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Thursday, February 29. 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The African Union says its troops will arrive in the Comoros in a few days. //www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL28680791 (Reuters)

Occupation of Iraq

2004 Haiti rebellion: Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti. The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti and flees the country for the Central African Republic. The chief justice of the Haitian supreme court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president. //www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/29/1077989442372.html ("Sydney Morning Herald") //www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=4461959 (Reuters) //www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040228.whaiti0228_2/BNStory/International/ ("Globe and Mail")

Middlesbrough win the League Cup 2–1 against Bolton at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

A Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in World War II deportations.

Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that the United States has developed a jet airplane (the A-11), capable of sustained flight at more than .

The 1960 Agadir earthquake completely destroys the town of Agadir, Morocco.

Austrian-born economistFriedrich Hayek publishes his book "The Road to Serfdom" (in London).

WWII ndash Battle of Los Negros and Operation Brewer: The Admiralty Islands are invaded by U.S. forces.

WWII: The Japanese launch an offensive in central and south China.

March ndash "Truth or Consequences" debuts on "NBC" Radio.

Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

Serbia and Bulgaria secretly sign a treaty of alliance for a term of eight years, with each pledging to come to the defense of the other during war.

The Omicron Delta Omega co-ed fraternity is founded by Benjamin Franklin.

Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden resigns to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden.

Canadians (actual "Québécois") and Native Americans sack Deerfield, Massachusetts.

February ndash In America, Mardi Gras is celebrated with the "Masque de la Mobile" in the capital of French Louisianne, Mobile (Alabama).

Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse this night to convince Jamaican tribesmen to provide him with supplies.