February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
February symbols: Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris). Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Its Zodiac signs are Aquarius (until February 18) and Pisces (February 19 onwards).
Historical Events for February, 1919
Day of Week 5th » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
Day of Week 6th » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins.
Day of Week 11th » Friedrich Ebert (Social Democratic Party of Germany e.g SPD), is elected President of Germany.
Day of Week 21st » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassination or assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
Day of Week 25th » Oregon places a one cent per U.S. gallon gasoline tax named tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
Day of Week 26th » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the Congress of the United States or U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park - the Grand Canyon National Park.