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Definition: February |
FebruaryNoun1. The month following January and preceding March. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "February" was first used: 1373. (references) |
Etymology: February \Feb"ru*a*ry\, noun. [Latin expression Februarius, originally, the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, from februa, plural, the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of February, denotes continued ill health and gloom, generally. If you happen to see a bright sunshiny day in this month, you will be unexpectedly and happily surprised with some good fortune. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | February The month of purification amongst the ancient Romans. (Latin, februo, to purify by sacrifice.) The 2nd of February (Candlemas Day). It is said, if the weather is fine and frosty at the close of January and beginning of February, we may look for more winter to come than we have seen up to that time. "Si sol splendescat Mari'a Purificantë, Major erit glaciës post festum quam fuit ante." Sir T. Browne: Vulgar Errors. "If Candlemas Day be dry and fair, The half O' winter's come and mair; If Candlemas Day be wet and foul, The half O' winter was gane at Youl." Scotch Proverb. "The badger peeps out of his hole on Candlemas Day, and, if he finds snow, walks abroad; but if he sees the sun shining he draws back into his hole." - German Proverb. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 28 days in regular years. In leap years February has 29 days. Three times in history a February 30 did occur.January and February were the last two months to be added to the calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. February was named for the Roman god Februus, the god of purification.
Events in February
- February 1 is Imbolc
- February 2 is Candlemas and Groundhog Day
Trivia
- In February the Sun passes through zodiac constellations Capricornus and Aquarius.
- In common years February begins on the same day of the week as March and November.
- In leap years February begins on the same day of the week as August.
- The signs of the zodiac within the month of February are Aquarius and Pisces.
See Also:
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- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Historical anniversaries
- February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - DecemberA timeline of events in the news for February, 2002.
See also:
- Afghanistan timeline February 2002
February 27, 2002
- Alicia Keys wins five Grammys.
- Today is the centennial of John Steinbeck's birth.
- "War on Terrorism": The U.S. sends Special Operations Forces to the former Soviet republic of Georgia to help combat guerrilla fighters, though Russia protests.
- Ethnic violence in India: 57 people die in Godhra when a Muslim mob sets fire to a carriage on the Sabarmati Express filled with Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists returning from Ayodhya en route to Ahmedabad. After detaching the burned carriage, the train continues to Vadodara, where Hindus beat and stab people leaving the train, killing one. A 17-year-old is later killed in Godhra by police trying to disrupt mobs.
February 26, 2002
- 12 Shiite Muslims are killed in a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
February 22, 2002
- Chuck Jones, Academy-Award-winning animator, dies at 89.
February 11, 2002
- British Telecommunications plc starts its US federal court case relating to a controversial patent that it claims gives it a monopoly on the technology of web links.
February 8, 2002
- The opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, which are held in Salt Lake City.
February 5, 2002
- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that the United States was willing to sign a treaty with Russia on limiting strategic nuclear weapons, indicating a possible shift in administration policy after withdrawing, last December, from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. President George W. Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin are to hold a arms reduction summit meeting in Moscow this May. - Background material: nuclear disarmament, nuclear warfare, nuclear proliferation.
February 3, 2002
- American football: Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots 20, Saint Louis Rams 17 -- one of the most astonishing upsets in Super Bowl history.
February 2, 2002
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- Prince Willem-Alexander, heir to the Dutch throne, marries Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in Amsterdam.
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2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003.
See also:
- Preparations for 2003 invasion of Iraq for events leading up to the 2003 Iraq War
- Progress of the SARS outbreak for events on the new virus
- Afghanistan timeline February 1-14, 2003
- Afghanistan timeline February 15-28, 2003
February 28, 2003
- Iraq crisis of 2003: Iraq is expected to begin the process of destroying Al Samoud two missiles on March 1. Hans Blix, U.N. chief weapons inspector said "It is a very significant piece of real disarmament". However, the spokesman of the White House, Ari Fleischer declared that the Iraq commitment to destroy these missiles is a fraud that President George W. Bush had predicted, and indicated that the United States wanted a total and complete disarmament of Iraq. He also repeated that if the United Nations did not act to disarm Baghdad, the United States would lead a coalition of voluntary countries to disarm Saddam Hussein.
