Super Chicken Wing Day - February 4, 2024 (Same Day as Super Bowl Sunday)
White T Shirt Day
World Day of the Sick
World Marriage Day - February 11, 2024 (Second Sunday in February)
2024 Weekly Holidays that include February 11, are:
Celebration of Love Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week in February)
Children of Alcoholics Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week in February)
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week - February 7-14
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Week of February)
Getting Dizzy Week - February 8-14
Great American Pizza Bake - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week - February 7-14
Heart Failure Awareness Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Week of Valentine's Day)
Homes for Birds Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
International Flirting Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Week of Valentines Day)
International Week of Black Women In the Arts - February 7-15
Jell-O Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
Kraut and Frankfurter Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
Love a Mensch Week - February 7-14
Love Makes the World Go Round, but Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week - February 8-14
National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week - February 11-17, 2024 - (Second Week of February, the Week of Valentines Day)
National Date Week (Fruit) - February 11-20
National Entrepreneurship Week - February 10-17, 2024 (Third Week of February)
National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
National Hero Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
National Marriage Week USA - February 7-14
National New Idea Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
National Pancake Week - February 11-17, 2024
National Salute to Veteran Patients - February 11-17, 2024 (Week of February 14 - Valentine's Day)
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week in February)
National Week of Chastity - February 11-17, 2024 (Week of Valentine's Day)
Pickle Time Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second Full Week of February)
Random Acts of Kindness Week - February 11-17, 2024 (Second or Third Full Week in February)
Risk Awareness Week - February 7-14
Shrovetide - February 11-13, 2024 (Shove Tuesday plus two days before)
Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week - February 10-19, 2024
Take Your Family to School Week - February 11-17, 2024
Tinnitus Awareness Week - February 5-11, 2024
Valentine's Week - February 7-14
2024 Monthly Holidays that include February 11, are:
There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our February Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of February.
NOTE:
A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.
World Festivals and Events (Date Order)
Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival - Usually starts annually on January 5, and typically runs for a month or more, in Harbin, China and is the largest ice and snow festival in the world! 2024 dates are December 20, 2024 - Early March, 2024.
Carnival of Venice - January 27 - February 13, 2024 - An annual festival held in Venice, Italy where people wear masks and costumes
Chinese New Year Festival and Parade - (San Francisco) - February 3 - March 3, 2024, Parade on February 24, 2024
Carnival (Rio de Janeiro in Brazil) - February 9-17, 2024 - Carnival is the biggest festival in the world with two million people a day on the streets. Floats, Parades, Balls, Music and Dancing are all part of the Event
Losar - February 10-12, 2024 - The Tibetan New Year, a three day festival that mixes sacred and secular practices that include prayers, ceremonies, hanging prayer flags, as well as sacred and folk dancing and partying. The first day is the most important. (Buddhist)
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for February 11 is an Aquarius.
Birth Flower of the Month
The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for February are:
Violet - symbolizes faithfulness, loyalty, humility, wisdom, and hope
Primrose - Modesty, distinction, and virtue
Birthstone
The Birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Famous Birthdays
1812 – Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America and 50th Governor of Georgia (d. 1883)
1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, electric light bulb (d. 1931)
1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. 2007)
1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (The Poseidon Adventure, Airplane, The Naked Gun) (d. 2010)
1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (Smokey and the Bandit, The Longest Yard, Boogie Nights)
1962 – Sheryl Crow, American musician
1964 – Sarah Palin, American politician and 9th Governor of Alaska
1969 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress (Friends, Office Space, Bruce Almighty, The Break Up, Marley and Me)
1972 – Kelly Slater, American surfer
1979 – Brandy, American singer and actress
Famous Deaths
2006 – Peter Benchley, American author of Jaws, The Deep, and The Island (b. 1940)
2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (b. 1969)
2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer, actress (The Bodyguard), model and producer (b. 1963)
R.I.P. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You, from the movie, The Bodyguard with Kevin Costner
Famous Weddings and Divorces
1965 - Ringo Starr marries his first wife, Maureen Cox
2000 - Diana Ross officially divorces her husband, Norwegian businessman Arne Naess
Quote of the Day
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847. He invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb. He has many great quotes.
He has another couple of great quotes relative to the one above: "I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work" and "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up". The word, Perseverance, comes to my mind!
Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day or a Recipe of the Day
The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for February 11, is a Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe, from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits. (link opens in her website)
This Day in History
1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin
1794 – First session of United States Senate open to the public.
1809 - Robert Fulton patents steamboat
1854 - Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1878 - The 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1936 - Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
1942 - "Archie" comic book debuts
1943 – General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe, during World War II
1963 - CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1963 - Julia Child's show The French Chef premieres.
1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope
2017 - North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan
2018 - Saratov Airlines Flight 702 has 71 deaths when it crashes near Moscow, Russia
This Day in Music
1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for Chattanooga Choo Choo.
1964 - The Beatles play their first US concert at the Washington Coliseum, in Washington, DC. The setlist includes, I Saw Her Standing There, All My Loving, and Twist And Shout.
1967 - The Monkees' album More of the Monkees hits #1
1967 - The Turtles, Happy Together is released
1979 - ABC airs their TV-movie Elvis, starring Kurt Russell.
1983 - Bob Seger's The Distance is certified platinum.
2007 - Dixie Chicks take home five awards during the 49th Grammy Awards.
The Dixie Chicks, are an all Female, American Country Music group. One of my favorite songs of theirs, is Cowboy Take Me Away, shown above. I also love their, Wide Open Spaces song.
This Day in Sports
1928 - 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
1966 - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1969 - Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1984 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1986 - Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 - England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1989 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1990 - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to win heavyweight boxing crown
1990 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1995 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Word of the Day from Wiktionary
gourmandise (verb)
1. To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
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