Holidays 2.9
Holidays
Beatlemania Day (US)
Charlie Day Day
Civil Aviation Worker’s Day (Russia)
Devil on the Loose Day (Cornwall, UK)
Día Del Odontólogo (Dentist's Day; Mexico)
Fish Protection Day
Fugu Day (Japan)
Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)
Hollywood Walk of Fame Day
International Day of the Dentist
International Greek Language Day
National Cut the Cord Day
National Develop Alternative Vices Day
National Hooky Day
National Owen Day
National Press Day (Indonesia)
National Toothache Day
Pennycress Day (French Republic)
Read In the Bathtub Day
Stop Bullying Day
Volleyball Day
Weather Service Day
Welsh Language Music Day (UK)
World Zoothanasia Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chocolate Day (India)
Hershey’s Chocolate Day
Meat Day (Japan)
National Bagel Day (a.k.a. National Bagels and Lox Day)
National Pizza Day (a.k.a. Pizza Pie Day)
2nd Friday in February
Carnival Friday [Friday before Ash Wednesday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
The Inbox Day [2nd Friday]
International Winter Bike to Work Day [2nd Friday]
No One Eats Alone Day [2nd Friday]
P.S. I Love You Day [2nd Friday]
Turning Into A Rainbow Day [Friday closest to 14th]
Independence & Related Days
Confederate States of America (Founded; 1861) [unrecognized]
Galiria (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
Nation Day (Jamaica)
Rebellion Declaration Day (Massachusetts declared in rebellion by British Parliament) [Start of Revolutionary War]
Rome (Proclaimed a Republic; 1849)
New Year’s Days
New Year's Eve [Lunar Calendar] (a.k.a. …
Bituun (Mongolia)
Chinese New Year’s Eve (Taiwan)
Lunar New Year’s Eve (Macau)
Seol-na Holiday (South Korea)
Spring Festival (China)
Tet Eve (Vietnam)
Festivals Beginning February 9, 2024
Bonita Springs Seafood & Music Festival (Bonita Springs, Florida) [thru 2.11]
Carnival of Nazaré (Nazaré, Portugal) [thru 2.14]
Carnival of Torres Vedras (Torres Vedras, Portugal) [thru 2.14]
Carnival of La Bañeza (La Bañeza, Spain) [thru 2.17]
Fuego Austral (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [thru 2.13]
Great Lakes Ice Cream & Fast Food Trade Show (Battle Creek, Michigan) [thru 2.10]
Love & Wine (Mt. Airy, Maryland) [thru 2.11]
Maltese Carnival (Valletta, Malta) [thru 2.13]
Palanga Smelt Fishing Festival (Palanga, Lithuania) [thru 2.11]
Perth Festival (Perth, Australia) [thru 3.3]
Recife Carnival (Recife, Brazil) [thru 2.13]
Rio Carnival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) [thru 2.17]
São Paulo Carnival (São Paulo, Brazil) [thru 2.14]
Tapati Rapa Nui Festival (Easter Island, Chile) [thru 2.17]
Feast Days
Alice Walker (Writerism)
Alto of Altomünster (Christian; Saint)
Anne Catherine Emmerich (Christian; Blessed)
Ansbert of Rouen (Christian; Saint)
Anthony Hope (Writerism)
Apollonia (Christian; Saint & Martyr)
Attracta (Christian; Saint)
B.I. Jacoba (a.k.a. B.I. Jacqueline; Christian; Saint)
Bracchio (Christian; Saint)
Chloe the Clam (Muppetism)
Cyril of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Day of Nerthus and Wuldorfader (Pagan)
Einion the King (Western Orthodoxy)
Erhard of Scotland (Christian; Saint)
Extraterrestrial Culture Day (Pastafarian)
Feast of Apollo (Ancient Rome)
Feast of La'Ala'A (Upolu God of Wrestling; Polynesia)
Gerhard Richter (Artology)
Gŵyl Mabsant (a.k.a. Feast of the Patron; Wales) [Original Date]
Heterosexual Anxiety Day (Church of the SubGenius)
J.M. Coetzee (Writerism)
Leopold of Alpandeire (Christian; Blessed)
Lewinsky Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Lysippus (Positivist; Saint)
Maron (Maronite Church) [Lebanon]
Miguel Febres Cordero (Christian; Saint)
Narvik Sun Pageant Day (Vinterfestuka; Norway; Everyday Wicca)
Nebridius (Christian; Saint)
Nicephorns (Christian; Saint)
