Happy early birthday, leaplings! Though 2026 is not a Leap Year, you still get a birthday month February (or March, for some people). Millions of you got to celebrate the actual Leap Day, Feb. 29, in ...

The most famous member of the nine-man Feb. 29 NHL birthday club also is the oldest. Hockey Hall of Fame member Henri Richard, who will be 81, was born Feb. 29, 1936. He joined the Montreal Canadiens ...

Saturday is Feb. 29, a.k.a. leap day, a date that appears on our calendars only once every four years. Saturday is Feb. 29, a.k.a. leap day, a date that appears on our calendars only once every four ...

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Is 2026 a leap year? There's something about the randomness of throwing an extra day into a month once every few years that grabs our attention and curiosity. Feb. 29 has all sorts of myths and trivia ...

Happy birthday, leaplings! As you know, there is no Feb. 29, 2025, 2024 was the most recent Leap Year, and the next Leap Day is not for another three years. But … leaplings do something unique: They ...

ANTHONY, Texas (KWTX) - On February 29, 1988, Anthony, Texas, a small town on the Texas-New Mexico border in El Paso County, declared itself the Leap Year Capital of the World. The chamber of commerce ...

The list begins with February 29, presented as roughly a 1-in-1,470 birthday because Leap Day only appears every four years. Christmas Day follows at about 1 in 625, with New Year’s Day also among the ...