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2011 February

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
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
Library Lovers Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Embroidery Month
National Grapefruit 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
Boy Scout Anniversary Week
Children’s Authors/Illustrators Week
Consumer Protection Week
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week
International Networking 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
Celebration of Love Week
Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
International Coaching Week
Jell-O 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
Great Backyard Bird Count Week
International Flirting Week
International Friendship Week
Love a Mensch Week
Love Your Pet Week
National Conference on Education
National Crossword Puzzle Week
National Engineers Week
National Entrepreneurship Week
National Future Farmers of America Week
National Pancake Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week
Meatfare Week
 
WEEK 4 OBSERVANCES
American Crossword Puzzle Month
Build a Better Tradeshow Image Week
Learning Disabilities Week
National Eating Disorders Week
Read to Me Week
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week
 
February 1st
African American Coaches Day
Bubble Gum 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
Robinson Crusoe Day
Serpent Day
Spunky Old Broads Day
Wear Red Day
Women Heart Health Day
 
February 2nd
Ayn Rand's Birthday (1905)
Bonza Bottler Day (2/2)
Candlemas Day
Groundhog Day
Hedgehog Day
Ina Garten’s Birthday (1948)
James Joyce's Birthday (1882)
Judith Viorst's Birthday (1931)
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
Purification Day
Sled Dog Day
 
February 3rd
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
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
Bubble Gum Day
Charles Lindbergh's Birthday (1902)
Chinese New Year
Create a Vacuum Day
Give Kids a Smile Day
Liberace Day
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
National Stuffed Mushroom Day
National Wear Red Day
Quacker Day
Spoiled Cats Day
Thank a Mailman Day
USO Day
World Career Day
 
February 5th
Christopher Guest's BIrthday (1948)
Disaster Day
Hank Aaron's Birthday (1934)
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
National Weatherperson's Day
   John Jeffries Birthday (1744) – First US Weatherman
Old Shoes Day
World Nutella Day
 
February 6th
Babe Ruth’s Birthday (1895)
Bob Marley’s Birthday (1945)
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Great Pie Day
Lame Duck Day
Monopoly Board Game Invented (1935)
National Compliment Day
Ronald Reagan's Birthday (1911)
Superbowl Sunday
 
February 7th
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
Extreterrestrial Culture Day
John Williams' Birthday (1932)
Jules Verne's Birthday (1828)
Kite-Flying Day
Laugh and Get Rich Day
Moo Cow 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
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
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)
National Plum Pudding Day
Paul Bunyan Day
Safety Pup Day
Winter Olympics Start
 
February 13th
Bess Truman's Birthday (1885)
Blame Someone Else Day
Dream of Your Sweetheart Day
Employee Legal Awareness Day
Get a Different Name Day
Grammy Awards
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)
 
February 14th
Clean Out Your Computer Day
Ferris Wheel Day
Florence Henderson's Birthday (1934)
Library Lovers Day
National Call In Single Day
National Have a Heart Day
National Organ Donor Day
Quirky Alone Day
Race Relations Day
St. Valentine's Day
Westminster Dog Show
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
Singles Awareness Day
Susan B. Anthony's Birthday (1820)
 
February 16th
Do a Grouch a Favor Day
Hugh Beaumont’s Birthday (1909)
International Pancake 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
Toni Morrison's Birthday (1931)
Wallace Stegner's Birthday (1909)
Watch Casablanca Day
 
February 19th
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
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
Daytona 500
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
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
Kelsey Grammar’s Birthday (1955)
Lidi Bstianich’s Birthday (1947)
Love your Pet Day
President’s Day
 
February 22nd
Be Humble Day
Clinton Kelly’s Birthday (1969)
Frederic Chopin’s Birthday (1810)
George Washington's Birthday (1732)
International World Thinking Day
Lady Olave Baden Powell’s Birthday (1889)
Lord Robert Baden Powell's Birthday (1857)
Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
Robert Young’s Birthday (1907)
Sheldon Leonard’s Birthday (1907)
Single Tasking Day
Walking the Dog Day
World Thinking Day
 
February 23rd
Banana Bread Day
Curling is Cool Day
George Handel’s Birthday (1685)
Howard Jones' Birthday (1955)
Inconvenience Yourself Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
Little Lulu Day
National Personal Chef's Day
Tennis Day
 
February 24th
Dinosaur Lovers Day
International Pancake Day
National Chili Day
National Personal Chef Day
National Tortilla Chip Day
Steven Jobs’ Birthday (1955)
Willhelm Grimm’s Birthday (1786)
 
February 25th
Go Bowling Day
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 Personal Chef Day
National Pistachio Day
Open that Bottle Night
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
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