“Theodore Roosevelt, seated at desk, roses in vase at right” – February 29, 1908 via Library of Congress, no known restrictions –>

American singer Dinah Shore was born on February 29, 1916 in Winchester, Tennessee. Are you still singing the song? “See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet…” Image: Dinah Shore in 1943 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain –>

After receiving 13 nominations, Gone with the Wind won eight Oscars at the 12th Academy Awards ceremony on February 29, 1940. Image of McDaniel & de Havilland & Leigh for Gone with the Wind via Wikimedia Commons, public domain –>

USS Altamaha operating with blimp K-29 in a test probably off the California coast on February 29, 1944. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain –>

Lewis Sayre, who performed the first successful hip-joint ankylosis surgery in the United States, was born on February 29, 1820 in Madison, New Jersey. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain –>

Just before dawn on February 29, 1704 a group of French and Native Americans attacked the English settlement of Deerfield in present day Massachusetts. 47 people were killed. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US –>

A leap year postcard from 1908 with the caption “the silent proposal” Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US –>

Abraham Lincoln’s nomination of Ulysses S. Grant to the rank of Lieutenant General on February 29, 1864 Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US –>

Snow Scene on Boston Common on the morning of February 29, 1884 Image via LOC, no known restrictions –>