What Happened on 29th February

Many events happen in our everyday life. Some of those turn out to be significant whereas some are not. We want to remind our readers of those events that came to be historical as time reels.

Events

1856 — Lord Canning takes over as Governor-General.

1972 — Malawi recognized Bangladesh as an independent country.

Births

1920 — American poet Howard Nemerov was born.

1948 — Bangladeshi playwright and actor Mamunur Rashid was born.

Deaths

2008 — American author Janet Kagan died.

2008 — Japanese scholar and philosopher Akira Yamada died.

2012 — English singer-songwriter Davy Jones died.