29 February in internet history
Things that can be dated to 29 February: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.
Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 29 February. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.
Also around this weekWithin three days
These did not happen on 29 February. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.
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The Dress Caitlin McNeill reposts the photograph to Tumblr. Wikipedia — The dress
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Dancing Pallbearers By this date clips of the pallbearers are being paired with Astronomia. Wikipedia — Dancing Pallbearers
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The Dress BuzzFeed publishes “The Dress Is Blue And Black”. Its Tumblr page peaks at 673,000 people on it at once, and the hashtag reaches eleven thousand tweets a minute. Wikipedia — The dress
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The Dress Roman Originals, having sold out of the dress within half an hour, announces it will make a single white-and-gold one to auction for Comic Relief. Wikipedia — The dress
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The Oscar selfie DeGeneres posts the photograph during the ceremony. It is retweeted 700,000 times in half an hour. Wikipedia — Oscar selfie
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The Game The webcomic xkcd publishes a strip declaring that its reader has won, and is free. Wikipedia — The Game (mind game)
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Trololo It is shown on The Colbert Report. Wikipedia — Trololo