2020

According to On this Day, US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war in Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar. US and NATO allies will withdraw their troops after 14 months if deal kept.

2004

According to The People History, Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising.

1988

According to The People History, New Zealand cricket batsman Mark Greatbatch scores an unbeaten 107 on debut to rescue a draw in 2nd Test v England at Eden Park, Auckland

1984

According to Time and Date, Pierre Trudeau announces he is stepping down after 15 years as Canadian Prime Minister

1976

According to The Fact Site, American driver Richard Petty wins the only Winston Cup race run on Leap Day, taking the Carolina 500 at Rockingham by 2 laps over Darrell Waltrip

1964

 According to On this Day, LBJ reveals the US has secretly developed the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, an advanced, long‐range high-speed and high-altitude reconnaissance airplane

1960

According to The Fact Site, Agadir earthquake in Morocco kills a third of the population (12,000-15,000)

1504

According to On this Day, Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians