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, 1994
Day of Week 1st » Punk rock band Green Day releases their album 'Dookie', which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
Day of Week 5th » Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
5th » During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
Day of Week 22nd » Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 25th » Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian people or Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten