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, 1983
Day of Week 13th » A Cinema Statuto fire e.g cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
Day of Week 14th » United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
Day of Week 16th » The Ash Wednesday fires known as Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria (Australia) or Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
Day of Week 18th » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
Day of Week 23rd » The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins called dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
Day of Week 24th » A special commission of the United States Congress known as U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese American internment known as Japanese internment during World War II.