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, 1988
Day of Week 5th » Manuel Noriega is indicted on Illegal drug trade named drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
Day of Week 6th » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman (logo) called Jumpman logo.
Day of Week 20th » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Day of Week 27th » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenians called Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent massacre.
Day of Week 29th » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
29th » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to coming out named come out as gay.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1988
1st » Brett Anderson (baseball) known as Brett Anderson, American baseball player
3rd » Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior, Super Junior-M, and Super Junior-K.R.Y)
17th » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
17th » Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th List of Chief Ministers of Bihar known as Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)
19th » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
19th » René Char, French poet (b. 1907)
29th » Sidney Harmon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)