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, 2004
Day of Week 1st » Incidents during the Hajj Failures in crowd control e.g 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Day of Week 4th » Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
Day of Week 5th » Rebellion or Rebels from the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti known as Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
Day of Week 12th » The city of San Francisco San Francisco, California begins issuing San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Day of Week 14th » In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal Park called Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
Day of Week 18th » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer Nishapur train disaster named catches fire and explodes.
Day of Week 27th » The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
Day of Week 28th » Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a convert 500 km mi adj=on long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947
Day of Week 29th » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
Famous Deaths for February 2004
2nd » Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)