- Canada's prime minister Jean Chrétien indicates that he believes that regime change is a dangerous goal for an invasion of Iraq, and that disarmament only should be the goal of international pressure. [1]
- It is reported that, citing "national interest" as a reason, the British government under Margaret Thatcher contributed approximately £1bn of taxpayer money to Iraq under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. Most of this money went into military infrastructure built by British companies such as BAe Systems. [1]
- The new Austrian government, again headed by Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, is sworn in by Federal President Thomas Klestil. After more than three months of negotiations following the general elections of November 24, 2002, Schüssel (Austrian People's Party) decided to continue the coalition with the right-of-centre Austrian Freedom Party begun in early 2000. Although any future influence on federal politics by Jörg Haider was averted, one of the new members of the government is Ursula Haubner, Haider's sister.
- Darren Flutie, Canadian Football's all-time leader in receptions, retires.
- The Czech Republic finally chooses a new President, former Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus. The county had been without a President after three attempts at choosing a replacement for former President Vaclav Havel.
- The United States 9th Circuit Court, based in San Francisco, California, reaffirmed its ruling that the words "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are unconstitutional. It is expected that the Bush administration will appeal to the Supreme Court.
- The United States government backtracked on its pledge to send American combat troops to the Philippines in order to track down Islamic terrorists in that nation. Philippine opponents of the plan threatened to impeach President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, if she had allowed foreign troops on Philippine soil in contradiction to the Philippine constitution.
February 27, 2003
- Ariel Sharon presents the new politcally right-wing Israeli government. Part of his coalition are Sharon's Likud bloc, the National Religious Party, the National Union and Tommy Lapid's secular Shinui party.
- Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar personally asks United States President George W. Bush to silence Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, indicating that Rumsfeld's numerous public remarks on European countries' Iraq policies are generally viewed as inflammatory and overwhelmingly counterproductive within the European diplomatic community. Aznar indicated a preference for Secretary of State Colin Powell. [1]
- Career diplomat John Brady Kiesling resigns from the U.S. Foreign Service with a sharp public rebuke for the Bush administration's foreign policy, asking "Has oderint dum metuant really become our motto?" and "Is the Russia of the late Romanovs really our model, a selfish, superstitious empire thrashing toward self-destruction in the name of a doomed status quo?" Full text
- Fred Rogers, the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, dies of stomach cancer in his Pittsburgh home at the age of 74.
- An internal investigation by the Washington, D.C police department indicates that hundreds of people arrested for failure to obey a police order to disperse at Pershing Park on September 27, 2002 during protests against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were never actually ordered to disperse before being arrested. Washington police chief Charles Ramsey was unapologetic, indicating that the actions of the police were necessary to protect the city. [1]
- Iraq crisis of 2003: Regarding the disarmament of Iraq, the chief weapons inspector Hans Blix, says "The results in terms of disarmament have been very limited so far."
- Rowan Williams is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- U.S. presidential election, 2004: Senator Bob Graham of Florida announces his candidacy for the Democratic Pary nomination of President.
- Rauf Denktash, chief of the Turkish Cypriots, rejected the latest version of a United Nations plan to reunite Cyprus.
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor, announced his support to the United States and United Kingdom campaign against Iraq.
February 26, 2003
- Daniel Libeskind's design is announced as the winner and future occupant of the former World Trade Center site. The design includes an office building and a Wedge of Light which will honor the victims of the terrorist attacks by shutting down its lights between 8:46AM and 10:28AM EST every September 11. It will also use the WTC's foundations.[1]
- North Korea nuclear weapons program: Officials from the United States state that North Korea reactivated a reactor at its main nuclear complex. [1]
- David Ricci, 22, is prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice for "conspiring to import, market and sell circumvention devices known as modification (or 'mod') chips in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." In a plea bargain, the DoJ takes control of the Internet news and discussion site Isonews.com, which is used as a database of warez releases (without links to the actual content).
