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- Be An Encourager Day
- Brigmid (Druid Festival)
- 2003: Chinese New Year Festival begins - particularly in San Francisco, CA; Year of
the Goat begins
- Cross-Quarter Day
- Festival of Imbolc begins (Northern Hemisphere)
- National Baked Alaska Day
- National Enrolled Agent's Day
- Serpent Day (Celtic)
- Spring Mother Celebration (Norse)
- Women’s Heart Health Day - kicking off American Heart Month
- St. Ives' Hurling of the Silver Ball (Cornell, UK)
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Christian holidays
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- Candlemas Eve
- Calendar of Saints - February 01
- St. Brigid's Day (aka St. Bridget; patron of dairy workers, dairy maids, poultry raisers, Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand)
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anniversaries
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- Freedom Day - anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s approval of the 13th amendment, providing for the abolition of slavery (1865)
- Greensboro Sit-In (1960) - in North Carolina
- Robinson Crusoe Day - in remembrance of the rescue of Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk (1709); a day to be adventurous and self-reliant
- National Freedom Day - United States
- Freedom Day (13th Amendment), 1865 - United States
- First UN Human Rights Commissioner appointed, José Ayala Lasso 1994: succeeded by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, 1997
- KidsProj - Wilayah Persekutuan - in Malaysia; February 1
- KidsProj - Party of the Candelaria Virgin - in Peru; February 1
- KidsProj - Black History Month // Black History Month - in the US; February 1
- 2003 Lunar New Year (International) - During the first few days of the first lunar month, many Asian countries and communities around the world mark this occasion by wearing new clothes, giving
gifts, preparing special meals, visiting family members, honoring ancestors, letting go of old grievances and settling business accounts. This holiday is referred to differently in various countries.
For example, it is called Shul in North and South Korea and notes the first day of spring. In Viet Nam, the holiday is known as Tet, and in China, the Chinese New Year.
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February holidays & events by location
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- Australia Day - honoring the anniversary of the first ship of British convicts arriving at Botany Bay to settle on the large
island (1788); holiday observed on February 1
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- Feast of St. Brigid - in Ireland
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- Perchville USA begins - in Tawas Bay, MI
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- Independence Day - in Honduras (1841)
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- Day 32, with 333 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Thursday
- 2002 A. D.: Friday
- 2003 A. D.: Saturday
- 2004 A. D.: Monday
- 2005 A. D.: Tuesday
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- 2006 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2007 A. D.: Thursday
- 2008 A. D.: Saturday
- 2009 A. D.: Sunday
- 2010 A. D.: Monday
- 2011 A. D.: Tuesday
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other calendars
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zodiac
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