Mark Pollock (born 29 February 1976) is an international motivational speaker, explorer, and author from Ireland who became the first blind man to race to the South Pole. As part of a three-man team called South Pole Flag, alongside Simon O'Donnell and Inge Solheim, he took 43 days in January 2009 to complete the Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race. They finished fifth overall from the six teams that finished the race, but Pollock asserted his disability had slowed him down. He had participated against nine other teams, including that of BBC personality Ben Fogle and the Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell, a friend of Pollock. Pollock has won bronze and silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England and has also written a book titled Making It Happen. Around 2020, he was involved in the creation of Collaborative Cures.
Läs mer...Den 29 februari 1976 var en söndag under stjärntecknet ♓. Det var 59 e dagen i året. Förenta staternas president var Gerald R. Ford.
Om du föddes den här dagen är du 50 år gammal. Din sista födelsedag var den lördag 28 februari 2026, 117 dagar sedan. Din nästa födelsedag är den söndag 28 februari 2027, om 247 dagar. Du har bott i 18 379 dagar, eller cirka 441 101 timmar, eller cirka 26 466 079 minuter, eller cirka 1 587 964 740 sekunder.
Date: 01 March 1976
Leader of pressmen's union at 2 Baltimore Sun newspapers and News American on Feb 29 order their negotiators to return to bargaining with counteroffer at meeting tentatively scheduled for Mar 12; union local pres Robert Stallings comments (S)
Date: 29 February 1976
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
Washington Post labor-mgt dispute has major implications for newspaper indus; 20-wk strike of pressmen's union is likely to have immediate impact on Feb 29 at Baltimore's newspapers, where pressmen's union must vote on offer that raises similar issues; Post gen mgr Mark Meagher, local pres Bob Stallings and reporter Don Baker comment (L)
Date: 01 March 1976
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire comments on possible censure by CBS of Schorr; holds CBS chmn William Paley has been seeking excuse to discipline Schorr for 2 yrs; holds that Paley believes that getting rid of Schorr will help network regain favor of Middle Amer; says that if network takes action against Schorr it will have bad effect on every newsman in every network
Date: 29 February 1976
By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK Special to The New York Times
Sen Select Intelligence Com sources say com will take extraordinary precautions next wk to prevent its final rept from being leaked to news media; some measures noted; com security officer Benjamin Marshall comments (M)
Date: 01 March 1976
Denis Ross lr scores as excessive media coverage of Nixon's trip
Date: 29 February 1976
By LESLIE H. GELB
Leslie GELB
Article on Sec of State Henry Kissinger; says he has been 'barnstorming' because he is running out of support in Washington, DC, and the heartland visits help him hold the line against pressure to downplay importance of new nuclear arms pact with Moscow; says local press coverage of his appearances has been 'spectacular' and he is virtually guaranteed front-page news stories and endless time on local TV channels; illus (L)
Date: 29 February 1976
By James S. Phelan
James Phelan
R Baker humorous comment on CIA activities; drawing (L)
Date: 29 February 1976
IBM Corp reptdly has leased 234,000 sq ft of office space in Westchester One office bldg, White Plains (NY); plans to consolidate several Westchester (NY) offices (S)