- US plan to invade Iraq: Hans Blix stated that Iraq still had not made a "fundamental decision" to disarm, despite recent signs of increased cooperation. Specifically, Iraq refused to destroy it's al-Samoud 2 long range missiles - a weapon system that was in violation of the UN Security Council's resolutions and the US treaty with Iraq. These missiles are deployed and mobile. Also, an R-400 aerial bomb was found that could possibly contain biological agents. Given this find, the UN Inspectors have requested access to the Al-Aziziyah weapons range to verify that all 155 R-400 bombs can be accounted for and proven destroyed.
- Gerorge Bush commits publicly to a post-invasion democracy in Iraq, says it will be "an example" to other nations in Arabia
- The House of Commons saw the largest rebellion by MPs from any governing party in Britain for at least 100 years. 122 MPs from the ruling Labour party were among 199 from all parties who voted to add the phrase " [This House] finds the case for military action against Iraq as yet unproven" to a government motion. The motion itself endorsed UN Security Council Resolution 1441 and supported " ...the Government's continuing efforts in the UN to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction".
- Saddam Hussein, in an interview with Dan Rather, rules out exile as an option. He calls for dialogue with United States president George W. Bush, and suggests that the two should engage in a televised debate.
- Dr. Sami Al-Arian was terminated from his teaching position at the University of South Florida. USF President Judy Genshaft indicated that Dr. Al-Arian's non-academic activities created a conflict of interest with the University, and also cited items from Al-Arian's 50 count indictment. A representative from the American Association of University Professors indicated that the AAUP does not feel that due process was followed in Al-Arian's case, and that the organization will likely formally censure USF at its June meeting. [1], [1]
February 25, 2003
- US plan to invade Iraq: The United States, Britain and Spain present to the UN Security Council a much-anticipated second resolution stating that Iraq "has failed to take the final opportunity" to disarm, but does not include deadlines or an explicit threat of military force. Meanwhile, France, Germany, and Russia offer a counter-proposal calling for peaceful disarmament through further inspections.
- Both major parties of Kurdistan, an autonomous region in Northern Iraq, vow to fight Turkish troops if they enter Kurdistan to capture Mosul or interfere in Kurdish self-rule. Between them the two parties can mobilize up to 80,000 guerillas - most likely no match for the modern Turkish army, but a severe blow to the unity of U.S. allies on the Northern front expected in the U.S. plan to invade Iraq.
- Roh Moo-hyun becomes the new president of South Korea.
- North Korea fires test missiles into the Sea of Japan.
- Toshihiko Fukui, former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor, is named as a new chief of Bank of Japan.
- Four former executives of Qwest Communications International are criminally charged with fradulently booking $33,000,000 in revenue during 2001. The Securities and Exchange Commission also files a civil suit against 7 former (including the 4 criminally charged) and 1 current Qwest executives, alleging fradulent accounting practices in violation of SEC rules. [1]
- NASA reports that the space probe Pioneer 10 finally ceased its transmissions from deep space, after more than thirty years of a mission which was originally intended to last less than two.
February 24, 2003
- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes China's remote western region of Xinjiang at 10:03 AM local time (0203 UTC) near the mountainous border with Kyrgyzstan. At least 266 are killed, more than 4,000 are injured, and over 1,000 buildings, including housing and schools, collapse.
- U.S. plan to invade Iraq: General Colin Powell states at a meeting in Beijing that "It is time to take action. The evidence is clear ... We are reaching that point where serious consequences must flow." His speech appears to imply that military action is likely to follow within three weeks, based on previous Pentagon briefings.
- Reports of the results of a study of VaxGen's experimental AIDS vaccine show little effect on the spread of AIDS in the overall experimental group. However, there are possible signs of partial resistance to HIV infection in the subgroup of subjects of African and Asian ethnic origin.
- The major Netherlands-based food concern Ahold announces that financial malversations in a US daughter firm lead to an unanticipated loss of 500 million dollars.
