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February 2010
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- St Brigid began her life as a pagan goddess and ended up a Christian saint. Brigid (Bride) was a fire and fertility goddess who presided over all transformations: birth and brewing, blacksmiths and poetry, the passage from wi
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- The celebration of the approach of spring and the growth of light in the darkness. This is the first fertility festival.
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- Wiccan, Every Year
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- Christian feast commemorating the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
- Also called:
- Groundhog Day,
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- Every February 2, people gather at Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania where Punxsutawney Phil, the only true weather forecasting groundhog makes the weather prediction for the year.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- The Season Boundary day marks the end of winter according to the old calendar. Throwing beans on this day is meant to ward away bad fortune.
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- Shinto calendar, Every Year
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- Sri Lanka declared independence from UK on 4 February 1948. The date is celebrated on 4 February.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Commemorates the birth of Rosa Luise McCauley Parks, the African American civil rights activist who was famous for her engagement in movement against racial segregation in the USA.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Marks the birthday of the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (b.1804).
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- This was promulgated on February 5th, 1917 and included the liberties and rights of citizens.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- The date on which the Master Hazrat Inayat Khan passed away in Delhi, in 1927.
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- Islamic calendar, Every Year
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- Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand on 6 February 1840. On 26 September 1907 New Zealand also gained independence from UK. The festival is also celebrated in Niue and Tokelau.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Celebration of Reggae legend Bob Marley's birthday.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Grenada declared independence from UK on 7 February 1974. The date is celebrated on 7 February.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- The Nepalese celebrate the Birthday of King Gyanendra (born in 1946). Nepal was unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah in 1768.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Officially celebrated as Day of National Culture in Slovenia this is an occasion for food, drinks and verse for Slovenians worldwide. They revere Prešeren like Shakespeare, Burns, Bolivar, Dante and Joan of Arc in one person.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Since the 4th century, some ten million Maronites pay their respect to the great founder of the Maronite Church, Maroun the priest, the hermit, the father, the leader and the Saint. They pray for peace and freedom in Lebanon
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- This is the traditional date on which the mythical emperor Jinmu ascended the throne in 660 BCE. Some shrines hold festivities on that day.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- This Christian feast celebrates the first and most famous of seventeen apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a 14 year old peasant girl from Lourdes in 1858. Since then the pilgrimage site is visited by millions of Catholics each
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Named after two Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- To Serbians this day is of historical importance. It marks the first uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804, the first adoption of a modern constitution in 1835 and the first National Day celebration as an independent na
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Lithuanians have celebrated Independence Day on February 16 since 1918 when Lithuania declared its independence from Soviet Russia and established its statehood. On March 11, 1990 it declared its independence from the Soviet
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Gambia, The declared independence from UK on 18 February 1965. The date is celebrated on 18 February.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- This day is observed on 7th day of the month of Phalgun, which generally falls February 18 late King Tribhuvan, the architect of democracy in Nepal and ideals of the multiparty democracy, a corruption-free and pro-people form
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- This day is observed on 7th day of the month of Phalgun, which generally falls February 18 late King Tribhuvan, the architect of democracy in Nepal and ideals of the multiparty democracy, a corruption-free and pro-people form
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Observed yearly in UNESCO member states and at its headquarters to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Black nationalist and human rights activist Malcolm X was shot on this day while holding a speech at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Saint Lucia declared independence from UK on 22 February 1979. The date is celebrated on 22 February.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Republic Day has been celebrated in Guyana since February 23, 1970. On May 26, 1966 it gained Independence from the UK.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Former known as Red Army Day it celebrates the Russian soldiers, but as well the Russian men in general, as a counterpart of the International Women’s Day. It is originated in the first massive draft into the Red Army during
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- January 1, 1984 was the date of Brunei’s independence from the UK; February 23, 1984 was the date of independence from British protection.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Estonians have celebrated Independence Day on February 24 since 1918 when Estonia declared its independence from Soviet Russia. On August 20, 1991 Estonia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- On February 24, 1984, Mexico’s current national flag was adopted by law. It is a vertical tricolour of green, white and red with an emblem in the middle. Each colour has its own meaning.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- June 19, 1961 marks Kuwait’s independence from the UK. Their National Day iscelebrated on February 25, since 1991 marking the withdrawal of Iraqi troops.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Dominican Republic declared independence from Haiti on 27 February 1844 and from UK on 3 November 1978. The Independence Day is celebrated on 27 February.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year
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- Marks the anniversary of the publication of the Kalevala is the Finnish national epic, compiled by Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884) from ancient oral poetry.
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- Gregorian calendar, Every Year