Month February 1928 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, 1928

• Day of Week 25th » Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
• Day of Week 28th » C.V. Raman discovers the Raman effect.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1928

• 1st » Sam Edwards (physicist) named Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic
• 1st » Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American politician (d. 2008)
• 1st » Stuart Whitman, American actor
• 2nd » Jay Handlan, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 2nd » A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American judge, author, and activist (d. 1998)
• 3rd » Ingemar Haraldsson, Swedish footballer (d. 2004)
• 3rd » Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (d. 1999)
• 4th » Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (d. 2013)
• 5th » Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013)
• 5th » P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)
• 6th » Allan H. Meltzer, American economist and academic
• 8th » Osian Ellis, Welsh harp player and composer
• 8th » Jack Larson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Gene Lees, Canadian journalist and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 9th » Frank Frazetta, American illustrator (d. 2010)
• 9th » Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
• 9th » Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 11th » Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (d. 2013)
• 12th » Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (MFSB and Salsoul Orchestra) (d. 2013)
• 13th » Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham, English chemist and academic
• 13th » Gerald Regan, Canadian politician, 19th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 14th » William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013)
• 14th » Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (d. 2014)
• 14th » Benjamin Purcell, American colonel and politician (d. 2013)
• 15th » Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created 'Clifford the Big Red Dog'
• 15th » Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2014)
• 15th » Eno Raud, Estonian author (d. 1996)
• 17th » Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 18th » Tom Johnson (ice hockey) known as Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 20th » Roy Face, American baseball player
• 20th » Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland
• 22nd » Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (d. 1969)
• 22nd » Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Paul Dooley, American actor
• 22nd » Bruce Forsyth, English television host
• 22nd » Axel Strøbye, Danish actor (d. 2005)
• 23rd » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 23rd » Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990)
• 25th » Hushang Ebtehaj, Iranian poet
• 25th » Paul Elvstrøm, Danish sailor
• 25th » Larry Gelbart, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 25th » Richard G. Stern, American author and educator (d. 2013)
• 26th » Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 26th » Anatoly Filipchenko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 26th » Monique Leyrac, Canadian singer and actress
• 26th » Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2014)
• 27th » Alfred Hrdlicka, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 2009)
• 28th » Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976)
• 29th » Joss Ackland, English actor and singer
• 29th » Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist, and author
• 29th » Terry Lewis (police officer) known as Terry Lewis, Australian police officer
• 29th » Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-created the Logo (programming language) known as Logo programming language
• 29th » Tempest Storm, American actress, singer, and dancer

Famous Deaths for February 1928

• 1st » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 4th » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 10th » José Sánchez del Río Mexican martyr (b. 1913)
• 15th » H. H. Asquith, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 16th » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 25th » Gyula Kakas, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1876)
• 29th » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 29th » Ina Coolbrith, American poet (b. 1841)

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