- In Athens, Greece, senior U.S diplomat Brady Kiesling resigned in protest at the Bush administration's policy on Iraq.
February 22, 2003
- Jesica Santillan, who was made critically ill after receiving donor organs of the wrong blood type in a medical accident during a heart-lung transplant, is taken off life support after being declared brain dead after a second heart-lung transplant operation.
- In Memphis, Tennessee, Mike Tyson beats fringe contender Clifford Etienne 49 seconds into round one of a boxing match. In an undercard bout, controversial former skater Tonya Harding loses a four round decision in her women's professional boxing debut.
February 21, 2003
- Michael Jordan makes NBA history when he scores 43 points for the Washington Wizards versus the New Jersey Nets, becoming the first player over 40 years old ever to score 40 or more points in a game, and leading the Wizards to a 89-86 win.
February 20, 2003
- The Station nightclub fire: A fire started by pyrotechnics set-off by Great White, a rock band playing a nightclub in West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island kills at least 96 and injures nearly 200, with 35 in critical condition. Fatalities from burn injuries are expected to increase.[1]
- University of South Florida computer engineering professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian was arrested by the FBI after he and seven others were indicted on 50 terrorism-related charges. United States Attorney General John Ashcroft alleged at a news conference that Al-Arian is the North American leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
February 19, 2003
- A military plane carrying 302 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards crashed in the mountains of southeastern Iran killing all on board. The government did not go into the possible cause of the crash. The plane was en route from Zahedan, on the Pakistan border, to Kerman, about 500 miles southeast of Tehran.
February 18, 2003
- An arson attack on an underground train in the Daegu, South Korea claims at least 180 lives with more than 140 injured and dozens missing. Witnesses reportedly saw a man throwing a milk carton filled with a flammable substance into a train.
- The World Health Organization confirms that a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Republic of the Congo killed 64. [1]
- Canadian finance minister John Manley brings down a budget, the last and one of those with the most expenditures in the career of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. It uses money from the federal surplus to replace a portion of the amount the Liberals cut from a variety of programs during their mandate, partially funds the implementation of the Romanow report on health care, and increases military spending.
- Hours before the first ships transporting heavy United States military equipment to Turkey were supposed to reach port, the Turkish government announces that it will withhold approval to dock unless the United States increases a reciprocal $6 billion foreign aid grant to $10 billion. The Bush administration indicated that no substantial changes will be made to the proposed aid package. [1]
February 17, 2003
- London congestion charging begins: Motorists must pay £5 per day to enter central London. This attempt by the Transport for London group to reduce traffic density and pollution, and encourage use of public transport is being followed closely by cities around the world.
- In Chicago, Illinois, a stampede at a south side nightclub kills at least 20 people.
February 15, 2003
- Global protests against war on Iraq: People around the world demonstrated against the planning of war against Iraq. In Rome one million people were on the streets, in London one million. In Berlin there were half a million in the largest demonstration for some decades. There were also protest marches all over France as well as in many other smaller European cities. Protests were also held in South Africa, Syria, India, Russia, Canada and in the USA, in around 600 cities in total.
February 14, 2003
- Four ex-Symbionese Liberation Army members are sentenced to prison for the 1975 murder of Myrna Opsahl during a bank robbery in Carmichael, California.[1]
- A very large demonstration was held in Melbourne to protest against the Australian government's support for the USA's policy on Iraq. Organisers estimated that 200,000 people came out on to the streets, while some news sources put the number at "up to 150,000". [1]
- UNMOVIC chief weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei presented a report to the United Nations Security Council. They stated that the Iraqis had been co-operating well with the inspectors and that no weapons of mass destruction had been found, but that the Saddam Hussein regime had still to account for many banned weapons believed to have been in his arsenal. Mr Blix also expressed doubts about some of the conclusions in Colin Powell's Security Council presentation of February 5, and specifically questioned the significance of some of the photographic evidence that Mr Powell had presented.
