births
Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
Related Wikipedia articles
Raisa Smetanina
Russian cross-country skier (born 1952)
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a Komi cross-country skiing champion, representing the Soviet Union and later the Unified Team at the Winter Olympic games. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 29
Day of the year
February 29 is a leap day —an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)