📜 This Day in History
February 29
1704Queen Anne's War: French and Native American forces raided the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing more than 50 colonists.- 1944World War II: The Admiralty Islands campaign began when American forces assaulted Los Negros Island, the third largest of the Admiralty Islands.
- 1980La Bougie du Sapeur, a humorous French newspaper that is published only on leap days, printed its first issue.
- 1996In the deadliest aviation accident in Peruvian history, Faucett Flight 251 crashed on approach to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, killing all 123 people aboard.
- 2004Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown following popular rebel uprising.
- 2012Construction of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower and third-tallest structure, was completed.
