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Tomorrow is Leap Day. U.S. Presidential elections and Summer Olympic Games are both held every 4 years and occur in the Leap Year. Since it takes the Earth a little longer than a year to travel around the sun (365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds) it accumulates an extra day every 4 years and an extra day is added to the calendar. Babies born on Leap Day are usually given Feb 28th or March 1st Birthdays. Some Famous Leap Day babies, JaRule, rapper (1976), Anthony Sabato Jr, Model and Actor (1972) and Dinah Shore, Singer (1916).

Did you know that on this day in 1938 Protective baseball helmets were worn for the first time.