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, 1958
Day of Week 3rd » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
Day of Week 5th » Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
5th » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the United States Air Force known as US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
Day of Week 6th » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
Day of Week 21st » The peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
Day of Week 22nd » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
Day of Week 23rd » Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
Day of Week 28th » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains Prestonsburg, Kentucky bus disaster or one of the worst school bus accidents
Famous Birthdays on February in 1958
1st » Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
1st » Margie Abbott, New Zealand-Australian wife of Tony Abbott
1st » Ryō Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
1st » Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland