February is a month to remember February –the shortest month of the year—is a particularly busy month at Augusta State. As you can see from the below list, it is also filled with national observances and special days.
Feb 1 – Freedom Day; Langston Hughes’ Birthday; Bubble Gum Day Feb 2 – Groundhog Day; Sled Dogs Save Nome Anniversary; Full Moon’ Hedgehog Day Feb 3 – Japanese Bean-Throwing Festival; 15th Amendment to the Constitution Anniversary Feb 4 – Rosa Parks’ Birthday; Charles Lindburgh’s Birthday Feb 4-10 – National Consumer Protection Week Feb 5 – Weatherperson’s Day Feb 5-9 – National School Counseling Week Feb 6 – President Ronald Regan’s Birthday; Vice-President Aaron Burr’s Birthday; 55th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s Reign Feb 7 – National Girls and Women’s Sports Day; Charles Dickens’ Birthday; Ballet Introduced to the U.S. Anniversary Feb 8 – Jules Vern’s Birthday; Boy Scouts Founded Anniversary; Opera Debut in American Anniversary Feb 9 – President William Henry Harrison’s Birthday Feb 10 – End of French and Indian War Anniversary Feb 11 – Thomas Edison’s Birthday Feb 11-17 – Jell-O week Feb 12 – President Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday; Founding of the Georgia Colony Anniversary; Charles Darwin’s Birthday; Lost Penney Day Feb 13 – Grant Wood’s Birthday; Get-a-Different-Name Day Feb 14 – Valentine’s Day; Ferris Wheel Day; First Presidential Photograph Anniversary; National Race Relations Day Feb 15 – Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday; Galileo’s Birthday Feb 16 – Lithuanian Independence Day Feb 17 – National PTA Founding Anniversary; New Moon Feb 18 – First Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Anniversary; Pluto Discovery Anniversary Feb 18-24 – National Engineers Week Feb 19 – President’s Day; German Fasching Festival; “Clean Monday”; 65th Japanese-American Interment Anniversary Feb 20 – Shrove Tuesday; Ansel Adams’ Birthday; Icelandic Bursting Day Feb 21 – Ash Wednesday Feb 22 – George Washington’s Birthday; National Introduce-a-Girl-to-Engineering Day Feb 23 – George F. Handel’s Birthday; W.E.B. Du Bois’ Birthday Feb 24 – Andrew Johnson Impeachment Proceedings Anniversary; 425th Anniversary of the Gregorian Calendar Feb 25 – Pierre Renoir’s Birthday Feb 26 – Levi Strauss’s Birthday; Buffalo Bill Cody’s Birthday Feb 27 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Birthday Feb 28 – National Tooth Fairy Day Other News:
February 2007 |
