More Notable Events on February 29: 1972 Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year 1960 John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue 1956 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term 1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st black woman to win an Oscar 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal