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LEAP DAY BABIES

Four Leap Day babies born Feb. 29, 1968, at Butler County Memorial Hospital shared a “first birthday” cake in 1972 at the YMCA. From left are Michelle Reinhart, Melissa Freiters, Sonya Barnes and Kay Ellen Double. Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. was first responsible for placing the extra day in the calendar to make up for a year being 365 days and about six hours, not exactly 365 days.

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