O-Tauesai (Rice Planting Festival; Japan; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Out An Alien Lizard Day (Pastafarian)
Remembrance for Eyvind Kinnrifi (Asatru/Slavic Pagan Martyr)
Robert Morris (Artology)
Sabinus of Canosa (Christian; Saint)
Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)
Teilo Fair (Wales; Saint) [Original Date]
Theliau (Christian; Saint)
Well of Slaine Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Mauni Amavasya (Day of Silence; Hinduism) [1st New Moon @ Jan/Feb]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Tycho Brahe Lucky Day (Scandinavia) [2 of 4]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [10 of 57]
Premieres
Ali Baba Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)
Beatles 1st Perform in U.S., on the Ed Sullivan Show (TV Special; 1964)
Beautiful Girls (Film; 1996)
Blubber, by Judy Blume (Novel; 1974)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, recorded by Neil Sedaka (Song; 1952)
Broken Arrow (Film; 1996)
Cold Storage (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
Country Boy (WB MM Cartoon; 1935)
Devil’s Feud Cake (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)
Dollhouse, by Melanie Martinez (Song; 2014)
Falstaff, by Giuseppi Verdi (Opera; 1893)
The Fixer Uppers (Film; 1935)
Harvest Time (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)
The Hollywood Matador (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1942)
I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1980)
Lisa Frankenstein (Film; 2024)
Little Britain (UK TV Series; 2003)
Little Red Corvette, by Prince (Song; 1983)
Magical Maestro (MGM Cartoon; 1952)
Magick in Theory and Practice, by Aleister Crowley (Spiritual Book; 1929)
Morrison Hotel, by The Doors (Album; 1970)
The Mouse That Roared, by Leonard Wibberley (Novel; 1955)
Myths to Live By, by Joseph Campbell (Essays; 1972)
North Avenue Irregulars (Film; 1979)
Peter Rabbit (Animated Film; 2018)
Pinocchio (Animated Disney Film; 1940)
Rip Van Winkle, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)
Sanctuary, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1931)
Saving Silverman (Film; 2001)
Shipwreck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)
Smoganza (Hana-Barbera Animted TV Special; 1975) [EPA]
Turning Red (Pixar Animated Film; 2024) [In Theaters]
The Warriors (Film; 1979)
Wizards (Animated Film; 1977)
Today’s Name Days
Alto, Anna, Apollonia, Katharina (Austria)
Sabina, Skolastika, Sunčana, Zora (Croatia)
Apolena (Czech Republic)
Apollonia (Denmark)
Mehis, Mehto (Estonia)
Raija, Raisa (Finland)
Apolline (France)
Anna, Anne-Kathrin, Apollonia, Katharina (Germany)
Markelos, Nikiforos, Pagratios (Greece)
Abigél, Alex (Hungary)
Apollonia (Italy)
Apollonija, Apolonija, Gaisma, Simona (Latvia)
Algė, Apolonija, Erikas, Joviltas (Lithuania)
Leikny, Lone (Norway)
Apolonia, Bernard, Cyryl, Eryk, Eryka, Gorzysław, Mariusz, Nikifor, Rajnold (Poland)
Nichifor (Romania)
Zdenko (Slovakia)
Apolonia (Spain)
Fanny, Franciska (Sweden)
Apollo, Apollonia, Carson, Dalton (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 40 of 2024; 326 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 6 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 20 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 30 (Gui-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 30 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 29 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 10 Grey; Threesday [10 of 30]
Julian: 27 January 2024
Moon: 0%: New Moon
Positivist: 12 Homer (2nd Month) [Lysippus)
Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 51 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 19 of 28)
Calendar Changes
Sigel (Sun) [Half-Month 4 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 2.23)
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