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SPECIAL DAYS
IN FEBRUARY

February, the second month of the Gregorian calendar gets its name from Februarius meaning to purify. It is the shortest month except in Leap Year when it has 29 days. It is sometimes called President’s Month because of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington which are observed at this time.
The flowers for the month are the violet and primrose and the birthstone is the amethyst.
February is set aside as American Heart Month, Bake for Family Fun Month, Library Lovers Month, National African American History Month, Creative Romance Month, International Friendship Month, Cat Health Month, Wise Health Care Consumer Month, National Cherry Month, National Children’s Dental Health Month, Sweet Potato Month, AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month, International Boost Self Esteem Month, International Expect Success Month, National Parent Leadership Month, National Pet Dental Health Month, National Time Management Month, Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month, Youth Leadership Month, National Wise Health Consumer Month.
During the second month of the year we celebrate International Apparel Market Week (1-5), Solo Diners Eat Out Week (1-7), Women’s Heart Week, (1-7), World Salt Awareness Week (1-7), International Networking Week (1-7), Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week (6-12), National School Counseling Week (1-7), National Patient Recognition Week (1-7), International Coaching Week (6-12), Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (6-12), Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (6-12),
International Flirting Week (9-15), Celebration of Love Week (10-16), Random Acts of Kindness Week (13-19), Great Backyard Bird Count Week (13-16), National Engineers Week (20-26), International Friendship Week (17-23), National Pancake Week (6-12), Telecommuter Appreciation Week (24-March 1), National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (20-26), American Crossword Puzzle Week (27-March 1), Peace Corps Week (28-3/6)

Special days in
February include:

Feb. 1, National Freedom Day, National Wear Red Day, Women’s Heart Health Day, G.I. Joe Day, Be an Encourager Day, Serpent Day, Robinson Crusoe Day.

Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, Candelmas Day, National Girls & Women in Sports Day, Self Renewal Day, Purification Day.

Feb. 3, Four Chaplains Memorial Day, Elmo’s Birthday, Bubble Gum Day, National Carrot Cake Day, The Day the Music Died, Cordova Ice Worm Day.

Feb. 4, Create A Vacuum Day, Quacker Day, Thank a Mailman Day, Wear Red Day, USO Day, Buble Gum Day, Spoiled Cat Day, Charles Lindbergh’s Birthday, Rosa Park’s birthday (1913).

Feb. 5, Super Bowl XLVI, Mexico Constitution Day, National Weatherperson’s Day, Disaster Day, Hank Aaron’s Birthday (1934).

Feb. 6, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, New Zealand Waitangi Day, Lame Duck Day, Pay A Compliment Day, Babe Ruth’s birthday (1895).

Feb. 7, FULL MOON, Girls And Women In Sports Day, Send a Card to a Friend Day, Charles Dickens Birthday (1812).

Feb. 8, Boy Scouts of America Anniversary Day (founded in 1910), Clean Out Your Computer Day, Kite Flying Day, International Pancake Day, Laugh and Get Rich Day, Leadership Success Day.

Feb. 9, Chinese Latern Festival, Toothache Day, Feast Day of Saint Apollonia Day, Hershey’s Chocolate Founded(1894), Read in the Bathtub Day

Feb. 10, “All the News That’s Fit to Print” anniversary 1897, Plimsoli Day, Umbrella Day.

Feb. 11, Japan National Founding Day, White T-Shirt Day, Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, Be Electrific Day, National Inventor’s Day in honor of Thomas Edison’s Birthday, National Shut-in Visitation Day, Satisfied Staying Single Day.

Feb. 12, Lincoln’s Birthday, NAACP Founded, 95th anniversary, Lost Penny Day, Oglethorpe Day, National Plum Pudding Day, Safety Pup’s Day.

Feb. 13, Margaret Ann Day, Get a Different Name Day, Dream Your Sweet Day, Man Day.

Feb. 14, Saint Valentine’s Day, Arizona Admission Day, Ferris Wheel Day, National Organ Donor Day, Oregon Admission Day, Race Relations Day, Quirky Alone Day.

Feb. 15, Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday, National I Want Butterscotch Day, Lupercalia, Remember the Maine Day, National Gum Drop Day, Singles Awareness Day

Feb. 16, Family Day, Teddy Bear Tea Day, Do a Grouch a Favor Day, National Almond Day.

Feb. 17, National PTA Founders Day, Random Acts of Kindness Day, My Way Day, World Human Spirit Day, Who Shall I Be Day, Champion Crab Races Day.

Feb. 18, Festival of Saint Bernadette, Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, Drink Wine Day, National Battery Day.

Feb. 19, Chinese New Year - Year of the Rabbit, Knights of Pythias Day, National Chocolate Mint Day, Mr. Roger’s neighborhood debuted

Feb. 20, President’s Day, Hoodie Hoo Day, Student Volunteer Day, Cherry Pie Day, John Glenn was the first person to orbit the Earth on this date in 1962 in the Friendship 7 space capsule.

Feb. 21, NEW MOON, Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day, International Mother Language Day, Love Your Pet Day, Card Reading Day.

Feb. 22, Ash Wednesday, George Washington’s Birthday (1732), Spay Day, World Thinking Day, Be Humble Day, National Margarita Day

Feb. 23, Soviet Army and Navy Day, Iwo Jima Day, International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day.

Feb. 24, Gregorian Calendar Day, National Chili Day, Obnoxious Day, National Tortilla Chip Day.

Feb. 25, Coronado Day, Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt), Paper Currency Introduced in US (1862), Quiet day

Feb. 26, Levi Strauss Day, Tell A Fairy Tale Day, National Pistachio Day, Carnival Day, For Pete’s Sake Day.

Feb. 27, Academy Awards Night, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Birthday, No-Brainer Day, Polar Bear Day

Feb. 28, National Tooth Fairy Day, Public Sleeping Day, Floral Design Day

Feb 29, Leap Year Day, Galileo Day, National Surf And Turf Day, Yellowstone Park Day, (1872 - world’s first national park)