- Tariq Aziz of Iraq meets with Pope John Paul II
- Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, is euthanized well short of her natural lifespan because of a progressive lung disease.
February 13, 2003
- Austria bars USA military units involved in the attack on Iraq from entering into or flying over its territories without a UN mandate to attack Iraq.
- United States military officials anonymously confirm to the Washington Post that two Special Forces units have been operating on the ground inside Iraq for over a month, making preliminary preparations for a large-scale invasion. [1]
- U.S. Senate Democrats continue to threaten to filibuster the candidacy of Miguel Estrada for the D.C. Circuit Court. The Democrats argue that Estrada is too conservative and not answering all of their questions. Estrada was first nominated for the position in May 2001.
- A UN panel reports that Iraq's al-Samoud 2 missiles, disclosed by Iraq to weapons inspectors in December, have a range of 180 km (above the 150 km limit allowed by the UN), splitting opinion over whether they breach UNSCR 1441.
- Motorola announces that they will release a cell phone running the Linux operating system.
- At London Gatwick Airport, British police arrest a man carrying a hand grenade under the Terrorism Act 2000. Two men have also been arrested at Heathrow airport under the same legislation.
February 12, 2003
- The British government deploys troops around Heathrow airport after reports that al-Qaeda agents may have smuggled surface-to-air missiles into Britain.
- An audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden is released by al-Jazeera television. It recounts the battle of Tora Bora and urges Muslims to fight the United States and to overthrow the Iraq regeme of Saddam Hussein.
February 11, 2003
- The 2002 nominees for the Academy Award (Oscar) were announced to the public.
February 10, 2003
- France and Belgium broke the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Germany said it supports this veto. The procedure was put into operation on February 6 by secretary general George Robertson. In response Turkey called upon Article 4 of the NATO Treaty, which stipulates that member states must deliberate when asked to do so by another member state if it feels threatened.
- Muslims celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha. See also Hajj.
February 8, 2003
- Sections of a 'dossier' issued by the UK government, which purported to present the latest British intelligence about Iraq, and which had been cited by Tony Blair and Colin Powell as evidence for the need for war, were criticized as plagiarisms. They had been copied without permission from a number of sources including Jane's Intelligence Review and a 12-year-old doctoral thesis of a Californian student that had been published in the US journal Middle East Review of International Affairs. Some sentences were copied word-for-word, and spelling mistakes had been reproduced from the original articles. Downing Street responded by saying that the government had never claimed exclusive authorship and that the information was accurate.
February 7, 2003
- The Center for Public Interest, a United States nonprofit watchdog group, obtained a leaked draft version of John Ashcroft's proposed Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, also known as "the Patriot Act II". If enacted, the legislation would grant the United States government unprecedented secret internal surveillance powers and sharply curtail judicial review of such surveillance,
- The chief United Nations arms inspector Hans Blix said Iraq appeared to be making fresh efforts to cooperate with U.N teams hunting weapons of mass destruction, as Washington said the "momentum is building" for war with Iraq.
- The United States said it was ready for any contingency after North Korea issued threats of pre-emptive attack and suggested it was poised to restart an atomic reactor central to its suspected drive for nuclear arms.
- Israeli police said they had found a suicide bomber's explosives belt hidden in a mosque in Israel, and said it was the first such discovery since the al-Aqsa Intifada began more than two years ago.
- President George W. Bush ordered the government to draw up guidelines for cyber-attacks against enemy computer networks, according to a Washington Post report. The order is known as National Security Presidential Directive 16.
- An oil tanker carrying 35,000 tons of fuel oil ran aground off Denmark but no immediate spill was reported in the area noted for its wildlife, a Danish Royal Navy spokesman said.
- Pakistan's most feared Islamic militant group, branded by Washington last week a foreign terrorist group, was severely weakened by a crackdown on extremism, intelligence officials claimed.
