February 29 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Ann Lee, founder of Shakers
* Dee Brown, writer
* Dinah Shore, singer
* Ja Rule, rapper and actor
* Saul Williams, rapper, poet, and actor

This day in history
* 1940 - For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
* 1972 - Hank Aaron becomes the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to sign a $200,000 contract.
* 1988 - South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town

Holidays and interesting facts
* Leap day - occurs in years divisible by 4 except for century years not divisible by 400 (like 2100)

Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Send a net, save a life.