History UsefulNotes / LeapDay

** February 29 is also known as Bachelor's Day, the day on which, by tradition, women were allowed to propose marriage to a man in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}.
** The date was also chosen as the day for rare disease awareness.
** UsefulNotes/{{France}} has a quadrennial newspaper that's published every February 29 since 1980, ''La Bougie du Sapeur'' (''"The Sapper's Candle"''). There's 12 issues of it so far.

February 29 is also known as Bachelor's Day, the day on which, by tradition, women were allowed to propose marriage to a man in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}. It was also chosen as the day for rare disease awareness.

This can be a hassle if someone wants to celebrate their birthday every year. One way to do this is to celebrate it on February 28 (since they were not born in March) or March 1 so technically they'd still 'age' normally. This is what legal jurisdictions will do for the purposes of determining when someone reaches the age of majority, though whether it's the day before or after depends: the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom and UsefulNotes/HongKong consider March 1 as the day for leapers, while UsefulNotes/NewZealand and UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} use February 28.

This can be a hassle if someone wants to celebrate their birthday every year. One way to do this is to celebrate it on February 28 (since they were not born in March) or March 1 so technically they'd still 'age' normally. This is what legal jurisdictions will do for the purposes of determining when someone reaches the age of majority, though whether it's the day before or after depends: the UK and Hong Kong consider March 1 as the day for leapers, while New Zealand and Taiwan use February 28.

The twenty-ninth day of February comes only once every four years [[note]]except for years divisible by 100 but not 400[[/note]]. As the only date in the calendar that doesn't occur in every year, it has some comedic potential, especially when it's someone's birthday: Any event happening on someone's "Xth birthday" won't actually happen until he's 4 times X years old [[note]]plus another 4 years if crossing a century common year[[/note]]. People born on this day are known as "leapers" or "leaplings."

February 29 is also known as Bachelor's Day, the day on which, by tradition, women were allowed to propose marriage to a man in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}. It was also chosen as the day for rare disease awareness.

February 29 is also known as Bachelor's Day, the day on which, by tradition, women were allowed to propose marriage to a man in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}. It was also chosen as the day for rare disease awareness.
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!!Examples of leap day-born people:

* [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch of Constantinople]] Bartholomew I,
* Actor Creator/KenForee
* Actress Creator/MicheleMorgan
* [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] [[UsefulNotes/NotablePopes Paul III]]
* Singer and entertainer Creator/DinahShore
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* Bartholomew I, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch of Constantinople]]
* Creator/KenForee
* Creator/MicheleMorgan
* [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Paul III]]
* Creator/DinahShore

* [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch of Constantinople]] Bartholomew I

February 29 is also known as Bachelor's Day, the day on which, by tradition, women were allowed to propose marriage to a man in Ireland. It was also chosen as the day for rare disease awareness.