celebrations... leap year special.(Features)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: February 28, 2004 | Copyright information

At long last, it's our birthday!

TOMORROW is leap-year day - February 29 - and the first time for four years that people born on that day can celebrate their true birthday.

Today - in another Celebrations special - we feature some of the readers who will be celebrating their birthday. So, if you too are a leap-year baby, Happy Birthday!

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