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, 1966
Day of Week 2nd » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Day of Week 3rd » The unmanned Soviet Union or Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
Day of Week 4th » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
Day of Week 14th » Australian currency is decimalisation named decimalised.
Day of Week 26th » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
26th » Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army Go Dai massacre e.g massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.