2012
Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances

Stone= Amethyst        Flower= Iris or Violets

The History of Super Bowl Sunday Paul Bunyan Day History + Paul Bunyan Trivia Fun! Indianapolis 500 & Daytona 500 History + Cartoon Valentine's Day Fun History of Leap Year + Cartoon History of The Westminster Dog Show + Cartoon History of Kwakiutl Midwinter Ceremony + Cartoon History of Groundhog Day (or Candlemas) + Cartoon President's Day History (Washington & Lincoln Birthdays) History of the Academy Awards (Oscars) + Cartoon  and Oscar Trivia Fun! The America's Cup History (Held in February 2010) If you want "On This Day" in History information, go to The History Channel!  They've got the best resource on the net. Want to know if anyone famous was born today? Visit Famous Birthdays! A great source of  past Song Hit of The Day is Bob Dearborn's Disc Jockey site. Just log in any day on a search engine, and Wikipedia tells you both birthdays, events, etc. for it. Because dates are tentative and also change a lot, I'm not going to  list the Indian Tribal Gatherings per month.  But, here's a link to all the Indian  PowWows for the entire year! Special thanks to Lauren Chronister for letting me know about Fastnacht Day Special thanks to Kelsey Winston for letting me know about Marijuana Month and Children of Alcoholics Awareness Week Special thanks to Sonjia Bradshaw for letting me know about A LOT of observances! Thanks to Elaine Carter for telling me about International Friendship Week & Celebration of Love Week Thanks to Alesha for letting me know about Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month Thanks to Lauren Larson for letting me know about World Nutella Day. Thanks to Cassie Neuman for letting me know about World Cancer Day. Thanks to Christina Campbell for letting me know about National Entrepreneurship Week. Thanks to Ari Clark for letting me know about World Thinking Day. Thanks to Ronnie Foreman for letting me know about Crepe Day. Thanks to Delores Feinberg for letting me know about Rare Disease Day. Thanks to Brenda Simmons for letting me know about Peace Corps Week. Thanks to Mary Migalla for letting me know about Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Thanks to Beth Stamps for letting me know about FFA Week. Thanks to Terri Dale for letting me know about Margarita Day. Thanks to Kathleen Heikkila for letting me know about National Justice for Animals Week. Thanks to Joyce Baker for letting me know about Marmot Day. Thanks to Roger W. Hancock for letting me know about Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week, and Frederick Douglass Day.

 

February Monthly Observances

Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month Link
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
Avocado and Banana Month Link
Bake for Family Fun Month
Beans (Dried and Fresh) Month Link
Dog Training Education Month Link
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month Link
February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
From Africa to Virginia Month
Grapefruit Month Link
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Hoof-care Month
Jobs in Golf Month Link
Lent (2/22-4/7)
Library Lovers Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month Link
National African American History Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Black History Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Condom Month Link
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Hot Breakfast Month Link
National Laugh-Friendly Month Link
National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
Pet Dental Health Month Link
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owner's Month  Link
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
 Sweet Potato Month (see also November)
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month

 February Weekly Observances


International Snow Sculpting Week: 1-5
*Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend: 1-7
*Women's Heart Week: 1-7
Boy Scout Anniversary Week: 5-11
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week: 5-11
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 5-11 (Always Week Before Valentines Day)
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week: 5-11
International Coaching Week: 5-11
Just Say No to PowerPoint Week: 5-11
Publicity for Profit Week: 5-11
World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week: 5-11 Link
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: 6-10 Link
International Networking Week: 6-10
International Friendship Week: 6-10 Link
National Green Week: 6-11 Link
National School Counseling Week: 6-10 Link
*Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14  Link
*Risk Awareness Week: 7-14
*Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
Celebration of Love Week: 12-18 Link  (Second Full Week)
Children of Alcoholics Week: 12-18 Link (Second Full Week)
Jell-O Week: 12-18
Love a Mench Week: 12-18
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 13-19 Link
*International Flirting Week: 13-19
World AG Expo: 14-16
*National Condom Week: 14-21 Link
*National Nestbox Week: 14-21
*NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week: 14-21
National Conference on Education: 16-19
Great Backyard Bird Count: 17-20
National Entrepreneurship Week: 18-25 Link
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week: 19-25 (Always 3rd Week)  Link
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week: 19-25
National Engineers Week: 19-25
National Pancake Week: 19-25
National Justice for Animals Week: 19-25 Link
National Future Farmers of America Week: 20-25 Link (Week of G.Washington's Birthday from Sat. to Sat)
Read Me Week: 20-24
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week: 24-26
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 26-3/3
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 26-3/3  Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week: 26 to 3/3 Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week: 27-3/5 Link
Peace Corps Week: 27-3/4 Link

 February Daily Observances

NOTE:  An * in front of the day means that the observance is on the same date every year regardless of the day it falls on.

