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, 1972
Day of Week 1st » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
Day of Week 2nd » The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday (1972) or Bloody Sunday.
Day of Week 3rd » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the List of natural disasters Blizzards e.g deadliest snowstorm in history.
Day of Week 5th » Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Day of Week 15th » Sound recording and reproduction Sound recordings are granted United States U.S. federal copyright Phonogram Convention protection United States copyright law Duration of copyright for the first time.
15th » José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
Day of Week 17th » Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T.
Day of Week 19th » The Asama-Sansō incident called Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
Day of Week 21st » The Soviet Union known as Soviet unmanned Spacecraft named spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
Day of Week 22nd » The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
Day of Week 26th » The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
Day of Week 29th » Vietnam War: Vietnamization South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1972
1st » Kami (musician) known as Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (d. 1999)
1st » Yoshi DeHerrera, American television host
2nd » Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter
17th » Yuki (singer) or Yuki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Mean Machine (band) named Mean Machine, Judy and Mary, and NiNa)
17th » Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Network, and Foxboro Hot Tubs)
17th » Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
17th » Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
17th » Ralphie May, American comedian and actor
17th » Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
17th » Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer (Entombed (band) e.g Entombed and Morbid (band) named Morbid)