Daily Calendar for Monday, February 29, 2016
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Monday, February 29, 2016
Born
- Pope Paul III –
- Jimmy Dorsey (bandleader) –
- Dinah Shore (singer) –
- Al Rosen (baseball player) –
- Jack Lousma (astronaut) –
- Henri Richard (hockey player) –
- Willi Donnell Smith (fashion designer) –
- Karen Robinson (actress) –
- Cullen Jones (Olympic swimmer) –
Died
- Alessandro Striggio (composer) –
- Jerome Lawrence (playwright) –
- Davy Jones (musician; member of The Monkees) –
Events
- Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in the film Gone With the Wind –
- In Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence received his 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics –
- Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau announced his resignation –
- In Bethel, Maine, the largest snowwoman (122 feet, 1 inch tall) was dedicated –
Weather
- A heavy snowstorm dumped 30 inches on Salem, Massachusetts –