US: woman gives birth to third Leap Day baby

US: woman gives birth to third Leap Day baby Provo (Utah): In one of the rarest feats in the annals of family planning, an Utah woman has given birth on a third consecutive Leap Day, tying a record set in the 1960s. David and Louise Estes' daughter Jade was born on Wednesday morning in Provo, an hour south of Salt Lake City, four years after their son Remington was born on February 29, 2008, and eight years after their...
08:34 AM, Mar 03, 2012

Google's leap day, Gioachino Rossini b'day doodle

Google's leap day, Gioachino Rossini b'day doodle New Delhi: For a day that comes rarely to the calendar, Google has doodled a rare two-in-one doodle that commemorates not only the leap day but also the 220th birth anniversary of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. Since the leap years and leap days are usually associated with frogs, the leaping ambhibians, the Google doodle on February 29 has a number of frogs, all four of them. The doodle is...
01:23 AM, Feb 29, 2012

2012: A few tidbits on leap year

2012: A few tidbits on leap year Thirty days hath September, April, June and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine - Old English Saying 2012 is a leap year. Here are some interesting tidbits on leap year. Where the concept of leap year originated: It was the Romans who first designated February 29 as leap day. Later, a more precise formula was...
03:51 PM, Dec 31, 2011

Feb 29: The day women propose to men in London

Feb 29: The day women propose to men in London New Delhi: It's difficult to imagine a Mumbai Indians (MI) team without Sachin Tendulkar but that's how it's likely to be for the star-studded team from India that could be without their icon in the third edition of the Champions League Twenty20 beginning September 23. Tendulkar returned mid-way through Indias forgettable tour of England where the World Champions surrendered their No. 1 Test status. But an old toe injury flared-up...
08:37 PM, Feb 28, 2008
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