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, 1943
Day of Week 2nd » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to Battle of Stalingrad Soviet victory conclusion as Red Army Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis powers Axis forces.
Day of Week 3rd » The USAT Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survived. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story.
Day of Week 7th » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allies of World War II or Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campai
Day of Week 9th » World War II: Allies of World War II Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal (Pacific Ocean island) Guadalcanal secure after Empire of Japan Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Day of Week 10th » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Red Army Soviet Red Army engages Nazi Germany German troops and Francoist Spain Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
Day of Week 11th » World War II: General (United States) named General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the Allies of World War II or allied armies in Europe.
Day of Week 14th » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
Day of Week 16th » World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
16th » World War II: Insertion of Operation Gunnerside, Norway.
Day of Week 18th » The Nazism named Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
18th » Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech called 'Sportpalast' speech.
Day of Week 19th » World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
Day of Week 20th » American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to Censorship or censor movies.
20th » The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico.
Day of Week 22nd » World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
Day of Week 23rd » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded is Greece.
Day of Week 27th » The Smith Mine disaster or Smith Mine 3 in Bearcreek, Montana known as Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
27th » The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1943
1st » Fred Barnes (journalist) called Fred Barnes, American journalist
24th » Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
24th » Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (d. 1984)
24th » Terry Semel, American businessman
25th » Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
25th » George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Traveling Wilburys, and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 2001)
25th » Jack Concannon, American football player (d. 2005)