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).
2nd » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (d. 1959)
3rd » Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1956)
4th » Andreu Nin i Pérez, Catalan politician (d. 1937)
4th » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964)
6th » Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984)
6th » William Murphy (scientist) known as William Murphy, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)