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, 1981
Day of Week 6th » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Uganda National Liberation Army known as Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
Day of Week 8th » Twenty-one association football spectators are Karaiskakis Stadium disaster called trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens FC.
Day of Week 10th » A Las Vegas Hilton Fire called fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
Day of Week 11th » convert 100000 USgal m3 of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
Day of Week 13th » A series of Louisville sewer explosions called sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
Day of Week 14th » Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
Day of Week 24th » An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter magnitude scale or Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.