Replaying Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The February 29, 2012 was a Wednesday under the star sign of . It was the 59 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, February 28, 2026, 103 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, February 28, 2027, in 261 days. You have lived for 5,216 days, or about 125,196 hours, or about 7,511,791 minutes, or about 450,707,460 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Richard Ramirez (serial killer, born February 29, 1960)
  • Aileen Wuornos (prostitute, born February 29, 1956)
  • Tony Robbins (motivational speaker, born February 29, 1960)
  • Pedro Sánchez (economist, politician, born February 29, 1972)
  • Ja Rule (actor, film actor, musician, rapper, singer, television actor, born February 29, 1976)
  • Gioacchino Rossini (composer, musician, born February 29, 1792)
  • Dennis Farina (actor, character actor, film actor, film producer, police officer, television actor, born February 29, 1944)
  • Dinah Shore (film actor, golfer, recording artist, screenwriter, singer, television actor, voice actor, born February 29, 1916)
  • Morarji Desai (peace activist, politician, born February 29, 1896)
  • Jessica Long (swimmer, born February 29, 1992)
  • Lena Gercke (model, presenter, television presenter, born February 29, 1988)
  • Khaled (recording artist, singer-songwriter, born February 29, 1960)
  • Gérard Darmon (actor, film actor, screenwriter, singer, born February 29, 1948)
  • Innocent III (Catholic priest, writer, born February 22, 1160)
  • Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople (cleric, environmentalist, theologian, born February 29, 1940)
  • Jessie Usher (actor, film actor, television actor, born February 29, 1992)
  • Peter Scanavino (actor, film actor, television actor, born February 29, 1980)
  • Kiyoe Yoshioka (composer, lyricist, singer, born February 29, 1984)
  • Joss Ackland (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 29, 1928)
  • Antonio Sabàto Jr. (actor, boxer, film producer, judoka, model, screenwriter, television actor, born February 29, 1972)
  • Naoko Iijima (actor, model, tarento, born February 29, 1968)
  • Rakhee Thakrar (actor, born February 29, 1984)
  • Alex Rocco (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born February 29, 1936)
  • Benedict Wells (writer, born February 29, 1984)
  • George Young (actor, writer, born February 29, 1980)
  • Michèle Morgan (actor, film actor, born February 29, 1920)
  • Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr. (typographer, born February 29, 1904)
  • Benedikt Höwedes (association football player, born February 29, 1988)
  • James Ogilvy (futurist, landscape architect, photographer, publisher, born February 29, 1964)
  • Vladimir Kryuchkov (military personnel, politician, writer, born February 29, 1924)
  • Yoshio Harada (actor, singer, born February 29, 1940)
  • Pedro Zamora (educator, reality television, born February 29, 1972)
  • Balthus (drawer, illustrator, painter, photographer, scenographer, born February 29, 1908)
  • Herman Hollerith (businessperson, computer scientist, engineer, inventor, mathematician, statistician, born February 29, 1860)
  • Saul Williams (actor, composer, film actor, musician, poet, rapper, screenwriter, singer, television actor, voice actor, writer, born February 29, 1972)
  • Dave Williams (musician, singer, vocalist, born February 29, 1972)
  • Sean Abbott (cricketer, born February 29, 1992)
  • Ryūta Mine (actor, tarento, born February 29, 1952)
  • Gilles Bensimon (fashion photographer, photographer, born February 29, 1944)
  • Ken Foree (actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, born February 29, 1948)
  • Tempest Storm (actor, film actor, stripper, born February 29, 1928)
  • Jirō Akagawa (children's writer, novelist, writer, born February 29, 1948)
  • Taiichi Ohno (businessperson, engineer, industrial engineer, inventor, born February 29, 1912)
  • Artur Janibekyan (manufacturer, born February 29, 1976)
  • Lucian Grainge (entrepreneur, born February 29, 1960)
  • Henri Richard (ice hockey player, born February 29, 1936)
  • Jonathan Coleman (comedian, radio personality, television presenter, writer, born February 29, 1956)
  • Martin Suter (artist, journalist, screenwriter, writer, born February 29, 1948)
  • Vladimir Tikhonov (actor, film actor, born February 29, 1948)
  • Monte Kiffin (Canadian football player, born February 29, 1940)

29th of February 2012 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 29, 2012

NBC News to Expand Presence on Radio

Date: 01 March 2012

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

NBC News said Thursday that its radio partner, Dial Global, would soon start to distribute its radio news reports twice every hour to local stations.

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G.M.A.’s Producer Will Oversee ABC News Programming

Date: 01 March 2012

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

James Goldston helped “Good Morning America” narrow the ratings gap with the morning-show juggernaut, “Today.”

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The Breakfast Meeting: James Murdoch Leaves News International and No Closure Yet for G.O.P.

Date: 29 February 2012

By Noam Cohen

Noam Cohen

Also, getting an injured journalist out of Syria and a rave for Sony’s new mobile game device, the Vita.

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Financial Rally Sends Shares Higher

Date: 01 March 2012

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Reports showing that United States jobless claims remain low and that incomes increased slightly last month helped push markets higher.

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Earnings Slide at DreamWorks Animation

Date: 29 February 2012

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Weak demand for DVDs during the December holiday shopping period weighed on results.

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Cablevision Says Income Dropped 47%

Date: 29 February 2012

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The company plans no increases in subscriber fees this year, a move that, with other business investments, will reduce free cash flow.

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Huckabee Will Host a Presidential Forum on Fox News

Date: 29 February 2012

By Jeremy W. Peters

Jeremy Peters

The program is scheduled to be broadcast on Saturday, and Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have agreed to appear.

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James Murdoch Gives Up Role at British Unit

Date: 29 February 2012

By John F. Burns and Amy Chozick

John Burns

James Murdoch’s role at News International has come under scrutiny amid a phone-hacking scandal at the company’s tabloids.

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‘Fox & Friends’ to Add an Hour by Starting at 5 a.m.

Date: 01 March 2012

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

The extra hour, called “Fox & Friends First,” is another sign of the increasing competition for morning viewers, even those watching well before the sun rises.

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Spanish Newspaper Reports Correspondent’s Escape From Syria

Date: 29 February 2012

By Robert Mackey

Robert Mackey

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports that one of its correspondents, Javier Espinosa, arrived safely in Lebanon, making him the second foreign journalist to escape from the Syrian city of Homs this week.

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