FEBRUARY 2011
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
American Heart Month
American History Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Avocado and Banana Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Beans Month
Black History Month
Candy Month
Canned Foods Month
Cat Health Month
Chocolate Month
Creative Romance Month
Dog Training Education Month
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month
February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
Friendship Month
Great American Pie Month
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Embroidery Month
International Expect Success Month
International Friendship Month
International Hoof Care Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Jobs in Golf Month
Kids ENT Month
Lent
Library Lovers Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
National African American History Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Condom Month
National Embroidery Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Laugh Friendly Month
National Mend a Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Senior Independence Month
National Snack Food Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
National Wild Bird Feeding Month
National Wise Health Consumer Month
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Potato Lovers Month
Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owners' Month
Return Shopping Carts to the
Supermarket Month
Spiritual Teacher Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
Sweet Potato Month
Umbrella Month
Wise Health Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month
WEEK 1 OBSERVANCES
Consumer Protection Week
International Snow Sculpting Month
National Burn Awareness Week
National Patient Recognition Week
National School Counselors Week
Pride in Food Services Week
Solo Diners Eat Out Week
Women’s Heart Week
WEEK 2 OBSERVANCES
Boy Scout Anniversary Week
Children’s Authors/Illustrators Week
Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
Getting Dizzy Week
Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week
International Coaching Week
International Friendship Week
International Networking Week
Just Say No to Powerpoint Week
Love Makes the World Go Round, But Laughter
Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week
National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
National Children of Alcoholics Week
National Green Week
National Pancake Week
National School Counseling Week
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week
Publicity for Profit Week
Risk Awareness Week
PTA Take Your Family to School Week
WEEK 3 OBSERVANCES
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Staff Education Week
Celebration of Love Week
Children of Alcoholics Week
Great Backyard Bird Count Week
International Flirting Week
Jell-O Week
Love a Mensch Week
Love Your Pet Week
National Condom Week
National Entrepreneurship Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week
Meatfare Week
WEEK 4 OBSERVANCES
American Crossword Puzzle Month
Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week
Build a Better Tradeshow Image Week
Learning Disabilities Week
National Conference on Education
National Crossword Puzzle Week
National Engineers Week
National Future Farmers of America Week
National Pancake Week
Read to Me Week
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week
WEEK 5 OBSERVANCES
National Eating Disorders Week
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week
Peace Corps Week
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
February 1st
African American Coaches Day
Car Insurance Day
Clark Gable's Birthday (1901)
G.I. Joe Day
Healthy Heart Day
Hula in the Coola Day
Jerry Spinelli's Birthday (1941)
National Freedom Day
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
Robinson Crusoe Day
Serpent Day
Spunky Old Broads Day
Wear Red Day
Women Heart Health Day
Working Naked Day
February 2nd
Ayn Rand's Birthday (1905)
Bonza Bottler Day (2/2)
Candlemas Day
Crepes Day
Groundhog Day
Hedgehog Day
Ina Garten’s Birthday (1948)
James Joyce's Birthday (1882)
Judith Viorst's Birthday (1931)
Purification Day
Sled Dog Day
World Wetland Day
February 3rd
Bubble Gum Day
Carrot Cake Day
Cordova Ice Worm Day
Gertrude Stein’s Birthday (1874)
James Michener's Birthday (1907)
Maura Tierney’s Birthday (1965)
National Give Kids a Smile Day
National Wear Red Day
Norman Rockwell’s Birthday (1894)
Take a Cruise Day
The Day Music Died (1959)
Plane Crash killed B Holly, R Valens, Big Bopper
February 4th
Charles Lindbergh's Birthday (1902)
Create a Vacuum Day
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Laura Ingalls Wilder Day
Liberace Day
National Stuffed Mushroom Day
Quacker Day
Spoiled Cats Day
Thank a Mailman Day
USO Day
World Cancer Day
February 5th
Christopher Guest's BIrthday (1948)
Disaster Day
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Hank Aaron's Birthday (1934)
National Weatherperson's Day
John Jeffries Birthday (1744) – First US Weatherman
Old Shoes Day
Superbowl Sunday
Western Monarch Day
World Nutella Day
February 6th
Babe Ruth’s Birthday (1895)
Bob Marley’s Birthday (1945)
Great Pie Day
Lame Duck Day
Monopoly Board Game Invented (1935)
National Compliment Day
Ronald Reagan's Birthday (1911)
February 7th
African American Coaches Day
Ballet Day
Charles Dicken's Birthday (1812)
James Spader’s Birthday (1960)
Man Day
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday (1867)
Send a Card to a Friend Day
Sinclair Lewis’ Birthday (1885)
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
February 8th
Boy Scouts Day
John Williams' Birthday (1932)
Jules Verne's Birthday (1828)
Kite-Flying Day
Laugh and Get Rich Day
Moo Cow Day
Opera Day
World Marriage Day
February 9th
Alice Walker's Birthday (1944)
Bad Poetry Day
Carole King's Birthday (1942)
