Month February 1906 Calendar

About Month of February Calendar

• 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, 1906

• Day of Week 10th » HMS Dreadnought 1906 6, the first of a revolutionary Dreadnought new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• Day of Week 11th » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical 'Vehementer Nos'.
• Day of Week 18th » Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1906

• 1st » Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1st » Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)
• 4th » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (d. 1945)
• 4th » Colette Darfeuil, French actress (d. 1998)
• 4th » Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer, discovered Pluto (d. 1997)
• 5th » John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 5th » Margit Danÿ, Hungarian fencer (d. 1975)
• 6th » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980)
• 7th » Puyi, Chinese emperor (d. 1967)
• 7th » Oleg Antonov, Russian aircraft designer and engineer, founded the Antonov known as Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984)
• 8th » Chester Carlson, American physicist, invented Xerography (d. 1968)
• 9th » André Kostolany, Hungarian speculator (d. 1999)
• 10th » Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
• 10th » Erik Rhodes (actor) named Erik Rhodes, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
• 13th » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1964)
• 13th » Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)
• 15th » Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch cyclist (d. 1979)
• 16th » Vera Menchik, Russian-English chess player (d. 1944)
• 17th » Mary Brian, American actress (d. 2002)
• 18th » Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
• 19th » Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American ornithologist (d. 1981)
• 20th » Gale Gordon, American actor (d. 1995)
• 22nd » Humayun Kabir, Indian educator and politician (d. 1969)
• 22nd » Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Danish actor (d. 1982)
• 25th » Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1988)
• 25th » Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
• 26th » Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
• 28th » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)

Famous Deaths for February 1906

• 9th » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
• 10th » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 13th » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
• 18th » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 25th » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)

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