African American History Month. Details
February 1, Thursday Details
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) : African American.
Imbolc (holiday begins at sundown) : Pagan and Wiccan.
February 2, Friday Details
Groundhog Day : United States.
Candlemas : Christian.
Imbolc : Pagan and Wiccan.
T'u B'Shvat begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)
February 3, Saturday Details
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) : Lesbian.
Bean Scattering Festival (Setsubun) : Japan.
T'u B'Shvat (two-bish-vat) (New Year of the Trees) : Jewish. (m)
February 5, Monday Details
Constitution Day : Mexico.
February 6, Tuesday Details
Bob Marley (1945–1981) : Jamaican.
Waitangi Day : New Zealand.
February 8, Thursday Details
Constitution Day : Philippines.
February 9, Friday Details
St. Maroon's Day : Lebanon.
February 10, Saturday Details
Sending Off the Kitchen God Day (2/10-11) : China. (m)
February 12, Monday Details
Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kosciuszko (1746–1817) : Polish.
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku Kinen Bi) observed : Japan.
February 14, Wednesday Details
Richard Allen (1760–1831) : African American.
Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) : African American.
Masao Satow (1908–1977) : Japanese American.
Valentine's Day : United States.
February 15, Thursday Details
Susan B[rownell] Anthony (1820–1906) : Suffragist, United States.
Nirvana (Buddha's Death) : Buddhist.
February 16, Friday Details
Randy Shilts (1952–1994) : Gay.
Maha Shivaratri (ma-ha-sheevah-rahtree) (Shiva's Night) : Hindu. (m)
Independence Day : Lithuania.
February 17, Saturday Details
Marian Anderson (1902–1993) : African American.
Goyaale (Geronimo) (1829–1909) : American Indian (Chiricahua Apache).
New Year (Losar) : Tibet. (m)
New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) : Vietnam. (m)
February 18, Sunday Details
Sholom Aleichem (born Solomon Rabinowitz) (1854–1916) : Jewish Russian American.
Audre Geraldin Lorde (1934–1992) : Lesbian.
Luis Muñoz Marín : Puerto Rico.
New Year (Gao Nian) : China. (m)
New Year (Sol) : South Korea. (m)
February 19, Monday Details
Bun Day (Shrove Monday) : Iceland. (m)
Great Lent begins : Coptic Orthodox Christian. (m)
Beginning of Great Lent : Eastern Orthodox Christian. (m)
Shrove Monday : Christian. (m)
Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day) : United States. (m)
February 20, Tuesday Details
Bursting Day (Shrove Tuesday) : Iceland. (m)
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) : Christian. (m)
February 21, Wednesday Details
Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) : African American.
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) : Christian. (m)
International Mother Language Day : International.
Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Dibash) : Bangladesh.
February 22, Thursday Details
Santiago Iglesias (1872–1939) : Puerto Rican, Spanish.
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938) : American Indian (Sioux).
People Power Day (2/22-2/25) : Philippines.
February 23, Friday Details
W[illiam] E[dward] B[urkhardt] Du Bois (1868–1963) : African American.
Casimir Funk (1884–1967) : Jewish Polish American.
Defenders of the Motherland Day : Russia.
February 24, Saturday Details
Flag Day : Mexico.
February 25, Sunday Details
Enrico Caruso (1873–1931) : Italian American.
Haing Ngor (1951–1996) : Cambodian American.
José de San Martín (1778–1850) : Argentina.
National Day (2/25-2/26) : Kuwait.
February 26, Monday Details
Intercalary Days (2/26-3/1) : Baha'i.
February 27, Tuesday Details
Independence Day : Dominican Republic.