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, 1960
Day of Week 1st » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Day of Week 3rd » Prime Minister of the United Kingdom known as British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a Wind of Change (speech) e.g wind of change", an increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government is likely
Day of Week 8th » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
8th » The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Day of Week 13th » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
13th » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
Day of Week 16th » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton SSRN-586 6 begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
Day of Week 26th » A New York-bound Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane e.g Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
Day of Week 29th » An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country.