Event:
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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
