Month February 1956 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, 1956

• Day of Week 20th » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• Day of Week 25th » In his speech 'On the Personality Cult and its Consequences', Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1956

• 1st » Brahmanandam, Indian actor
• 1st » Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (X (American band) known as X, The Knitters, and Auntie Christ)
• 1st » Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 3rd » John Jefferson, American football player
• 3rd » Nathan Lane, American actor and singer
• 3rd » Lee Ranaldo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sonic Youth)
• 4th » Randy Sidler, American football player
• 5th » Betty Ong, American flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
• 5th » Hector Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 5th » David Wiesner, American author
• 7th » Emo Philips, American comedian
• 7th » Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss (band) called Kiss and White Tiger (band) called White Tiger) (d. 2007)
• 8th » Marques Johnson, American basketball player
• 8th » Kostas Triantafyllopoulos, Greek actor
• 9th » Margaret Gilmore, English journalist
• 9th » Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
• 10th » Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician and diplomat
• 11th » H.R., American singer and guitarist (Bad Brains)
• 11th » Catherine Hickland, American actress and singer
• 11th » Didier Lockwood, French violinist
• 12th » Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
• 12th » Ad Melkert, Dutch politician
• 12th » Brian Robertson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Thin Lizzy, Motörhead, and Wild Horses (British band) e.g Wild Horses)
• 13th » Princess Alia bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 13th » Liam Brady, Irish footballer
• 13th » Richard Eden (actor) e.g Richard Eden, Canadian actor
• 13th » Peter Hook, English singer and bass player (Joy Division, New Order, Freebass, Revenge (UK band) called Revenge, and Monaco (band) known as Monaco)
• 13th » Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian runner
• 14th » Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
• 14th » Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor
• 14th » Tõnu Laigu, Estonian architect
• 15th » Desmond Haynes, Barbadian cricketer and coach
• 15th » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (d. 1992)
• 16th » Vincent Ward (director) named Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
• 17th » Richard Karn, American actor
• 18th » Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
• 18th » Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 18th » Paul Reed Smith, American businessman, founded PRS Guitars
• 19th » Kathleen Beller, American actress
• 19th » Peter Holsapple, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The dBs and The Continental Drifters)
• 19th » Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
• 19th » Dave Wakeling, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beat (British band) known as The Beat and General Public)
• 20th » Rick Green (ice hockey) named Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Hugh Hewitt, American lawyer, author, and radio host
• 23rd » Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
• 24th » Judith Butler, American philosopher
• 24th » Sharon Kane, American porn actress and director
• 24th » Eddie Murray, American baseball player
• 24th » Peter Pagel, German footballer (d. 2010)
• 24th » Paula Zahn, American journalist
• 26th » Charlélie Couture, French singer
• 26th » Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
• 26th » Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Southern All-Stars)
• 26th » Jonathan Schmock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Anne Veski, Estonian singer
• 28th » Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
• 28th » Francis Hughes, Irish Republican Army called IRA Volunteer and hunger striker (d. 1981)
• 28th » Terry Leahy, English businessman
• 28th » Guy Maddin, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 28th » Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-Irish footballer and manager
• 28th » Mike Tenay, American sportscaster
• 29th » Jonathan Coleman (presenter) known as Jonathan Coleman, Australian radio host
• 29th » Jerry Fry, American baseball player
• 29th » Bob Speller, Canadian politician, 30th Minister of Agriculture (Canada) e.g Canadian Minister of Agriculture
• 29th » J. Randy Taraborrelli, American journalist and author
• 29th » Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)

Famous Deaths for February 1956

• 1st » David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1956)
• 2nd » Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 2nd » Truxton Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 2nd » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 4th » Savielly Tartakower, Polish chess master (b.1887)
• 8th » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 10th » Wilbert Coffin, Canadian murderer (b. 1915)
• 10th » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 10th » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 13th » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1878)
• 15th » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer (b. 1878)
• 18th » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 22nd » Alexandros Svolos, Greek politician (b. 1892)
• 27th » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 28th » Émile Buisson, French gangster (b. 1902)
• 29th » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)

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