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—Yamara ✉ 17:09, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Three times in history a February 30 did occur.

When was that? What was/were the reason(s) for it? D.D. 21:21 Feb 6, 2003 (UTC)

See February 30. --ugen64

[edit] Augusts removed one day from February

Numa's Februarius contained 29 days (30 in a leap year). Augustus removed one day from February and added it to August, renamed from Sextilis to honor himself.

This probably is not true, it is just a long-standing myth. It's more likely that February was always 28/29 days, it was the last month to be added to the calendar after all. See February 30 for details and source.

[edit] Flowers and stones

February's flower is the carnation.

February's birthstone is the amethyst.

Is this the case everywhere? If not (I've never heard of it), the places where this is valid should be specified, for example "In the United States, February's flower is the carnation.". Thanks. Jørgen 20:36, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

i thought that the birthstone of february was ruby?? hanabi-sama 23:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I had always heard the birthstone of the Aquarius zodiac sign was amethyst. --黒雲 user:Qaddosh 01:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roman in 700 BC

This change was made by Numa Pompilius about 700 BC in order to bring the calendar in line with a standard lunar year.

Rome didn't exist in 700 BC.

[edit] Recent edit

Regarding this diff, all I have to say is "Duh! Everybody knows it's not "Poonsday..." It's "Pwnsday!""

[edit] Vandalism?

Under the Events in February section there was National "Shake Your Booty" month. If this is true, please provide a source. --Cory Kohn 01:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually it is in fact, a actual thing. my sources are this link:www.quizilla.com/users/7.raven.7/journal/2-2007/ - 27k. and if you still don't beleive me, type in National Shake Your Booty Month in the Google toolbar. I'm going to add that in the

article because it is actually real. it's been celebrated ever since 1997.

I added it.


[edit] February 31

Why is February 31 redirected to February? And also in April, June, September, and November? Those months don't even have 31 days anyway. Whoever made those redirects, those shall be erased and deleted. 69.111.225.37, 03:40 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National Days

Removed from article:

  • National Bird-Feeding Month
  • National Hot Breakfast Month

As the nation in which they occur is not specified.