BirthFebruary 291988

Hannah Mills

Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor

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When
Monday, February 29 198838 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1980s
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Person
Hannah Mills

Who they were

Hannah Louise Mills is a British competitive sailor and two-time world champion in the 470 class, having won in 2012 and 2019. Mills won a silver medal for Team GB with her crew Saskia Clark in the 2012 Olympics, she followed this up with a gold in the same event at both the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and, partnered by Eilidh McIntyre, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Why this date

Hannah Mills appears on our February 29 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.

February 29 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1988Hannah Mills
  2. 2008Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
  3. 2008Misha Defonseca
  4. 2012North Korea
  5. 2012Tokyo Skytree
  6. 20162016 Miqdadiyah bombing
  7. 2020Colectivo (Venezuela)
  8. 2020Luxembourg
  9. 2020Muhyiddin Yassin
  10. 2020United States
  11. 2024Flour Massacre

Also in 1988

  • September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
  • March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
  • September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
  • September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
  • September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
  • September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
  • August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

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February 29 1988 — 38 years ago, on a Monday.

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