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Scroll down for the world's holidays, annual events and a few anniversaries on February 23.

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holidays & events
  •  Ember Day
  •  International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
  •  National Banana Bread Day
  •  2004:  Spay Day USA - Americans are encouraged to help control the pet population; the last Tuesday of February
  •  Terminalia (End of Old Roman Year)
  •  Vaudeville Day

Christian holidays


anniversaries

  •  researches in Scotland announce they cloned their sheep "Dolly" (1997)
  •  the ground war of Desert Storm begins in Iraq (1991)
  •  Brunei - Independence Day 1984
  •  Guyana - Republic Day 1970
  •  Russia - Army and Navy Day
  •  National Holiday - Guyana (1970)
  •  Eid-al-Adha
  •  People Power Day - Philippines
  •  National Day - Brunei
  •  Republic Day, 1970 - Guyana
  •  National Holiday of Brunei Darussalam,Guyana
  •  Crisis between Iraq and UN (and USA) over UNSCOM inspections mediated by Secretary-General Kofi Annan 1998
  •  the one billionth song was downloaded from iTunes (2006)
  •  the first mass vaccination against polio began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1954)
  •  Rudolf Diesel patented the diesel engine (1893)
  •  the Gutenberg Bible was published (1455)
  •  Happy Birthday Michael Dell (1965), Tom Bodett (1955), Brad Whitford (1952), and Peter Fonda (1940).
  •  RIP Howie Epstein (d.2003), Stan Laurel (d.1965), Carl Friedrich Gauss (d.1855) and John Quincy Adams (d.1848).

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February holidays & events by location

 
Africa

Africa

 
Asia & the Middle East

Asia


Middle East

 
Australia & Oceania

Australia and Oceania

 
Europe

Europe

  •  Feast of the Incappucciati - in Italy
  •  Pancake Day - in Venice, Italy
 
North & Central America

North America


Caribbean


Central America

 
South America

South America

  •  Guyana Republic Day (1970)
 
calendar & zodiac

Gregorian calendar

  •  Day 54, with 311 days remaining in the year
  •  2001 A. D.: Friday
  •  2002 A. D.:  Saturday
  •  2003 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2004 A. D.:  Tuesday
  •  2005 A. D.:  Wednesday
  •  2006 A. D.:  Thursday
  •  2007 A. D.:  Friday
  •  2008 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2009 A. D.:  Monday
  •  2010 A. D.:  Tuesday
  •  2011 A. D.:  Wednesday

other calendars


season

  •  Northern hemisphere:  Winter
  •  Southern hemisphere:  Summer

zodiac


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