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	CalendarHome.com - February 29 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining.
		In the comic musical The Pirates of Penzance, Frederic, born on February 29, was apprenticed to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday, in theory until he was 88 years old (as his lifetime included a non-leap centennial year).
		The Romans, realizing the need for an extra day, chose February 24 in particular only because it followed the last day of their year, which at that point in history was February 23.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /February_29.htm (1286 words)

	February 29 Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This day may be colloquially termed a leap day, though in the Roman calendar it was February 24 in a leap year which was added, giving the name of "bissextile" day or extra sixth day in the lead up to the 'Kalends' of March.
		There is a quaint tradition that women may make a proposal of marriage to men only on February 29; this is a tightening of an older tradition that such proposals may only occur in leap years.
		In France, there is a humorous periodical called La Bougie du Sapeur (the Sapper's Candle) published every February 29 since 1980.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/February_29 (1550 words)

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