Happy birthday, leaplings! As you know, this February is special: 2024 is a Leap Year. And Leap Day is on Thursday, Feb. 29. Leaplings do something unique: They can calculate their age in in Leap ...

Other celebrities born on February 29 include rapper Ja Rule ... Anthony, Texas is the self-proclaimed "Leap Year Capital of the World." This town in Texas hosts a Quadrennial Leap Year Festival ...

She was born on 29 February, an elusive day that appears once every four years in a leap year - so she's only had seven birthdays on her actual day in her lifetime. Julia Alsop Julia, aged 12 ...

Gabriel Grams/FilmMagic; Paul Archuleta/Getty; Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Ushering in the New Year is always a cause for celebration, especially for these stars whose birthdays fall on New Year's Eve ...

11 In Sweden in the leap year 1712, the country marked February 29 and 30! Two extra days were added to the calendar to move from the Swedish calendar to the Julian one. 12 Someone born on ...

According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, the chances of being born on a leap day is about 1 in 1,500. Having a leap day birthday “always drew a lot of attention,” Riford said.

Leap Day is ... also happens to be the birthday of just over 5 million people (aka Leaplings), which technically only get to celebrate their actual birthdate every four years.