February 29 occurs only in leap years, which are years that are evenly divisible by 4 AND (not evenly divisible by 100 UNLESS also evenly divisible by 400).
For example, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2096 are leap years, and 1900, 2001, 2002 and 2100 are not.
As of 2011, the next time February 29 will occur is in 2012.
February 29th, 1985 was actually a leap year. So, this day of the week did not occur.
February 28 was available in the year of 1965 and february 29 is not available in the year of 1965 as it is not a leap year.
Summer Olympics occur in leap years. If the month of February has 29 days in the year, the Summer Olympics is scheduled to be competed.
Saturday February 29 occurs after 2020 in the years that are multiple of 4 but not multiples of 100, unless they are multiples of 400. The next occurrence after 2020 will be in the year 2024.
If someone was born on February 29, 1896, there would not be another February 29 date until 1904 - 1900 was not a leap year, as years that are divisible by 100 but not by 400 are not leap years. The same situation will occur on February 29, 2096, 2196 and 2296, but not 2396.
These are some upcoming dates: February 29, 2016 will be a Monday. February 29, 2020 will be a Saturday. February 29, 2024 will be a Thursday. February 29, 2028 will be a Tuesday. February 29, 2032 will be a Sunday.
3.75% of all years have a Wednesday, February 29. That's about 15.46% of all leap years. February 29 is most likely to fall on a Monday or a Wednesday (15.46%) and least likely to fall on a Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday (13.40%).
February 29, 2012 was a Wednesday.
February 29 1992 was a Saturday.
February 29 1972 was on a Tuesday.
29 February 1920 was a Sunday.