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On This Day February 29
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1706 – U.S. Founding Father, statesman, publisher and inventor Benjamin Franklin (d. 1790)
1899 – American gangster Al Capone (d. 1947)
1942 – Former World Heavyweight Boxing champion Muhammad Ali (d. 2016)
1957 – Comedian and “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey
1964 – Former First Lady Michelle Obama
1971 – Rapper and singer-songwriter Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie
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1918 – Nobel Laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela (d. 2013)
1921 – Former astronaut (first American to orbit the Earth) and U.S. Senator John Glenn (d. 2016)
1954 – Grammy-winning country music and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs
1961 – Actress Elizabeth McGovern (“Ragtime,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “Downton Abbey”)
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1899 – Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway (d. 1961)
1920 – Grammy-winning violinist Isaac Stern (d. 2001)
1957 – Comedian-actor and “SNL” alum Jon Lovitz (“A League of Their Own,” “The Wedding Singer”)
1978 – Actor-producer Josh Hartnett (“Pearl Harbor,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Sin City”)
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1965 – The most popular single is The Byrds’ interpretation of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man.”
1976 – Paul McCartney and Wings hold the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Silly Love Songs.”
1993 – Janet Jackson rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “That’s the Way Love Goes.”
2004 – Usher holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth week with “Burn.”
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1966 – The Beatles have the No. 1 single with “Paperback Writer.”
1969 – The Hollies record “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” with Elton John playing piano.
1984 – Prince releases the “Purple Rain” soundtrack five weeks before the movie opens.
1994 – All-4-One is in the middle of an 11-week domination of the singles chart with “I Swear.”