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, 1935
Day of Week 2nd » Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
Day of Week 7th » The classic board game Monopoly (game) e.g Monopoly is invented.
Day of Week 12th » USS Macon ZRS-5 6, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
Day of Week 13th » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh kidnapping e.g Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
Day of Week 20th » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
Day of Week 26th » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
26th » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
Day of Week 28th » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.