February
"Nothing is worth more than this
day." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
February is the second month of the year having 28 days in
regular years and 29 in leap years. Name comes from the Latin
(mensis) Februarius,
the month of expiation (the Roman festival of purification was
on the 15th day). February's birthstone is amethyst and its flower
is violet.
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- 27 - 28
- 29 (Leap Year)
1
First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954
Forces lead by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979
Chinese New Year Holiday (3 days) in Taiwan
RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing
system, 1949
2
Candlemas
Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England,
1942
3
The Day The Music Died: Buddy Holly, Richie
Valens and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside
Mason City, Iowa, 1959
4
Cybernet inaugurated, 1969
Patricia Hearst kidnaped by Symbionese Liberation
Army, 1974
Independence Commemoration Day in Sri Lanka
5
Constitution Day in Mexico
6
New Zealand Day
7
Independence Day in Grenada
Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first
U.S. tour, 1964
Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded
rock album, 1979
8
1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq
9
-51 degrees F recorded in Vanderbilt, Michigan,
1934
St. Maron's Day in Lebanon
Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn,
New York, 1941
10
Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck, AD 60
11
Last day of JOSS service at RAND Corp., 1966
National Foundation Day in Japan
12
Abraham Lincoln's birthday
Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969
Pyidaungsa Day in Burma
The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York
City, 1964
13
None at this time.
14
Saint Valentine's Day
First micro-on-a-chip patented by Texas Instruments,
1978
Bombing of Dresden, 1945
15
ENIAC demonstrated, 1946
Chicago Seven convicted, 1970
16
Nylon patented, 1937
Stephen Decatur burns U.S. frigate in Tripoli,
1804
Makha Bucha Day in Thailand
17
Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood,
New Jersey, 1982
18
Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell
Observatory, AZ, 1930
Democracy Day in Nepal
Independence Day in The Gambia
19
United States Marines land on Iwo Jima, 1945
Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back
to the Irish" is banned in Britain, 1972
William "Smokey" Robinson is born
in Detroit, 1940
20
John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times, 1962
J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946
Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without
advertising, 1974
21
Battle of Verdun begins towards 1 million
casualties, 1916
First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut,
1878
Malcom X assassinated in Harlem, 1965
22
None at this time.
23
Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina,
1971
Republic Day in Guyana
Handel born, 1685
Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi,
1944
24
None at this time.
25
National Day in Kuwait
26
Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson
begin, 1868
Gregorian Calendar Day
27
The Lionheart crowned, 1189
Independence Day in Dominican Republic
28
The "French Connection" drug bust
occurs in Marseilles, 1972
29
Leap Day (in a Leap Year)
French and Indian raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts,
1704
Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904
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