Langston Hughes (1902-1967) : African American.
Thomas Lantos (born Lantos Tamás Péter) (1928–2008) : Jewish American.
Imbolc begins at sundown : Pagan and Wiccan.
Groundhog Day : United States.
Candlemas : Christian.
Imbolc : Pagan and Wiccan.
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) : Lesbian.
Bean Scattering Festival (Setsubun)
: Japan.
Arbaeen begins at sundown : Islamic. (m)
Bob Marley (1945–1981) : Jamaican.
Sending Off the Kitchen God Day (2/6-7) : China. (m)
Waitangi Day : New Zealand.
Great Lent begins : Coptic Orthodox Christian. (m)
Constitution Day : Philippines.
Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kosciuszko (1746–1817) : Polish.
Maha Shivaratri (Shiva's Night)
: Hindu. (m)
Lincoln’s Birthday : United States.
Richard Allen (1760–1831) : African American.
Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) : African American.
Willem Johan Kolff (1911-2009) : Dutch American.
Masao Satow (1908–1977) : Japanese American.
Valentine's Day : United States.
New Year (Gao Nian)
: China. (m)
New Year (Losar) : Tibet. (m)
New Year (Sol) : South Korea. (m)
New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) : Vietnam. (m)
Susan B[rownell] Anthony (1820–1906) : Suffragist, United States.
Bun Day (Shrove Monday) : Iceland. (m)
Beginning of Great Lent : Eastern Orthodox Christian. (m)
Nirvana (Buddha's Death) : Buddhist.
Shrove Monday : Christian. (m)
Liberation Day : Afghanistan.
Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day) : United States. (m)
Bursting Day (Shrove Tuesday) : Iceland. (m)
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) : Christian. (m)
Independence Day : Lithuania.
Marian Anderson (1902–1993) : African American.
Goyaale (Geronimo) (1829–1909) : American Indian (Chiricahua Apache).
Randy Shilts (1952–1994) : Gay.
Declaration of Independence : Republic of Kosovo.
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) : Christian. (m)
Sholom Aleichem (born Solomon Rabinowitz) (1854–1916) : Jewish Russian American.
J. Max Bond Jr. (1935-2009) : African American.
Audre Geraldin Lorde (1934–1992) : Lesbian.
Luis Muñoz Marín : Puerto Rican.
National Democracy Day : Nepal.
Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) : African American.
International Mother Language Day : United Nations.
Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Dibash) : Bangladesh.
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938) : American Indian (Sioux).
People Power Day (2/22-2/25) : Philippines.
W[illiam] E[dward] B[urkhardt] Du Bois (1868–1963) : African American.
Casimir Funk (1884–1967) : Jewish Polish American.
Quanah Parker (1850?–1911) : American Indian (Comanche).
Defenders of the Motherland Day : Russia.
Flag Day : Mexico.
Independence Day : Estonia.
Enrico Caruso (1873–1931) : Italian American.
José de San Martín (1778–1850) : Argentine.
Maulid an-Nabi begins at sundown : Islamic. (m)
National Day (2/25-2/26) : Kuwait.
Purim begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)
Independence Day : Dominican Republic.
Lantern Festival (Yuan-hsiao)
: China. (m)
Taeborum (tay-bore-oom) : South Korea. (m)
Butter Sculpture Festival : Tibet. (m)
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