It seems to me that we're all in the same boat with Christopher Columbus. He didn't know where he was going when he started, When he got there he didn't know where he was, and when he got back he didn't know where he had been.

February 2

Crepe Day or La Chandeleur Marmot Day Groundhog Job Shadow Day Hedgehog Day Sled Dog Day Purification Day

Candlemas Liechtenstein, Sweden Candlemas, Presentation of the Lord Switzerland Día de la Candelaria Mexico Festa de Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes Porto Allegre Brazil Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria Bolivia Groundhog Day Canada, United States of America Virgen de la Candelaria - Puno Peru National Change your Windshield Wipers Day United States of America Return to Calendar

Conscience gets a lot of credit that belongs to cold feet.

February 3

Four Chaplains Memorial Day Bubble Gum Day Give Kids A Smile Day Wear Red Day The Day the Music Died Cordova Ice Worm Day

Foundation of the Vietnamese Communist Party Vietnam Heroes' Day Mozambique Liberty Heroes Day Sao Tome & Principe San Blaise Paraguay Setsubun Japan Patient Recognition Day United States of America Return to Calendar

He who spares the guilty threatens the innocent.

February 4

Laura Ingalls Wilder Day Liberace Day Quacker Day Ice Cream For Breakfast Day Thank a Mailman Day Create a Vacuum Day

Commencement of the Armed Struggle Angola Independence Day Sri Lanka World Cancer Day United Nations Return to Calendar

Cynicism is nothing but idealism gone sour in the face of trustratlon. - Buell G. Gallagher

February 5

Nutella Day Dump Your Significant Jerk Day Disaster Day Weatherman's Day

Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day Tanzania Constitution Day Mexico Liberation of the Republic from the Alberoni Occupation San Marino Presidents Day Congo (Republic of) St. Agatha's Day San Marino Unity Day Burundi Return to Calendar

Better face a danger once than be always in fear.

February 6

Lame Duck Day

Bob Marley Day Jamaica New Zealand Day New Zealand Waitangi Day New Zealand, Niue Sami National Day Finland, Norway, Sweden Return to Calendar

I do not care to "fool" any man. When he discovers I have fooled him, he will do me more harm than my cunning did me good. - Edgar W. Howe

February 7

Ballet Day Wave All you Fingers at Your Neighbor Day Send a Card to a Friend Day Charles Dickens Day

Independence Day Grenada National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day United States of America Return to Calendar

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. - Thomas Campbell

February 8

Laugh and Get Rich Day Opera Day Kite Flying Day

Boy Scout Day United States of America Culture Day Slovenia Youth Day Congo (Republic of) Return to Calendar

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. - Henry Van Dyke

February 9

Stop Bullying Day Read in the Bathtub Day Toothache Day

Feast of St. Maron Lebanon Return to Calendar

Depression: a period during which we have to get along without the things our grandparents never dreamed about.

February 10

Plimsoll Day Umbrella Day

Oruro Local Festival Bolivia St. Paul's Shipwreck (Feast of ) Malta Return to Calendar

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening. - Alexander Woolcott

February 11

Be Electrific Day Pro Sports Wives Day Shut-in Visitation Day Satisfied Staying Single Day Make a Friend Day White T-Shirt Day Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk Day Inventor's Day

Armed Forces Day Liberia National Foundation Day Japan Youth Day Cameroon Anniversary of Lateranensi Pacts Vatican City State Return to Calendar

All things are difficult before they are easy. - Thomas Fuller

February 12

Man Day Oglethorpe Day Safety Pup Day Plum Pudding Day

Isra and Merag Sudan Lincoln's Birthday United States of America Union of Myanmar Myanmar / Burma Youth Day Venezuela Darwin Day International Return to Calendar

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward

February 13

Employee Legal Awareness Day Madly In Love With Me Day Clean out Your Computer Day Get a Different Name Day Dream Your Sweet Day

There are no national holidays or observances on record for this day. Return to Calendar

