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Interesting Facts Related to 28th February
It is 29th February, 2008, and it is a Leap Year. You know that there are 28 days on the calender in the
month of February but after every four years 29 days are given to February. So 2008 is a Leap Year and this time there are 366 days in a year and not 365. The time that the earth takes to go around the sun is called a year. This time period is of about 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. To maintain this after every four years one day is added to the month of February.
According to a survey report from America, about two hundred thousand Americans were born on 29th February in the year 2000, in America.
This number is 4.1 million all over the world. It is not that they celebrate their birthdays after four years; some celebrate on 28th February and some on 1st of March. The sixth Prime Minister of India, Mr. Morarji Desai was born on 29th February 1896. Before getting elected to the office of the Prime Minister, he was the Finance Minister, and he had presented his first yearly budget on 29th February.
Likewise, there are many other interesting facts are there.
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Published: August 22, 2008
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