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K I D S
P A G E

“The February sunshine steeps your boughs, and tints the buds
and swells the leaves within.” ~William Cullen Bryant

Knowledge House Guide to
HOLIDAYS & SPECIAL DAYS

February is...

American Heart Month
Black History Month
American History Month
National African American Heritage Month
Potato Lover's Month
National Cherry Month
National Canned Food Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Snack Food Month
Children's Dental Health Month
Great American Pie Month
National Scottish Culture Month
Wild Bird Feeding Month
Great Backyard Bird Count
Chinese New Year*
(second new moon after winter solstice)
Random Acts of Kindness Week*
(the week of February 12th)
President’s Day*
(third Monday in February)
Shrovetide Carnival*
(Several days preceding Lent)
Mardi Gras*
(Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Ash Wednesday*
(First day of Lent, 46 days before Easter)
Lent*

FEBRUARY CALENDAR
1 National Freedom Day Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster (2003)
2 Candlemas/Pancake Day Groundhog Day/National Woodchuck Day
3 Halfway Point of Winter
4 Apache Wars Began (Arizona, 1861)
5 Mexican Constitution Day (1917) Dwight L. Moody's birthday (1837)
6 Ronald Reagan's Birthday (1911)
7 Charles Dickens' Birthday (1812) Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday (1867)
8 Boy Scouts of America Founded (1910)
9 Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley's Birthday (1865) National Weather Service Established (1870) Jell-O Week (second full week of February)
10 Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta, AD 60)
11 Thomas Edison's Birthday (1847) National Inventors Day Make a New Friend Day
12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (1809) Kindness Awareness Day
13 First Magazine Published in America (The American Magazine, 1741)
14 St. Valentine’s Day Arizona Statehood Day (1912)
15 Galileo Galilei's Birthday (1564) Susan B. Anthony Day
16 National Engineers Week* (Engineers Week is traditionally the week in February that encompasses George Washington's actual birthday (February 22), although some adjustments are occasionally necessary.)
17 Federal law requires TV stations to stop broadcasting in analog format and broadcast only in digital format (2009)
18 Planet Pluto Discovered (1930)
19 Japanese Internment Anniversary (1942) Fidel Castro, the world's longest ruling head of state (since 1959), resigns as Cuba's president (2008)
20 Ansel Adams' Birthday (1902)
21 First Steam Train Travels 10 Miles (1804) International Mother Language Day
22 George Washington's Birthday (1732)
23 Alamo Siege Begins (1836) Banana Bread Day
24 Wilhlem Grimm's Birthday (1786) Steve Jobs' Birthday (1955)
25 Renoir's Birthday (1841)
26 Grand Canyon National Park Anniversary (1919)
27 No Brainer Day
28 John Tenniel's Birthday (1820) First U.S. Chartered Passenger Railroad Service (1827) DNA Double Helix Discovered (1953)
29 Leap Year Day
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*These dates change from year to year; check current calendar.
(National Days are American holidays unless stated otherwise.)

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