Who knows most, doubts most. - Robert Browning

February 14

Extraterrestrial Culture Day Pet Theft Awareness Day Library Lovers Day Have A Heart Day Condom Day World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day Women's Heart Day Call In Single Day Race Relations Day World Marriage Day Organ Donor Day Ferris Wheel Day Heart to Heart Day

St. Valentine`s Day Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Finland, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America Wine-grower's Day Bulgaria Return to Calendar

I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. - Frederick Douglas

February 15

Lupercalia Singles Awareness Day Gum Drop Day

National Day Serbia National Flag of Canada Day Canada Rose Monday Bolivia (Tarija) National Lamb Day New Zealand Return to Calendar

Efficiency expert: a man who is smart enough to know how to run your business, and too smart to start one of his own.

February 16

Innovation Day Kyoto Protocol Day Do a Grouch a Favor Day

Independence Day (1918) Lithuania Kim Jong-il's Birthday North Korea Return to Calendar

''I can't do it'' never yet accomplished anything; ''I will try'' has performed wonders. - George P. Burnham

February 17

My Way Day PTA Founders Day World Human Spirit Day

National Public Science Day United States of America Random Acts of Kindness Day United States of America Return to Calendar

If you want to kill time, why not try working it to death.

February 18

Battery Day (Volta's birthday) Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day Pluto Day

Independence Day Gambia Return to Calendar

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example, - Thomas Morell

February 19

Chocolate Mint Day

National Democracy Day Nepal National Flag Day Turkmenistan Return to Calendar

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. - Oliver Goldsmith

February 20

Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day Cherry Pie Day Love Your Pet Day

Family Day Canada (Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan) Louis Riel Day Canada (Manitoba) Islanders Day Canada (Prince Edward Island) Heritage Day Canada (Yukon) World Day of Social Justice United Nations Return to Calendar

You have a shilling. I have a shilling. We swap. You have my shillirug and I have yours. We are no better off. But suppose you have an idea and I have an idea. We swap. Now you have two ideas and 1 have two ideas. We have increased our stock of ideas 100 per cent. - A. S. Gregg

February 21

International Pancake Day Paczki Day Shrove Tuesday Card Reading Day

Birthday of King Harald V Norway Martyr's Day Bangladesh International Mother Language Day United Nations Return to Calendar

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. - J. G. Pollard

February 22

Ash Wednesday Margarita Day Inconvenience Yourself Day Walking the Dog Day Be Humble Day

George Washington's Birthday United States of America Independence Day St. Lucia People Power Day Philippines Unity Day Syria World Thinking Day International Return to Calendar

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. - Jonathan Swift

February 23

Curling is Cool Day Diesel Engine Day Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day Chili Day Tennis Day International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day

Army Day Tajikistan National Day Brunei Darussalam Republic Day Guyana Defender of the Fatherland Day Russia Return to Calendar

Only some of us learn by other people's experience - the rest of us have to be the other people.

February 24

Tortilla Chip Day

Baire Proclamation Cuba Flag Day Mexico Independence Day (1918) Estonia Return to Calendar

A fault confessed is more than half amended. - Sir John Harrington

February 25

International Sword Swallowers Day Open That Bottle Night Samuel Colt's Pistol Patent Day

National Day Kuwait Norriture Rituelle des sources têt d' l'eau Haiti Revolution Day Suriname Special Holiday Solomon Islands (Choiseul Province) Return to Calendar

Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

February 26

Personal Chef's Day For Pete's Sake Day Carnival Day Tell a Fairy Tale Day Pistachio Day

Liberation Day Kuwait Return to Calendar

The faults of others are like headlights on an automobile. They only seem more glaring than our own.

February 27

No Brainer Day International Polar Bear Day

Independence Day Dominican Republic Return to Calendar

The fastest growing thing in nature is a fish - from the time a guy catches it until he tells about it.

February 28

Rare Disease Day Floral Design Day Tooth Fairy Day Public Sleeping Day

Andalusia Day Spain Peace Memorial Day Taiwan Return to Calendar

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

February 29

Bachelor's Day Inspirational Underlings Day Galileo Day Leap day Surf and Turf Day Quantum Leap Day.

No national holidays or observances on record for this day Return to Calendar

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