Happy 29th of february DYK Tony Robbins was born on this day? And so was Antonio Sabato Jr and Ja Rule. Why do we have it? if we didn't we would have a winter in july in 10000 years (i did the math)
ALSO. Since it is the end of Black History Month i will give a shout out to Notable Black Scientists and Engineers so check out the list just to see what all Black People have done for this country
- Otis Boykin (1947-1982)-inventor of the pacemaker,and guided missile
- Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) – Mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher
- Earl S. Bell (1977-) – Inventor, architectural theorist, building designer.
- Leonidas Berry (1902-1995)- Gastroenterologist. Pioneer in the development and use of the gastroscope.
- Herman Branson (1914-1995)- Physicist, Educator. Best known for his research on protein structure.
- David Blackwell (1919-) - Statistician
- St. Elmo Brady (1884-1966) - Chemist
- E. Luther Brookes (1900s?-?)- Chemist, Educator
- William Warrick Cardozo (1905-1962) - Pediatrician. Pioneered research on sickle cell anemia. In October 1937 he published "Immunologic Studies in Sickle Cell Anemia" in the Archives of Internal Medicine, many of the findings still valid today.
- Ben Carson (1951-) - Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University
- Emmett Chappelle (1925-) - Scientist and researcher who made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, biology, food science, and astrochemistry.
- George Washington Carver (1865-1943) - Botanical researcher
- David Crosthwait, Jr. (1898-1976) – Research engineer. An expert on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Received some 40 U.S. patents relating to HVAC systems.
- Marie Maynard Daly (1921-) – First black American woman with a Ph.D. in chemistry
- Charles Drew (1904-1950) - Medical researcher
- Lloyd Noel Ferguson (1918-?)- Chemist, Educator. First African American to receive a chemistry doctorate (1943, University of California, Berkeley).
- Sarah P. Goode (1850s-?) - Inventor of the hideaway bed, and first African American woman to receive a patent in the United States
- Joseph L. Graves Evolutionary biologist
- Lloyd Hall (1894-1971) - Chemist
- James A. Harris (1932-?) Co-discovered two new elements, Rutherfordium (element 104) and Hafnium (element 105) , at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
- Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911-1992) - Scientist and inventor at Bell Laboratories
- John E Hodge (1914-1996) - Chemist
- Erich Jarvis - Duke University Neuroscience who studies bird sogs
- Elgy S. Johnson (?-1987)- Mathematician
- Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961) - Inventor
- Percy Julian (1899-1975) - Chemist
- Ernest Just (1883-1941) - Biologist
- Samuel Lee Kountz, Jr. (1931-1981)- Transplant surgeon/researcher. A pioneer in organ transplantation, particularly renal transplant research and surgery. Author or co-author of 172 articles in scientific publications.
- Lewis Latimer (1848-1928) – Inventor
- USAF Major Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967) first black astronaut and member of the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program
- Jan Matzeliger (1852-1889) – Inventor
- Henry McBay (1914-1995) - Chemist
- Ronald McNair (1950-1986) – Astronaut killed during mission STS-51-L
- Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) – Inventor
- Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894) – Inventor and engineer
- John Uzo Ogbu (1939–2003) – Anthropologist who studied race and intelligence
- Claude Steele (? -) – Social scientist who first studied stereotype threat
- Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)
- Granville Woods (1856-1910) – Inventor
- Madam C.J. Walker (1867–1919) – Inventor, Legendary female inventor of Black cosmetic products.
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