Charles Shaughnessy's Birthday (1955)
Corvette Day
Hershey's Chocolate Founded (1894)
Lunar Eclipse Day
National Stop Bullying Day
Read in the Bathtub Day
Toothache Day
February 10th
Boris Pasternak's Birthday (1890)
E.L. Konigsburg's Birthday (1930)
Glenn Beck’s Birthday (1964)
Plimsoll Day
Umbrella Day
February 11th
Be Electrific Day
Daytona Pole Day
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Leslie Nielsen’s Birthday (1926)
Make a Friend Day
National Inventor's Day
National Shut-In Visitation Day
Professional Sports Wives Day
Pro Sports Wives Day
Sarah Palin's Birthday (1964)
Satisfied Being Single Day
Thomas Edison’s Birthday (1847)
White T-Shirt Day
February 12th
Aaron Sanchez’ Birthday (1976)
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (1809)
Darwin Day
First Barbie Dolls for Sale
Judy Blume's Birthday (1938)
Log Cabin Day
Michael McDonald’s Birthday (1952)
NAACP Day
National Plum Pudding Day
Paul Bunyan Day
Safety Pup Day
Winter Olympics Start
World Marriage Day
February 13th
Bess Truman's Birthday (1885)
Blame Someone Else Day
Clean Out Your Computer Day
Dream of Your Sweetheart Day
Employee Legal Awareness Day
Get a Different Name Day
Grant Wood's Birthday (1892)
I Value Your Friendship Day
L.L. Bean's Birthday (1873)
Madly in Love With Me Day
Peter Gabriel’s Birthday (1950)
Read to Your Child Day
Stamp Collectors Day
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s Birthday (1919)
Westminster Dog Show
February 14th
Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Ferris Wheel Day
Florence Henderson's Birthday (1934)
Frederick Douglass Day
League of Women Voters Day
Library Lovers Day
National Call In Single Day
National Condom Day
National Have a Heart Day
National Organ Donor Day
Pet Theft Awareness Day
Quirky Alone Day
Race Relations Day
St. Valentine's Day
World Marriage Day
February 15th
Burger Lovers Day
Carnival
Galileo Galilei's Birthday (1564)
Jewelry Day
John Barrymore’s Birthday (1882)
Lupercalia
Matt Groening's Birthday (1954)
National Gumdrop Day
Remember the Maine Day
Singles Awareness Day
Susan B. Anthony's Birthday (1820)
February 16th
Do a Grouch a Favor Day
Hugh Beaumont’s Birthday (1909)
Innovation Day
Pistachio Nut Day
February 17th
Champion Crab Races Day
Human Spirit Day
Melba Toast Day
My Way Day
National PTA Founders Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Robert Newton Peck's Birthday (1928)
World Human Spirit Day
February 18th
John Hughes' Birthday (1950)
Louis Comfort Tiffany's Birthday (1848)
Molly Ringwald's Birthday (1968)
National Battery Day
Play Doh Day
Pluto Day
Toni Morrison's Birthday (1931)
Wallace Stegner's Birthday (1909)
Watch Casablanca Day
February 19th
Jill Kremetz' Birthday (1940)
Mike Hignite’s Birthday (My Son)
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood debuted in 1968
National Chocolate Mint Day
Nicolas Copernicus' Birthday (1473)
Seal’s Birthday (1963)
February 20th
Ansel Adams' Birthday (1902)
Cherry Pie Day
Clam Chowder Day
Gloria Vanderbilt's Birthday (1924)
Hoodie-Hoo Day
You are supposed to go outside to shout "Hoodie-hoo!" to scare away Winter and make way for Spring!
Hubert de Givenchy (1927)
Love Your Pet Day
National Women's Heart Health Day
President’s Day
Sidney Poitier’s Birthday (1927)
World Day for Social Justice
February 21st
Alan Rickman’s Birthday (1946)
Anais Nin's Birthday (1903)
Andres Segovia’s Birthday (1893)
Barley Pudding Day
Card Reading Day
Erma Bombeck’s Birthday (1927)
International Mother Language Day
International Pancake Day
Kelsey Grammar’s Birthday (1955)
Lidi Bstianich’s Birthday (1947)
Mardi Gras Day
Paczki Day
Shrove Tuesday
February 22nd
Ash Wednesday
Be Humble Day
Clinton Kelly’s Birthday (1969)
Frederic Chopin’s Birthday (1810)
George Washington's Birthday (1732)
Inconvenience Yourself Day
International World Thinking Day
Lady Olave Baden Powell’s Birthday (1889)
Lent
Lord Robert Baden Powell's Birthday (1857)
National Margarita Day
Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
Robert Young’s Birthday (1907)
Sheldon Leonard’s Birthday (1907)
Single Tasking Day
Walking the Dog Day
Woolworth’s Day
World Thinking Day
February 23rd
Banana Bread Day
Curling is Cool Day
Diesel Engine Day
George Handel’s Birthday (1685)
Howard Jones' Birthday (1955)
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Little Lulu Day
National Chili Day
National Personal Chef's Day
Tennis Day
February 24th
Dinosaur Lovers Day
National Personal Chef Day
National Tortilla Chip Day
Steven Jobs’ Birthday (1955)
Willhelm Grimm’s Birthday (1786)
February 25th
American Birkenbeider Race
Go Bowling Day
Open that Bottle Night
Pierre Auguste Renoir’s Birthday (1841)
Pistol Patent Day
February 26th
For Pete Sake’s Day
International Sword Swallowers Day
Johnny Cash's Birthday (1932)
Levi Strauss' Birthday (1829)
Mark Dacascos’ (Iron Chef Chairman) Birthday (1964)
National Pistachio Day
Ring Finger Day
Spay Day USA
Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Victor Hugo's Birthday (1802)
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Birthday (1846)
William Frawley's Birthday (1887)
February 27th
Academy Awards Night
Daytona 500
Flip a Pancake Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Birthday (1807)
Howard Hesseman’s Birthday (1940)
International Polar Bear Day
John Steinbeck’s Birthday (1902)
Josh Groban’s Birthday (1981)
No Brainer Day
February 28th
Floral Design Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
Public Sleeping Day
Purim
Rare Disease Day
Spay Day USA
February 29th
Bachelor’s Day
Inspirational Underlings Day
Leap Year Day
Happy Stampin' My Friends!
Holy Crap! thats a long list! lol but are these all real or are some of them made up...? I mean "international Sword Swallowers Day"!!! seriously...? that's can't be real..lol..
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