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"February" can be pronounced in several different ways. The beginning of the word is commonly pronounced either as / ˈ f ɛ b j u-/ ⓘ FEB-yoo-or / ˈ f ɛ b r u-/ FEB-roo-; many people drop the first "r", replacing it with / j /, as if it were spelled "Febuary".
Flag Day celebrations in Mexico City, 24 February 1950. The date was selected because more than a century earlier (February 25, 1821), the "Plan de Iguala" or "Plan de las tres garantías" was proclaimed by Agustin de Iturbide and General Vicente Guerrero.
1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in the Battle of the Herrings. [ 3 ] 1502 – Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile , forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity .
1944 – Mick Green, English guitarist (d. 2010) 1944 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003) 1944 – Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (d. 2022) 1944 – Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter [73] 1945 – Oliver, American pop singer (d. 2000)
1946 – George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868) [42] 1948 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883) 1952 – Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877) 1954 – Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876) 1955 – Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885) [43]
1926 – John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003) 1927 – June Brown, English actress (d. 2022) [30] 1929 – Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980) 1929 – Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator (d. 2010) 1931 – Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
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2006 – Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1974) 2007 – Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (b. 1943) 2007 – Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (b. 1920) 2008 – Perry Lopez, American actor (b. 1929) [82] 2009 – Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc ...