Month February 1924 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, 1924

• Day of Week 1st » The United Kingdom recognizes the Soviet Union e.g USSR.
• Day of Week 5th » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
• Day of Week 8th » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• Day of Week 14th » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• Day of Week 22nd » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1924

• 1st » Richard Hooker (author) e.g Richard Hooker, American author (d. 1997)
• 1st » Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)
• 3rd » E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (d. 1993)
• 3rd » Martial Asselin, Canadian politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)
• 4th » Janet Waldo, American actress
• 5th » Basil Copper, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 5th » Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
• 6th » Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) known as Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
• 6th » Jin Yong, Chinese author
• 8th » Lisel Mueller, American poet
• 10th » Max Ferguson, Canadian radio host (d. 2013)
• 10th » Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 13th » Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (d. 2006)
• 14th » Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
• 15th » Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 17th » Margaret Truman, American author (d. 2008)
• 18th » Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist and academic (d. 1999)
• 18th » Louis Laberge, Canadian union leader (d. 2002)
• 18th » Nicolo Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mob boss (d. 2010)
• 18th » Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1993)
• 19th » David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
• 19th » Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
• 19th » Borghild Niskin, Norwegian skier (d. 2013)
• 19th » Bruce Norris, American businessman (d. 1986)
• 19th » František Vláčil, Czech director and painter (d. 1999)
• 20th » Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress and fashion designer
• 21st » Emil Frei, American physician and oncologist (d. 2013)
• 21st » William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 21st » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe
• 23rd » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 23rd » Claude Sautet, French director and author (d. 2000)
• 23rd » Lee Hu-rak, South Korean intelligence officer and politician (d. 2009)
• 24th » Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 24th » Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
• 25th » Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (d. 2013)
• 26th » Mark Bucci, American playwright and composer (d. 2002)
• 26th » Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
• 28th » Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2000)
• 28th » Robert A. Roe, American politician (d. 2014)
• 29th » David Beattie, New Zealand politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001)
• 29th » Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador
• 29th » Al Rosen, American baseball player

Famous Deaths for February 1924

• 8th » Gee Jon, Chinese-American criminal (b. 1895)
• 15th » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 16th » John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (b. 1853)

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