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).
Famous Birthdays on February in 1902
1st » Therese Brandl, German Nazi concentration camp or concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
1st » Langston Hughes, American poet and author (d. 1967)
2nd » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
4th » Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and activist (d. 1974)
4th » Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 2003)
6th » George Brunies, American trombonist (d. 1974)
8th » Demchugdongrub, Mongolian activist (d. 1966)
9th » Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German activist (d. 1999)
10th » Walter Houser Brattain, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
11th » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Aarhus City Hall and Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Copenhagen called Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
12th » William Collier, Jr., American actor (d. 1987)
13th » Harold Lasswell, American political scientist (d. 1978)
18th » Walter Herbert (conductor) e.g Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (d. 1975)
19th » Kay Boyle, American author and educator (d. 1992)
20th » Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
22nd » Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (d. 1980)
26th » Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (d. 1991)