Today, on 29th Feb, 2012, it’s the 220th birthday of an Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini as well as the leap day according to the Gregorian calendar. Google is celebrating both of them with a special Google Doodle on its homepage. Read the details after the jump.
Gioachino Antonio Rossini and
Leap year 2012 Google Doodle is a bit funny with four frogs having fun and enjoying. One is playing orchestra, second is singing, third one is sitting on the chair while the fourth one is showing him his hairs after a haircut. Below is the little detail about Gioachino Antonio Rossini as well as Leap years for you guys.
Gioachino Antonio Rossini:
Gioachino Antonio Rossini wrote 39 operas as well as holy music, chamber music, songs, and a number of instrumental and piano pieces. He was born on 29 February 1792 and died on 13 November 1868. Italian comedies Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola and the French-language epics Moïse et Pharaon and Guillaume Tell are his best-known operas.
Leap Year:
February 29, called a leap day, is a date that comes in the years that are equally divisible by 4, for example 2004, 2008, 2012 as well as 2016. Years that are equally divisible by 100 are not leap years, but those years which are divisible by 400 are the leap years. For example 1900 was not a leap year while 2000 was. February 29 is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in such a year, with 306 days left over until the conclusion of that year.
Happy Birthday Gioachino Rossini and Happy Leap Year to all of you!
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