Celebrating February

As February is coming to a close this Saturday why not pay our last tributes to the month of love.  February brings to mind Valentines Day and Presidents Day or Washington’s and Lincoln’s Birthdays. There is a whole lot more going on in February.  This was the layout for 2009.

The February gemstone is amethyst and the flower is the Violet and the Primrose. February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritualFebrua held on February 15 in the old Roman Calender.

February is:

• American History Month
• Black History Month
• National Blah Buster Month
• National Embroidery Month
• National Grapefruit Month
• National Snack Food Month
• National Wedding Month
  
• Responsible Pet Owner Month
• An Affair to Remember Month
• Great American Pie Month
• Return Carts to the Supermarket Month
• Creative Romance Month
• International Twit Award Month
• Canned Food Month
• American Heart Month
• Children's Dental Health Month
• International Friendship Month
• National Cherry Month
• National Wild Bird Feeding Month

Weekly Observances:

• Chilren's Authors and Illustrators Week (Feb 1-7)
• International Coaching Week (Feb 1-7)
• National Patient Recognition Week (Feb 1-7)
• Publicity for Profit Week (Feb 1-7)
• Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend (Feb 1-7)
• Women's Heart Week (Feb 1-7)
• International Networking Week (Feb 2-6)
• Intimate Apparel Market Week (Feb 2-6)
• Boy Scout Anniversary Week (Feb 3-9)
• International Hoof Care Week (Feb 3-6)
• International Snow Sculpting Week (Feb 4-8)
• New York Comic Con Week (Feb 6-8)
• World Special Olympic Winter Games (Feb 6-13)
• American Council on Education (Feb 7-10)
• Dump Your Significant Jerk Week (7-13)
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (Feb 7-14)
• Rejection Risk Awareness Week (Feb 7-14)
• Jell-O Week (Feb 8-14)
• Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week (Feb 8-14)
• World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week (Feb 8-14)
• International Flirting Week (Feb 8-15)
• Just Say No to Powerpoints Week (Feb 9-13)
• Celebration of Love Week (Feb 10-16)
• Children of Alcoholics Week (Feb 10-16)
• World AG Expo (Feb 10-12)
• Random Acts of Kindness Week (Feb 11-17)
• Great Backyard Bird Count Week (Feb 13-16)
• National Engineers Week (Feb 15-21)
• International Friendship Week (Feb 17-23)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb 22-28)
• National Pancake Week (Feb 22-28)
• Read Me Week (Feb 23-27)
• Telecommuter Appreciation Week (Feb 24-March 1)
• American Crossword Puzzle Week (Feb 27- March 1)
• Texas Cowboy Poetry Week (Feb 27-March 1)

Daily:

February 1:

• Serpent Day
• G.I. Joe Day
• Give Kids a Smile Day
• Super Bowl Sunday
• National Freedom Day
• Lisa Marie Presleys Birthday (1968)
• The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" hit #1 (1964) 
• Langston Hughes' Birthday (1902)

February 2:

• Groundhog Day
• Purification Day
• Hedgehog Day
• Sled Dog Day
• Tommy Smother's Birthday (1937)
• Christy Brinkley's Birthday (1954)

February 3

• The Day the Music Died
• African American Coaches Day 
• Norman Rockwell's Birthday (1894)
• Morgan Fairchild's Birthday (1950)
• Elmo's Birthday

February 4

• Create a Vacuum Day
• Thank a Mailman Day
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• Charles Lindberg's first solo flight across the Atlantic
• Rosa Park's Birthday (1913)
• Alice Cooper's Birthday (1948)

February 5

• Disaster Day
• National Weatherman's Day
• Mexico's Constitution Day
• Western Monarch Day (migrating butterflies)
• Wear Red Day
• Bubble Gum Day
• Hank Aaron's Birthday (1934)
• Red Button's Birthday (1919)
• Barbara Hershey's Birthday (1948)

February 6

• Lame Duck Day
• Babe Ruth's Birthday (1895)
• Tom Brokaw's Birthday (1940)
• Ronald Reagan's Birthday (1911)
• Fabian Forte's Birthday (1943)
• Bob Marley's Birthday (1945)
• Natalie Cole's Birthday (1950)
• Monopoly Board Game's Birthday (1935)

