On This Day February 29
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1876 – Author Jack London (“The Call of the Wild,” “White Fang”) (d. 1916)
1944 – Retired World Heavyweight Boxing champion Joe Frazier (d. 2011)
1951 – Conservative talk show host and Radio Hall of Famer Rush Limbaugh (d. 2021)
1954 – Radio shock jock and former “America’s Got Talent” judge Howard Stern
1963 – “Go Away Little Girl,” by Steve Lawrence, begins two weeks on top of the singles chart.
1980 – “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” by Rupert Holmes, is the most popular single in the U.S.
1991 – Madonna rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Justify My Love.”
2002 – “How You Remind Me,” by Nickelback, begins its fourth and final week as a No. 1 single.