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"February" is 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.
English Name Spanish Name Remarks January 6 Epiphany: Día de los Reyes Magos Celebrates the Biblical New Testament story of the arrival of the three wise men who each brought a gift to the Christ child. Traditionally, children receive toys, and people buy a pastry called rosca de reyes. Anyone who bites into the bread and finds a figurine of ...
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 .
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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]
1734 – John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649) 1743 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657) 1750 – Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699) 1761 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682) 1768 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
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)