Friday, February 28, 2020

Elyria's Leap Year Twins – Feb. 1960

Tomorrow is February 29, a date which we all know only comes around in a leap year, every four years.

Well, here's a cute story from the pages of the Lorain Journal from the leap year of 1960. It's about Harry and Thomas Wallace of Elyria – twins born on Feb. 29, 1912.

The article points out that since they only celebrate their birthday every four years, the middle-aged men were just turning twelve in 1960.

Here's the article as it appeared in the Journal on Feb. 15th, 1960. Although they were twins, they were quite different in likes and dislikes, as the article humorously notes.


Both men served their country during World War II; Tom in the Navy, and Harry in the Army.

Thomas passed away in May 2000, and Harry followed in 2005.


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2 comments:

  1. -Alan D HopewellFebruary 28, 2020 at 11:41 AM

    Probably the most famous "leap year" baby was Clark Kent; it's probably been retconned to something else, but originally, his "official" birthday was 29 February.

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  2. -Alan D HopewellMarch 2, 2020 at 10:17 AM

    I goofed; Superman's official birthday was 29 February.

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