- Senior citizens groups began a call for a boycott of British-owned pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmith Kline, the largest in the world, after the company announced that it would no longer sell drugs to Canadian companies that sell drugs at steep discounts to Americans over the Internet. The boycott would include such brands as Tums antacid, Aquafresh toothpaste, Contac cold remedy, Paxil and Flonase.
- The last game is completed in the FIDE Man vs Machine World Chess Championship, in which Garry Kasparov, the highest rated human chess master, competed against the world champion computer program, Deep Junior. The six game match was played to a 3-3 draw.
February 6, 2003
- In the United Kingdom, seven more arrests have been made under the Terrorism Act 2000 in raids in the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Manchester.
February 5, 2003
- At the United Nations US Secretary of State Colin Powell presents the US government's case against the Saddam Hussein government of Iraq, as part of the diplomatic side of the U.S. plan to invade Iraq. The presentation includes tape recordings, satellite photographss and other intelligence data, and aims to prove WMD production, evasion of weapons inspections and a link to Al-Qaida.
- The International Court of Justice orders the United States to take "all measures necessary" to prevent the execution of three Mexican nationals, pending its final judgment [1]
- Congressman Howard Coble, of North Carolina, chairman of the House committee overseeing homeland security, said that the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was justified, and that it had been done for "their own safety." He was roundly criticized by Asian American members of Congress and spokespeople for Asian American organizations.
February 4, 2003
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia renamed to Serbia and Montenegro with a new constitution converting the federal republic to a "loose union".
- Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri was removed from his position as an agent of Finsbury Park mosque. BBC News Story
- United Kingdom parliament: MPs in the British House of Commons have voted to reject all seven options presented for the reform of the House of Lords.
February 3, 2003
- Record producer Phil Spector was arrested in relation to an investigation into the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old woman in Los Angeles. Press reports identify the woman as the actress Lana Clarkson.
- Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri claims Space Shuttle Columbia disaster is a sign from God. He says "It is a punishment from God. Muslims see it that way. It is a trinity of evil because it carried Americans, an Israeli and a Hindu, a trinity of evil against Islam." al-Masri's remarks are widely denounced by many other Muslim clerics. Reported in a BBC News Article: Muslim cleric's shuttle outburst attacked.
February 2, 2003
- The term of Czech Republic President Václav Havel ends without an elected successor to fill the position.
February 1, 2003
- Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart and disintegrated over Texas as it embarked on its final approach to a landing after its 28th space mission. All seven crew members are lost.
- A crowded passenger train and a freight train collided head on and burst into flames in northwestern Zimbabwe, killing 40 people and injuring about 60. Flames were still burning 14 hours after the collision.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "February 2003."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| FEB | English | February | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
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Synonym: FebruarySynonym: Feb (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | February 121809 (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) According to my source, the end of the world will be on February 14th, in the year two thousand and sixteen (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) And so, on February the 22nd, 1966, at Luton Airport (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman) | |
Lyrics | But February made me shiver (American Pie; performing artist: Don McLean) It felt like spring time on this February morning (As I Lay Me Down; performing artist: Sophie B. Hawkins) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Demon of February (1972) Demons of February (1975) | |
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From an overhead angle, 2 pieces of red meat are shown with a knife on a cutting board, sitting on a white tile counter. Above the image, red lettering reads: "Choose lean meats, trim extra fats, avoid adding fat in cooking". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" February 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | The Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities, established in the offices of PHS, February 10, 1942, was renamed the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, MCWA, April 27, 1942. Credit: CDC. | ||
The image at top right shows Jovian aurora observed on February 8, 1992, by the European Space ... Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Fe IX/X (171 Å). Taken at 19:00 UT, 28 February 2000. Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | Fe XII (195 Å). Taken at 19:36 UT, 28 February 2000. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Spring Garden Harbor section of Baltimore Harbor. Accompanied as loose photos in the "Monthly Journal of the Engineers' Club of Baltimore" for February 1914. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
