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Svetlana Velmar-Janković
The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year:
Footnotes
- ^ February 29 only occurs in leap years. This day is added to the calendar as a corrective measure because the Earth does not orbit the Sun in precisely 365 days.