February

Month: February
* American Heart Month
* An Affair to Remember Month
* Black History Month
* Canned Food Month
* Creative Romance Month
* Great American Pie Month
* National Cherry Month
* National Children’s Dental Health Month
* National Grapefruit Month
* National Weddings Month
Weekly Celebrations:
3rd Week International Flirting Week
Each Day:
1 National Freedom Day
2 Ground Hog Day
2 Candlemas
3 The Day the Music Died – Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in 1959.
4 Create a Vacuum Day
4 Thank a Mailman Day
5 National Weatherman’s Day
6 Lame Duck Day
7 Wave All you Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
7 Send a Card to a Friend Day – obviously created by a card company
Man Day – February 7
8 Boy Scout Day – celebrates the birthday of scouting
8 Kite Flying Day – in the middle of winter!?!
• Laugh and grow rich day – February 8
9 Toothache Day
10 Umbrella Day
11 Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day
11 Make a Friend Day
11 White T-Shirt Day
12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
12 Plum Pudding Day
13 Get a Different Name Day
14 Clean out Your Computer Day – second Monday of Month
14 Ferris Wheel Day
14 National Organ Donor Day
14 Valentine’s Day
15 Candlemas – on the Julian Calendar
15 National Gum Drop Day
15 Singles Awareness Day
16 Do a Grouch a Favor Day
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day
18 National Battery Day
19 National Chocolate Mint Day
20 Cherry Pie Day
20 Hoodie Hoo Day
20 Love Your Pet Day
21 Card Reading Day
21 President’s Day – third Monday of month
22 George Washington’s Birthday
22 Be Humble Day
22 Walking the Dog Day
22 International World Thinking Day
23 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
23 Tennis Day
24 National Tortilla Chip Day
25 Pistol Patent Day
26 Carnival Day
26 National Pistachio Day – it’s a nutty day!
26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
27 Polar Bear Day
27 No Brainer Day – this day is for me!
28 Floral Design Day
28 Public Sleeping Day
28 National Tooth Fairy Day – and/or August 22
29 Leap Day (once every four years)
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Day Observances
• Hoola in the Coola Day – February 1
• Working Naked Day – February 1
• The Day the Music Died Day – February 3
• Quacker Day – February 4
• Disaster Day–February 5
• Wear Red Day – date varies – February 5, 2010
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• Read in the bathtub day – February 9
• White T-Shirt Day – February 11
• Don’t Cry over spilt milk – February 11
• Get a Different Name Day – February 13
• Madly in love with me day – February 13
• National Condom Day – February 14 – website
• Quirky Alone Day – February – 14
• Ferris Wheel Day – February 14
• My Way Day – February 17
• Thumb Appreciation Day – February 18
• Hoodie Hoo Day – February 20
• Love your pet day – February 20
• Single-Tasking Day – February 22
• Tell a fairy tale day – February 26
• For Pete’s Sake Day – February 26
• Public Sleeping Day – February 28
• Gone-ta-pott Day – February 28
• National Tooth Fairy Day – 28
• National Surf and Turf Day–February 29
• Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
• Weather Person’s Day
• Be Electrific Day
February starts on the same day of the week as both March and November in common years, and August in leap years.
“Having only 28 days in common years, it is the only month of the year that can pass without a single full moon. It is also the only month of the calendar that once every six years and twice every 11 years, will have only four full 7-day weeks. Where the first day of the month starts on a Sunday and the last day ends on a Saturday, this was observed in 2009 and can be traced back 11 years to 1998, another 11 years back to 1987, and 6 years back to 1981; and so on twice 11 years consecutively and once six years either forward into the future or back into the past, unless the pattern is broken by a skipped leap year, but no leap year has been skipped since 1900 and no others will be skipped until 2100. A year of this kind would be a common year starting on Thursday. It cannot happen in a leap year. 2004, which was a leap year, would have observed this format had it been a common year,