Today in History: In 2012, the world’s tallest tower is completed

Did you know: Once every four years, people born on Feb. 29 actually get to celebrate their birthday. That's right, today is leap day, the extra day added every fourth year to help fix the problem that while our calendar year is 365 days, the solar year — the amount of time it takes the Earth to circle the sun — is 365.24219 days.

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2012 The world’s tallest tower is completed

The Tokyo Skytree measures 634 m (2080 ft). It is also the world’s second tallest man-made structure, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

1996 A Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 on board
A wrong barometric altimeter setting caused the pilots to fly too low during an approach to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport in Arequipa, Peru.

Births On This Day – 29 February

1964 Mervyn Warren
American singer-songwriter, producer

1960 Khaled
Algerian singer-songwriter

1916 Dinah Shore
American singer, actress

1904 Pepper Martin
American baseball player, manager

1792 Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer