This is what we're celebrating or observing This Week
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February 18, 2018
February 19, 2018
February 19, 2017
Calgary Winter Olympics are held (Opening Ceremony held on Feb. 13 - 1988) - Feb. 19
Chocolate Mint Day - Feb. 19
Huaynaputina Volcano erupts in the largest volcanic explosion in South America in historic times (1600) - Feb. 19
Battle of Iwo Jima (Battle where US fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan - 1945) - Feb. 19
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood premieres on NET (1968) - Feb. 19
Solar System Day recognizes the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (father of modern astronomy - 1473) - Feb. 19
Vasil Levski (Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the national hero of Bulgaria) hanged by the Ottoman authorities in Sofia is observed in Bulgaria (1873) - Feb. 19
Meat-Fare Sunday (aka The Last Judgment - and the last day meat may be eaten in the Orthodox Church) is held 8th Sunday before Pascha (2017) - 2/19
Temporary Insanity Day
February 20, 2018
February 20, 2017
Cherry Pie Day - 2/20
Columbo (American Crime Fiction TV Series) premieres with its "Prescription Murder" pilot with Gene Barry as the guest star (1968) - Feb. 20
Edward VI of England (Son of Henry VIII) is crowned at Westminster Abbey at age nine, four days after his father's death (1547) - Feb. 20
Love Your Pet Day - 2/20
John Glenn (US Senator and former astronaut) becomes the first man to orbit the earth (1962) - Feb. 20
Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in NYC (1872) - Feb. 20
Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano Japan (1998) - Feb. 20
Ternhill Barracks (Shropshire England) is subject to an IRA bomb attack (1989) - Feb. 20
US Postal Service is established by an act signed by George Washington (1792) - Feb. 20
Hoodie Hoo Day (celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere) is observed at noon when citizens go outside and yell "Hoodie Hoo!" to chase away winter - 2/20
Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland due to Christian I of Norway defaulting on his daughter Margaret's betrothal dowry to James III of Scotland (1468) - Feb. 20
Soviets launch space station Mir (1986) - Feb. 20
Daisy Gatson Bates Day (a civil rights activist best known for her role in a Little Rock, AR integration crisis - 1957) - celebrated 3rd Mon in Feb (2017) - 2/20
Family Day (held the 3rd Monday in February) corresponds with Presidents Day in the USA (2017) - 2/20
President's Day (3rd Monday in February) 2017 - Feb. 20
February 21, 2018
February 21, 2017
Polaroid Camera makes its debut when Dr. Edwin Land unveils it at the Optical Society of America in NYC (1947) - Feb. 21
The first telephone book (consisting of a single page covering 50 subscribers in New Haven, CT) is issued (1878) - Feb. 21
Washington Monument in Washington, DC is dedicated (1885) - 2/21
Gerald Holtom designs the peace symbol for the Nuclear Disarmament campaign (1958) - 2/21
Luna 20 (Soviet unmanned space vehicle) lands on the moon (1972) - Feb. 21
U.S. President Richard Nixon makes an historic visit to China ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries (1972) - Feb. 21
Carolina Parakeet becomes extinct when the last member of its species dies at the Cincinnati Zoo, OH (1918) - Feb. 21
Malcolm X is assassinated in Manhattan's Audobon Ballroom by members of the Nation of Islam (1965) - 2/21
February 22, 2018
February 22, 2017
Andy Warhol (American painter, filmmaker and conceptual artist) dies from a sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia (1987) - Feb. 22
George Washington (1st President of the USA) is born in Virginia (1732) - Feb. 22
Miracle on Ice occurs when the US Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union (1980) - Feb. 22
Moose Murders (A mystery Farce by Arthur Bicknell) becomes the definition of a flop when it opens and closes on Broadway the same night (1983) - Feb. 22
Dolly the sheep is born as the world's first successfully cloned mammal (1997) - 2/22
Popcorn Day (since popcorn always goes with the movies) - 2/22
Securitas Depot Raid occurs when an armed gang stole over 53 million pounds in what is thought to be Britain's biggest robbery (2006) - 2/22
Be Humble Day - Feb. 22
World Thinking Day - Feb. 22
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2017
B-2 Spirit stealth heavy bomber (Spirit of Kansas) crashes back onto the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen AFB in Guam (2008) - Feb. 23
Banana Bread Day - 2/23
Cato Street Conspiracy (a plot to murder all British cabinet members and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool) is uncovered (1820) - Feb. 23
Gutenberg Bible (first Western book printed from moveable type) is traditionally considered to be first published on this date (1455) - Feb. 23
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (Father to Lady Jane Grey) is executed for treason against Mary I (1554) - Feb. 23
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is first founded (1947) - 23
US Flag is raised over Iwo Jima (1945) - 2/23
John Keats (English Romantic poet) died in Rome at age 25 from tuberculosis (1821) - Feb. 23
John Quincy Adams (American diplomat and politician who served as the 6th President of the USA) died from a massive cerebral hemmorhage (1848) - Feb. 23
Joshua Reynolds (influential 18th century English painter and first President of the Royal Academy) died at age 68 (1792) - Feb. 23
Plutonium (transuranic radioactive element) is chemically identified at the University of California, Berkeley (1940) - Feb. 23
Supernova 1987A (supernova that occured in the Large Megallanic Cloud 168,000 years ago) is observed on Earth (1987) - Feb. 23
February 24, 2018
February 24, 2017
Andrew Johnson (17th President of the US) is impeached on the charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors (1868) - Feb. 24
Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Charles and Diana (1981) - 2/24
Dinah Shore (American singer, actress and television personality) dies of ovarian cancer at age 77 (1994) - 2/24
Don Knotts (American comedic actor best known for his Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show) dies from lung cancer (2006) - Feb. 24
Drury Lane Theatre burns down despite its water tanks and iron safety curtain (1809) - Feb. 24
Flag Day (Mexico) - 2/24
Estonia declares its independence from Russia and Germany (1918) - Feb. 24
Gordon Robinson (Sesame Street fictional family dad) celebrates his birthday - Feb. 24
United Airlines Flight's cargo-door blows out causing 5 rows of seats to be ejected killing 9 and leaving a gaping hole in the aircraft (1989) - Feb. 24
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden becomes engaged to her personal trainer, Daniel Westling (2009) - Feb. 24
Dawn Branchau (16 yr veteran trainer at Sea World Orlando) drowns when the killer whale she worked with pulled her into the water by her pony tail (2010) - Feb. 24
National Tortilla Chip Day - Feb. 24
Carnival - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) begins on the Friday preceding Lent (2017) - Feb. 24
Maha Shivratri (Hindu festival dedicated to Shiva, one of the deities of the Hindu Trinity) is held the 13th night following the last January full moon (2017) - Feb. 24
February 25, 2018
February 25, 2017
People's Power Day (Philippines) - Feb. 25
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French impressionist artist) is born in Limoges France (1841) - Feb. 25
Tennessee Williams (American playwright) dies after choking on an eyedrop bottle cap in his hotel room (1983) - 2/25
Ta'anit Esther (Jewish Fast of Esther) fast held from dawn until dusk normally held on Purim eve, but moved to Thursday when Purim falls on Shabbat (2010) - Feb. 25
Enrico Caruso (Italian tenor) dies in Naples at age 48 from peritonitis due to the bursting of an abscess (1921) - 2/25
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crash landed near Amsterdam Airport with the craft breaking into 3 pieces of the 134 aboard 9 died (2009) - Feb. 25
Cuddle Day - Feb. 25
Opera Day - Feb. 25
Tonight is Oscar Night!
February 26, 2017
World Trade Center bombing occurs when a car bomb is detonated below Tower One of the World Trade Center in NYC (1993) - Feb. 26
Buffalo Creek flood occurs when a coal slurry dam bursts, unleashing 132 million gals. of black waste water upon 16 coal mining hamlets (1972) - Feb. 26
Eric XIV of Sweden (Deposed King) imprisoned by his brother John, supposedly dies after consumming a bowl of poisoned pea soup (1577) - Feb. 26
Napoleon escapes from his exile on Elba and returns to France (1815) - Feb. 26
Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam honors the birthday of Master W. D. Fard Muhammad - 1877) - Feb. 26
National Pistachio Day - Feb. 26
Daytona 500 (200-lap, 500 mile long NASCAR race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL) 2017 date - Feb. 26
89th Academy Awards (Oscars) air on ABC 8 PM EDT (2017) - Feb. 26
Cheesefare Sunday (Orthodox Christian-Forgiveness Sunday) observed the first Sunday of Lent (2017) - Feb. 26
Rosh Chodesh Adar - Jewish (2017) - Feb. 26
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