![]() | The North side of Baltimore Harbor as seen from a boat at anchor. Accompanied as loose photos in the "Monthly Journal of the Engineers' Club of Baltimore" for February 1914. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | LA BELGICA frozen in the ice on February 16, 1899. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Oceanographie Les Glaces Glace de Mer et Banquises" par Henryk Arctowski. 1908. P. 55. Plate I. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Sea ice beginning to freeze together on February 5, 1899. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Oceanographie Les Glaces Glace de Mer et Banquises" par Henryk Arctowski. 1908. P. 55. Plate I. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Estuaries serve as vital nurseries for a wide variety of fishes, shellfishes, and birds. The bellies of these three juvenile fishes are packed full of goodies from the marsh's bounty. Pictured here from top to bottom are young of the year mullet, flounder, and spot, all of which enter North Inlet Estuary in February from their offshore places of birth. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Dewent Water in Winter" by Norman Johnsen Commentary: "Taken from the Keswick end of Derwent Water one day in February." | "Sake Drums" by Michel Lammerse Commentary: "Picture taken in february 2003, shrine in Nara Taken with a Sony DSC F-707." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution in favor of a convention, and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so (with the exception of Rhode Island) promptly appointed delegates. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Conventions and Protocols of November 16, 1887, February 14, 1893, and April 11, 1894, regarding the North Sea liquor traffic. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | May was better for every thing than February. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This child was pale, thin, dressed in rags, with tow trousers in the month of February, and was singing with all his might |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | On the 16th day of February I took leave of his Majesty and the court |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The results of this study, which were based on observations of a group of children born in four Northern California counties, were published in the February 1995 issue of Pediatrics. (references) | |
One study published in the February 2000 issue of the journal Cancer reported that 37 percent of 46 patients with prostate cancer used one or more CAM therapies as part of their cancer treatment. (references) | ||
The interim results were so positive that in February 1991, the NINDS stopped the severe stenosis phase of the trial and scheduled all of the patients in the non-surgical arm of the trial for surgery. (references) | ||
Business | In the first week of February, shortlisted companies will submit written responses. (references) | |
Four Seasons will open a 157-room hotel in February 2001 near the Charles Bridge (the main tourist site in Prague). (references) | ||
China amended its trademark regime in February 1993 to add special regulations for criminal prosecution for trademark infringement. (references) | ||
Children | Guyana | The NGO H&S reported that 6.5 percent of its cases between November 1995 and February involved child abuse. (references) |
Paraguay | According to a February 2000 census survey, 42 percent of children age 14 or younger lived in poverty, compared with 32 percent of the general population. (references) | |
Brazil | From February 1997 to August 2001, a Rio de Janeiro-based NGO hot line ABRAPIA received 2,118 complaints of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents nationwide, including 333 in Rio de Janeiro city and 156 in Sao Paulo city. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | One of the 10 convicted was released in February upon completion of his prison term; 9 remained in prison at year's end. (references) |
Austria | Two of the three police officers who accompanied Omofuma were suspended; however, the suspension was lifted in February. (references) | |
Niger | In late January or early February, Maiga was released on bail after 85 days in prison; he dropped his appeal after his release. (references) | |
Discrimination | Brazil | A prominent example of violence directed at homosexuals occurred in Sao Paulo in February 2000, when Edson Neris da Silva was beaten to death by a skinhead gang after having been seen holding hands with another man. (references) |
Economic History | Gambia, The | Independence: February 18, 1965. (references) |
Philippines | Constitution: February 11, 1987. (references) | |
Human Rights | El Salvador | That measure expired in February. (references) |
Ukraine | The charges led to her dismissal and her arrest in February. (references) | |
Ecuador | There were mass arrests during the State of Emergency in early February. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Ecuador | Progress in the talks has been slow, but indigenous protests since February have been minimal. (references) |
Indonesia | An estimated 40,000 Madurese remain in camps in West Kalimantan and over 105,000 Madurese were forced to evacuate to East Java and Madura Island after over 600 died in ethnic violence in February and March. (references) | |
