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Zodiac Signs February 1998 Birthstone

February Birthstones Astrology

  • The February Birthstone is the Amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. At one point in time, only royalty could wear the gem. Amethyst is said to be associated with good luck, humor, and health. Amethyst is called the traditional birthstone of February. Onyx is considered the secondary birthstone of February.

February Zodiac Signs

  • Month of February Zodiac Signs are Aquarius(until February 18) and Pisces(February 19 onwards).
  • Aquarius (January 21 - February 19) People born under this sign can sometimes leave an impression of being simple minded. However this is actually one of their positive qualities. This quality can result in being honest, loyal and dependable. Some other great attributes of the Aquarius are smarts and a drive towards independence.
    Aquarius are compatible with: Aries, Gemini, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius and other Aquarius.
  • Pisces (February 20 - March 20) Pisces and Aquarius have some common qualities. Both tend to be honest and like to be low key in social situations. Neither likes to draw attention to themselves. People who are born under the sign of Pisces tend to be generous and passionate towards other people and their own goals.
    Pisces are compatible with: Aries, Aquarius, Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio and Capricorn.

February Birth Flowers

  • Month of February is associated with St. Valentine's Day and red roses. However, the flower for the month is Violet. The flower symbolises faithfulness, humility and chastity. Gifting violets in the Victorian era conveyed the message: I'll always be true. The birth flower is found in shades of blue, mauve as well as yellow and cream.
  • Faithfulness, Wisdom and Hope. Violets convey the meaning that you will always be true. February Birth Flower Violet comes in shades not only of Purple, which is what people commonly think of, but also of White.

Historical Events for February, 1998

  • 1st » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
  • 3rd » Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas, becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
  • 3rd » Cavalese cable car disaster (1998) or Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
  • 4th » An February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake called earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
  • 6th » Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
  • 10th » Voters in Maine repeal a LGBT rights in the United States e.g gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.
  • 14th » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created Yaoundé train explosion known as a massive explosion which kills 120.
  • 16th » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
  • 20th » American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
  • 23rd » In the United States, Kissimmee Tornado Outbreak e.g tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
  • 28th » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
  • 28th » Kosovo War: Serbia and Montenegro e.g Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1998

  • 8th » Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer-songwriter
  • 10th » Candy Hsu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress
  • 15th » Zachary Gordon, American actor

Famous Deaths for February 1998

  • 2nd » Haroun Tazieff, French geologist (b. 1914)
  • 5th » Tim Kelly (musician) named Tim Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter (band) named Slaughter) (b. 1963)
  • 6th » Falco (musician) or Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
  • 6th » José Marroquín Leal, Mexican actor and clown (b. 1933)
  • 6th » Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946)
  • 7th » Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
  • 8th » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 8th » Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician (b. 1912)
  • 8th » Rocke Robertson, Canadian physician and academic (b. 1912)
  • 8th » Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
  • 9th » Maurice Schumann, French politician and journalist (b. 1911)
  • 10th » Yorgos Vrasivanopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1924)
  • 12th » Gardner Ackley, American economist (b. 1915)
  • 15th » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
  • 15th » Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (b. 1919)
  • 15th » Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (b. 1971)
  • 17th » Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
  • 17th » Bob Merrill, American composer and songwriter (b. 1921)
  • 18th » Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)
  • 18th » Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
  • 19th » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1913)
  • 22nd » Abraham A. Ribicoff, American politician, 80th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1910)
  • 24th » Clara Fraser, American activist, co-founded Radical Women (b. 1923)
  • 24th » Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
  • 24th » Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
  • 25th » Celestine Tate Harrington, American keyboard player (b. 1956)
  • 25th » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author (b. 1914)
  • 26th » James Algar, American director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912)
  • 26th » Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 26th » Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (b. 1923)
  • 27th » George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
  • 27th » J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)
  • 28th » Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (b. 1952)
  • 28th » Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)

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