeadMonday 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. |
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(x) 23 Years Ago Today Thursday 29th of February 1996 123 die in Faucett Boeing 737-222 Flight 251 crash in Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru. |