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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_29" title="February 29">February 29</a></b>: Beginning of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen-Day_Fast" title="Nineteen-Day Fast">Nineteen-Day Fast</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, 2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">Queen Anne's War</a>: French and Native American forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Deerfield" title="Raid on Deerfield">raided</a></b> the English settlement of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfield,_Massachusetts" title="Deerfield, Massachusetts">Deerfield, Massachusetts</a>, killing more than 50 colonists.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_campaign" title="Admiralty Islands campaign">Admiralty Islands campaign</a></b> began when American forces assaulted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Negros_Island" title="Los Negros Island">Los Negros Island</a>, the third largest of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Agadir_earthquake" title="1960 Agadir earthquake">The deadliest earthquake in Moroccan history</a></b> struck the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir">Agadir</a>, killing at least 12,000 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> – Haitian president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide" title="Jean-Bertrand Aristide">Jean-Bertrand Aristide</a> was <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Haitian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2004 Haitian coup d'état">overthrown</a></b> following popular rebel uprising.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – Construction of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree" title="Tokyo Skytree">Tokyo Skytree</a></b>, the world's tallest tower and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures" title="List of tallest structures">third-tallest structure</a>, was completed.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_of_Worcester" title="Oswald of Worcester">Oswald of Worcester</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 992); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamil_Tolon" title="Kamil Tolon">Kamil Tolon</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1912); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldo_Pay%C3%A1" title="Oswaldo Payá">Oswaldo Payá</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1952); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel_Busuttil" title="Carmel Busuttil">Carmel Busuttil</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1964)</p>
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