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Fun Facts Traditional birthstone: amethyst Mystical birthstone: bloodstone Ayurvedic birthstone: amethyst Flower: blue violet Chinese Floral Emblem: peach blossom Sun Signs: Aquarius / Pisces Dates Vary Year to Year 1st Weekend: Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan 2nd Monday: Clean Out Your Computer Day 3rd Monday: President's Day, 15th in 2010 2nd New Moon after Winter Solstice: Chinese New Year, Feb, 14, 2010 14 days after Chinese New Year Chinese: Lantern Festival 2nd New Moon after Winter Solstice: Tet Nguyen Dan, Feb. 14, 2010 3rd Sunday before Lent:: Septuagesima Sunday 2nd Sunday before Lent:: Sexagesima Sunday Sunday before Lent: Fasching Sunday Sunday before Ash Wednesday: Shrovetide begins Day before Shrove Tuesday: Rose Monday Day before Ash Wednesday: Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Feb. 16, 2010 Day before Ash Wednesday: Carnival, Mardi Gras, Feb. 16 2010 40 Days before Easter: Ash Wednesday, Lent begins, Feb. 17 2010 1st Sunday in Lent: Quadragesima Sunday 1st Monday after Lent: Blue Monday 15th of Shevat, 5th Jewish month: Tu Bishvat 23rd Day of 12th moon: Chinese Kitchen God Festival 14th Day of bright 1/2 of Phalguna, 2nd Hindu month: Holi, March 1, 2010 14th Day of Adar, 2nd Jewish month: Purim, Feb. 28 2010 Weekly Observances ~1st Week~ Agricultural Week National Pay Your Bills Week ~2nd Week~ Big Brothers/Sisters Week Boy Scouts Week Celebration of Love Week Great American Pizza Bake International Forgiveness Week National Cardiopulmonary Week National Crime Prevention Week National Future Homemakers of America Week National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week ~3rd Week~ Health Education WeeK International Friendship Week National Engineers Week ~4th Week~ Pancake Week National Engineers Week Monthly Observances American Heart Month American History Month American Music Month Black History Month Canned Food Month Celebration of Chocolate Month Great American Pies Month International Embroidery Month National Cherry Month National Grapefruit Month National Scottish Culture Month National Snack Food Month Potato Lover's Month Vegetation Month

Daily Observances 1 National Baked Alaska Day St. Brigid's Day 2 Candlemas Dia de la Candelaria, Mexico Feast of Torches Groundhog Day, US Imbolc, Pagan La Fête de la Chandeleur, France, Canada Lupercalia National Heavenly Hash Day 3 National Carrot Cake Day Setsubun, Japan St. Anskar's Day St. Blaise's Day  4 Feast of John de Brito Go Red National Stuffed Mushroom Day Sri Lanka Independence Day 5 Mexico Constitution Day National Chocolate Fondue Day Primrose Day Wyrd's Day 6 Mid-Winter's Day St. Dorothy's Day Waitangi, Maori, New Zealand National Frozen Yogurt Day 7 Grenada Independence Day National Fettuccine Alfredo Day 8 Ha-Ri-Ku-Yo, Japan Narvik Sun Pageant Day, Norway Snow Festival begins, Sapparo, Japan National Molasses Bar Day 9 Feast of Apollo St. Apollonia's Day National Inventor's Day National Bagels and Lox Day 10 National Cream Cheese Brownie Day St. Scholastica's Day Umbrella Day 11 Anthesteria, Feast of Flowers; Ancient Greece National Peppermint Patty Day St. Caedmon's Day White Shirt Day, Flint, Michigan 12 Borrowed Days begin, Scottish Highlands Burgsonndeg, Luxembourg Feast of Diana/Artemis Great American Chocolate Festival begins National Plum Pudding Day St. Meletius' Day 13 St. Augustine's Day Clean Out Your Computer Day National Tortini Day St. Priscilla's Day 14 Juno Februa's Day Read To Your Child Day Fjortende Februar, Denmark National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day National Random Acts of Kindness Day Cat Festival Borrowed Days end, Scottish Highlands Valentine's Day 15 Kamakura Day, Japan Lupercalia National Gumdrop Day Remember the Maine Day St. Sigfrid's Day 16 Feast of Sticky Buns Lithuania Independence Day National Almond Day 17 Basant Pancham, India Bonten Festival, Japan Feast of Shesmu Fornacalia (Old Roman Bread Festival) National Cafe Au Lait Day 18 Bun Day, Iceland Gambia Independence Day National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day St. Bernadette's Day St. Fra Angelico's Day Tribhuvan Jayanti, Nepal 19 Butter Festival begins, China Feast of Pusiuraura National Chocolate Mint Day St. Conrad's Day 20 National Cherry Pie Day St. Wulfric's Day 21 Feast of Peace and Love, Old Roman National Sticky Bun Day Shaheel Day, Bangladesh St. Peter Damian's Day 22 Concordia Feast of the Chair of St. Peter Thinking Day National Margarita Day Unity Day, Egypt 23 Ember Day Feast of the Incappucciati, Italy Guyana Republic Day National Banana Bread Day St. Polycarp's Day Victoria Daffodil Bonspiel 24 Estonia Independence Day Flag Day, Mexico Gregorian Calendar Day National Tortilla Chip Day St. Matthias' Day Swamp Cabbage Festival 25 Coronado Day International Clam Chowder Festival Kuwait National Day National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day St. Tarasius' Day St. Walburga's Day  26 National Pistachio Day St. Alexander's Day St. Porphyrius' Day Tournament of Hearts, Scotland 27 Feast of St. Gabriel Possenti National Kahlua Day St. Galmier's Day 28 Burgsonnieg, Luxembourg Floral Design Day Kalevala Day, Finland Magha Puja National Chocolate Soufflé Day 29 Dark Day Leap Year Day Maha Siurratri, Hindu National Surf and Turf Day St. Tib's Day

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.