Enter leap day and leap year, with a 29th day added to February every four years to straighten things out. Well, sort of, but ...

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 ...

The origin of the leap year, which adds one day—the 29th—to the end of February once every four years, dates all the way back to 46 B.C. An astronomer named Sosigenes of Alexandria told Julius ...

"Every day was getting closer to the 29th ... Her eight-year-old daughter was born in a leap year, but on 16 February. She says they will probably celebrate Milo's birthday on 28 February ...

Babies born on 29 February are known as leapers or leaplings and the chances of being born on a leap year day is said to be one in 1,461. Despite the odds here are five musical leapers that topped ...

February 29th. Happening every four years, the leap year came about when the ancient Romans realized we needed to add an extra day to the calendar to keep the order within our seasonal astronomy.

Leap day, February 29, comes around every four years and was first introduced by Julius Caesar over 2,000 years ago. It is a day filled with folklore, superstitions and traditions, old and new.

This year, 29th February falls on a Thursday, meaning you'll actually have to leap out of bed and head into school, as opposed to having an extra day all to yourself. Things won't be much better ...

every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February. The math is mind-boggling in a layperson sort of way and down to fractions of days and minutes. There’s even a leap second occasionally ...