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Birthday: 29/2/1736: Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers
Birthday: 29/2/1736: Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer
Birthday: 29/2/1792: John Holland, American inventor of the submarine
Birthday: 29/2/1904: Jimmy Dorsey, US bandleader
Birthday: 29/2/1940: Mario Andretti, Italian racing driver
Event: 29/2/1604: John Landseer, the famous painter, died
Event: 29/2/1880: The St Gotthard tunnel through the Alps was completed
Event: 29/2/1956: Pakistan became an Islamic republic
Event: 29/2/1968: The discovery of the first pulsar in space was announced
Event: 29/2/1995: 65% of the population in Bosnia Herzegovina voted in favour of independence
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