THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024

1868-First British government of Disraeli forms

1936-FDR signs second neutrality act

1956-Islamic Republic established in Pakistan

1956-President Eisenhower announces he would seek a second term

1960-JFK makes "missile gap" the Presidential campaign issue

1964-LBJ reveals U.S. secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter

1968-Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony, premieres

1972-Hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year

1984-Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down

1996-Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup

1996 Soyuz TM-23, lands