Daily Calendar for Thursday, February 29, 2024
Died
- Alessandro Striggio (composer) –
- Jerome Lawrence (playwright) –
- Davy Jones (musician; member of The Monkees) –
Born
- Jimmy Dorsey (bandleader) –
- Dinah Shore (singer) –
- Jack Lousma (astronaut) –
- Willi Donnell Smith (fashion designer) –
Events
- Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in the film Gone With the Wind–
- In Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence received his 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics–
- Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau announced his resignation
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- In Bethel, Maine, the largest snowwoman (122 feet, 1 inch tall) was dedicated–
Weather
- A heavy snowstorm dumped 30 inches on Salem, Massachusetts–
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