February 7

• Charles Dickens Day
• John Deere's Birthday
• Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
• Send a Card to a Friend Day
• Ballet Day
• Dump Your Significant Jerk Day 
• Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday (1867)
• Garth Brooks' Birthday (1962)
• Chris Rock's Birthday (1966)
• Buster Crabbe's Birthday (1908)

February 8

• Kite Flying Day
• Boy Scout Anniversary Day
• Laugh and Get Rich Day
• Man Day
• World Marriage Day
• Jewels Vern's Birthday (1828)
• Lana Turner's Birthday (1921)
• Jack Lemmon's Birthday (1925)
• James Dean's Birthday (1931)
• Audrey Meadow's Birthday (1922)
• John William's Birthday (1932)
• Nick Nolte's Birthday (1941)
• Dan Seals' Birthday (1948)
• John Grisham's Birthday (1955)

February 9

• Toothache Day
• Clean Out Your Computer Day (second Monday in February)
• Chinese Lantern Festival Day
• Read in the Bathtub Day
• The Night of the Snow Moon
• Hershey's Chocolate Founded (1894)
• William Henry Harrison's Birthday (1773)
• Joe Pesci's Birthday (1943)
• Mia Farrow's Birthday (1945)
• The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show (1964)

February 10

• Umbrella Day
• Jimmy Durante's Birthday (1893)
• Robert Wagner's Birthday (1930)
• Mark Spitz's Birthday (1950)

February 11

• Be Electrific Day
• Pro Sports Wives Day
• Satisfied Staying Single Day
• White Shirt Day
• Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
• National Inventor's Day
• White T-Shirt Day
• Thomas Edison's Birthday (1847)

February 12

• Darwin Day 
• Charles Darwin's Birthday (1809) 
• Oglethorpe Day
• Safety Pup Day
• Plum Pudding Day
• First Barbie Dolls For Sale
• Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (1809)

February 13

• Blame Someone Else Day
• Friday the 13th
• Employee Legal Awareness Day
• Get a Different Name Day

February 14

• Saint Valentine's Day
• Ferris Wheel Day
• National Have a Heart Day
• World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
• League of Women Voters Day
• National Call in Single Day
• Quirky Alone Day
• Frederick Douglass' Birthday (1818)

February 15

• National Gum Drop Day
• Singles Awareness Day
• Susan B. Anthony's Birthday (1820)
• Galileo Galilei's Birthday (1564)

February 16

• Presidents Day
• Do a Grouch a Favor Day
• Family Day (Canada)

February 17

• Random Acts of Kindness Day
• My Way Day
• National PTA Founders Day
• World Human Spirit Day
• Michael Jordan's Birthday (1963)

February 18

• National Battery Day
• The planet Pluto is discovered (1930)
• John Travolta's Birthday (1954)

February 19

• Chocolate Mint Day
• International Mother Language Day
• Iwo Jima Day (landing)
• Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Debuted (1968)
• Seal's Birthday (1963)

February 20

• World Day for Social Justice
• Hoodie-Hoo Day

February 21

• Clam Chowder Day
• Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
• Love Your Pet Day
• Card Reading Day
• Single Tasking Day

February 22

• Academy Awards
• Be Humble Day
• World Thinking Day
• Walking the Dog Day
• George Washington's Birthday (1732)
• Steve Irwin's Birthday (1962)

February 23

• Curling is Cool Day
• International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
• Tennis Day
• Iwo Jima Day (flag raised)
• National Personal Chef's Day
• My Birthday! (1990)
• George Frederic Handel's Birthday (1685)

February 24

• International Pancake Day
• Spay Day USA
• National Tortilla Chip Day
• Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday

February 25

• Ash Wednesday
• Inconvenience Yourself Day
• Tiger Woods Returns

February 26

• For Pete's Sake Day
• Levi Strauss Day
• National Chili Day
• National Pistachio Day
• Tell a Fairy Tale Day
• Carnival Day

February 27

• No Brainer Day
• Polar Bear Day
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Birthday (1807)

February 28

• Floral Design Day
• International Sword Swallowers Day
• National Tooth Fairy Day
• Public Sleeping Day

February 29

• Leap Year Day (every 4 years. Next is in 2012)
• Yellow Stone Park Day

Find something you resonate with about February and celebrate it!

It's interesting that Hershey's Chocolate was founded on the same day that we are celebrating Toothache Day. Of course, it's also in preparation for Valentine's Day and all the heart shaped boxes of chocolates that are given out. Maybe Toothache Day is a reminder.