Minorities | Brazil | At year's end, a court had scheduled a hearing for February 2002 on a possible criminal charge of racism under the 1997 law. (references) |
Political Economy | ECUADOR | The surcharge was eventually phased out in February 2001. (references) |
Sudan | The new Parliament elected in December 2000 took office in February. (references) | |
ECUADOR | Up until February of 1999, the Central Bank maintained a crawling peg exchange rate system. (references) | |
Political Rights | East Timor | By end of February 2002, the constitution is expected to be completed. (references) |
Bahrain | Women were permitted to vote in the February referendum on the National Action Charter. (references) | |
Cameroon | Fru Ndi's February 1999 felony conviction still is pending an appeal in the Yaounde High Court. (references) | |
Trade | Mexico | NOM-015-SCFI-1998 for toys published on February 15, 1999 in the Diario Oficial. (references) |
Cyprus | Compliance with this law has been mandatory for all food products since February 1, 1997. (references) | |
Burma | The Burmese-Thai border was closed from February to June 2001 due to increased tensions between these two neighbors. (references) | |
Travel | Brazil | Brazil observes daylight savings from December to February. (references) |
Honduras | From mid-November to February it may be cooler during the day. (references) | |
Colombia | Regional Holidays: February 11 through February 13, (Carnival), Barranquilla. (references) | |
Women | Ghana | On May 8, a suspect who police had arrested in February, confessed to eight of the murders. (references) |
Liechtenstein | The "Protection from Domestic Violence" law entered into force on February 1. The State may file charges without a complaint from the victim. (references) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | It conducted 18 2-day training sessions from February to April for police and school guidance counselors on problems of domestic violence, sexual crimes, and child abuse. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Dominican Republic | CIPROM was inactive until February, when it began meeting regularly. (references) |
Fiji | The only legal strike during the year was carried out in February by sugar workers, who fall under different employment legislation. (references) | |
Nicaragua | A new minimum wage scale took effect in February, over 11/2 years after the last increase, although by law it must be revisited every 6 months. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Tip O'Neill | Just in February of last year, not this year, last year. And I go back every month and we've got couple of great doctors up there. And they've been giving me chemo and they've got them under control. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Last February and March an Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace was held in Mexico City. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I therefore urge the Congress to take final action on this bill by the first of February, if at all possible. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "February" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.94% of the time. "February" is used about 8,374 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.94% | 8,369 | 1,151 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.06% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8,374 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "February": February 12 ♦ February 14 ♦ February 2 ♦ February 22 ♦ February 29 ♦ February daphne ♦ February Revolution. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "February": February-april, February-december, february-early, February-march, February-may, February-november. | |
Ending with "February": End-february, January-february. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "February"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Februarie. (various references) | |
Albanian | shkurt (abruptly, in a nutshell, in a word, in brief, in short, in sum, short). (various references) | |
Arabic | فبراير, الشهر الثاني من التقويم الغريغوري, شباط. (various references) | |
Asturian | febreru. (various references) | |
Aymara | anata (game). (various references) | |
Basque | otsaila. (various references) | |
Bemba | akabengele kakalamba. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | píítaiki'somm. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Февруари. (various references) | |
Catalan | febrer. (various references) | |
Cebuano | Pebrero. (various references) | |
Chamorro | Febreru. (various references) | |
Chinese | 二月 (second month), 2月. (various references) | |
Cornish | mýs-Whevrel. (various references) | |
Croatian | veljaèa. (various references) | |
Czech | únor. (various references) | |
Danish | februar. (various references) | |
Dutch | sprokkelmaand. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | fibriru. (various references) | |
Esperanto | februaro. (various references) | |
Estonian | veebruar. (various references) | |
Faeroese | februar. (various references) | |
Farsi | فوریه . (various references) | |
Finnish | helmikuu. (various references) | |
Flemish | februari. (various references) | |
French | Février. (various references) | |
French Canadian | février. (various references) | |
Frisian | febrewaris, febrewaarje, sellemoanne. (various references) | |
Galician | febreiro. (various references) | |
German | februar. (various references) | |
Greek | Φεβρουάριοσ, Φεβρουάριος., Φλεβάρησ. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole |