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| | Picture of the Day: February 29 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | John Philip Holland, the father of the modern submarine, was born on February 29, 1840 in Liscannor, County Clare, into a family that had survived the Great Potato Famine. |
 | | With Holland at the controls, the Ram dived 64 feet beneath New York Harbor that summer, only to be seized by the Fenians when they lost interest in the project. |
 | | After one discouraging failure, the second submarine, the Holland VI, passed her sea trials and was purchased by the U.S. Navy on April 11, 1900 for $150,000. |
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