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, 1978
Day of Week 1st » Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Day of Week 8th » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
Day of Week 11th » Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
Day of Week 13th » Sydney Hilton bombing known as Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
Day of Week 16th » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
Day of Week 17th » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army known as Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant bombing or La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
Day of Week 18th » The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu and is won by Gordon Haller.
Day of Week 19th » Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport named Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces
Day of Week 20th » The last Order of Victory is bestowed upon Leonid Brezhnev.