* Freedom Day: 1
*Car Insurance Day: 1
*G.I. Joe Day: 1
*Hula in The Coola Day: 1
National Girls & Women in Sports Day: 1
*Robinson Crusoe Day: 1
*Spunky Old Broads Day: 1 (also all month)
*Working Naked Day: 1 Link
*Candelmas: 2
* Crepe Day: 2
*Crepe Day or La Chandeleur: 2  Link
*Groundhog Day: 2
*Marmot Day: 2 Link
*Groundhog Job Shadow Day: 2
*Hedgehog Day: 2
*Imbolic: 2
*Sled Dog Day: 2
*World Wetlands Day: 2 Link
*Four Chaplains Memorial Day: 3
*The Day The Music Died: 3
Bubble Gum Day: 3 Link
Give Kids A Smile Day: 3 (First Friday)  Link
Wear Red Day: 3
Laura Ingalls Wilder Day: 4
*Liberace Day: 4
*Quacker Day: 4
Rabi'I: 4
*USO Day: 4
*World Cancer Day: 4 Link
Ice Cream For Breakfast Day: 4 (First Saturday): Link
* Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day: 5
*Weatherman's [Weatherperson's] Day: 5
*Western Monarch Day: 5 Link
*World Nutella Day: 5 Link
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day: 5 (First day of Dump Your Significant Jerk Week)
Super Bowl XLVI: 5
African American Coaches Day: 7
*Ballet Day: 7
*Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 7 Link
*Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbor's Day: 7
*Boy Scout Anniversary Day: 8 Link
*Laugh and Get Rich Day: 8
*Opera Day: 8
Tu B'Shvat: 8
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day: 9 Link (2nd Tuesday)
*National Stop Bullying Day: 9 Link
*Read in the Bathtub Day: 9
*Plimsoll Day: 10
*Be Electrific Day: 11
Daytona Pole Day: 11
*Pro Sports Wives Day: 11
*National Shut-in Visitation Day: 11
*Satisfied Staying Single Day: 11
*White Shirt Day: 11
*Darwin Day: 12
Grammy Awards Day: 12
*Lincoln's Birthday: 12
Man Day: 12
*NAACP Day: 12
*Oglethorpe Day: 12
*Paul Bunyan Day: 12 (Born Feb. 12, 1834 in Bangor, ME) Link
*Safety Pup Day: 12
World Marriage Day: 12 (2nd Sunday) Link
*Employee Legal Awareness Day: 13
*Get a Different Name Day: 13
*Madly In Love With Me Day: 13
Clean Out Your Computer Day: 13 Link (Always 2nd Monday)
Westminster Dog Show: 13-14
Extraterrestrial Culture Day: 14 (Always 2nd Tuesday)
*Ferris Wheel Day: 14
*Frederick Douglass Day: 14  Link
*Pet Theft Awareness Day: 14  Link
*Library Lovers Day: 14 Link
*National Have A Heart Day: 14
*National Condom Day: 14 Link
(World) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day: 14 Link
*League of Women Voters Day: 14
*National Women's Heart Day: 14 Link
*National Call In Single Day: 14 Link
*Race Relations Day: 14
*National Donor Day: 14
*Quirky Alone Day: 14 Link
*Valentines Day: 14
*World Marriage Day: 14
*Lupercalia: 15
*Remember The Maine Day: 15
*Susan B. Anthony Day: 15
*National Gum Drop Day: 15  Link
Innovation Day: 16 Link
*Kyoto Protocol Day: 16 Link
*My Way Day: 17
*National PTA Founders Day: 17 Link
*World Human Spirit Day: 17
*Battery Day: 18 (Volta's birthday)
*Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day: 18
*Pluto  Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh) : 18 
(Note: New Mexico has declared  March 13 as, Pluto is a Planet Day!)
*Chocolate Mint Day: 19 Link
*Iwo Jima Day (Landing) : 19
*Love Your Pet Day: 20 Link  (or Love Your Dog Day)
Shrovetide: 19-21
Fasching: 20-21
*Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day: 20
Presidents Day: 20
*World Day for Social Justice: 20
*International Mother Language Day: 21
International Pancake Day: 21 (Race)
 Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday  or Fastnacht Day) : 21 Link
International Pancake Day (IHOP) : 21Link  (Normally The Day Before Lent)
Mardi Gras: 21
Paczki Day: 21
Shrove Tuesday: 21
Ash Wednesday: 22
Lent: 22
*National Margarita Day: 22 Link
*Woolworth's Day: 22
*World Thinking Day: 22 Link
*George Washington's Birthday: 22
Inconvenience Yourself Day: 22 (always 4th Wednesday) 
*Curling is Cool Day: 23
*Diesel Engine Day: 23
*Iwo Jima Day (flag raised): 23
Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day: 23
National Chili Day: 23
American Birkenbeider Race: 25
International Sword Swallowers Day: 25
Daytona 500: 26
Open That Bottle Night: 25
National Personal Chef's Day: 26
Academy Awards Night: 26 Link
*For Pete's Sake Day: 26
*Levi Strauss Day: 26
Orthodox Green Monday: 27
Orthodox Lent Begins: 27
*Floral Design Day: 28
*National Tooth Fairy Day: 28
Rare Disease Day: 28 Link
Spay Day USA: 28
Bachelor's Day: 29
Inspirational Underlings Day: 29
*Leap Year Day: 29
(Every 4 years. See Chart.)
Note:  February 29, 2012 will also be Galileo Day.

 

 

Full Moon on  the 7 th is called "Snow Moon" by Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes
because this time of the year experiences heavy snowfalls. It's also called "The Hunger Moon" because of the meager hunting during this time of year too.

Moon Animation Credit

 

(Awarded 1/28/2009)

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