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, 1986
Day of Week 7th » Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
Day of Week 16th » The Soviet Union Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov 6 runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
Day of Week 19th » Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil people called Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
Day of Week 20th » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
Day of Week 21st » 'The Legend of Zelda (video game) called The Legend of Zelda', the first game of The Legend of Zelda series, was released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System.
Day of Week 22nd » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
Day of Week 27th » The United States Senate allows its debates to be television named televised on a trial basis.
Day of Week 28th » Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is Assassination of Olof Palme or assassinated in Stockholm.