February 20

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on February 20, include:

• Clean Out Your Bookcase Day 
• Love Your Pet Day 
• National Caregivers Day - February 20, 2026 (Third Friday in February)
• National Cherry Pie Day 
• National Comfy Day
• National Day of Solidarity With Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Immigrants
• National Handcuff Day
• National Leadership Day 
• National Muffin Day
• National Student Volunteer Day 
• National Whistleblower Reward Day 
• No Politics Day 
• Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day 
• Women in Blue Jeans Day
• World Day for Social Justice 
• World Information Architecture Day - February 20, 2026 (Third Friday in February)

2026 Weekly Holidays that include February 20, are:

• Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Staff Education Week - February 14-21
• American Camp Week - February 17-20, 2026
• Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week - February 15-21, 2026 (Third Week in February)
• Build a Better Trade Show Image Week - February 15-21, 2026 (Third Full Week in February)
• Lent - February 18 - March 30, 2026
• Love Teaching Week - February 14-21
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 3, 2026)
• National Condom Week - February 14-21
• National Date Week (Fruit) - February 11-20
• National Entrepreneurship Week - February 15-21, 2026 (Third Week of February)
• National Green Week - February 1 - April 30, 2026 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
• National Nestbox Week - February 14-21
• National Pancake Week - February 16-22, 2026
• NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week - February 14-21
• Ramadan - Evening of February 17, 2026 - Evening of March 18, 2026
• Random Acts of Kindness Week - February 15-20, 2026 
• Take Your Family to School Week - February 16-20, 2026
• Through with the Chew (Chewing Tobacco) - February 15-21, 2026 (Third Full Week in February)

2026 Monthly Holidays that include February 20, 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:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. 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)

• Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show - January 16 - February 25, 2026 (Fort Worth, TX)
• Winter Olympics - February 3-22, 2026 (Milan-Cortina)
• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade (San Francisco, CA) -February 7 - March 15, 2026;  Parade is on March 7, 2026
• Carnival (Rio de Janeiro in Brazil) - February 13-21, 2026 - 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 17-24, 2026 - 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)
• Simplot Games - February 19-21, 2026 - Held at Idaho State University's Holt Arena, it is one of the Nation's premier high school indoor track and field events.
• Whooping Crane Festival - February 19-22, 2026

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for February 20 is Pisces.

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

• 1726 – William Prescott, American Revolutionary War colonel (Battle of Bunker Hill) (d. 1795)
• 1924 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer
• 1927 – Sidney Poitier, American actor (Lilies of the Field, To Sir With Love)
• 1929 – Amanda Blake, American actress  (Gunsmoke) (d. 1989)
• 1934 – Bobby Unser, American racing driver
• 1946 – J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
• 1947 – Peter Strauss, American actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
• 1948 – Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born actress
• 1949 – Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite
• 1954 – Patty Hearst, American socialite
• 1963 – Charles Barkley, American basketball player
• 1966 – Cindy Crawford, American model
• 1967 – Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
• 1988 – Rihanna, Barbadian singer

Famous Deaths

• 1862 – William Wallace Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1895 – Frederick Douglass, Escaped Slave and American abolitionist writer (b. 1818)
• 1920 - Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909)
• 1985 - Clarence Nash, voice of Disney's Donald Duck
• 1992 - Dick York, actor (Bewitched)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1980 - Actress Susan Dey (Partridge Family, LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
• 1998 -  David Carradine (Kung Fu) weds actress Marina Benjamin

Quote of the Day

Clarence Nash, the voice of Disney's, Donald Duck for almost 50 years, in over 120 shorts and films passed away on this day in 1985. He also voiced Daisy Duck and Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie as well as some other voices.

I could really relate to this quote - I'm more of a night owl, and hated to wake up to an alarm clock.  That was the best thing about retiring early, and working at home, was throwing out the alarm clock, and sleeping when I felt like it.

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for February 20, is a Lightened Blueberry Breakfast Cake, from Kerry of Healthy Diet Habits.

Season

February 20th falls within the Winter Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Winter is one of the four seasons. It follows the Fall Season, and is before the Spring Season. It is the coldest and darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere. It also starts in one year, and ends in the next, so it straddles two different years. 

Check out our Winter Season page for information about Winter, Winter Dates, Major Winter Holidays and Observances, Major Winter Festivals, Fun Facts About Winter, Winter Food Tips, Winter Gardening, Winter Preparation, Winter Quotes, and Winter Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on winter foods: 

• Winter Foods
• Winter Weight Gain
• Winter Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Summer Season. 

• Summer
• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the US Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington
• 1811 - Austria declares bankruptcy
• 1872 - The toothpick was patented
  
• 1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens In New York City 
• 1873 – The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California
• 1895 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
• 1931 – The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge by the State of California.
• 1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
• 1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
• 1942 – Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
• 1944 - Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
• 1956 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy
• 1962 - John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
• 1965 - Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
• 1975 - Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party

This Day in Music

• 1960 - Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first show
• 1971 - The soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar hit #1 on the US album chart
• 1978- Abba's Take a Chance on Me hit #1 on the UK singles chart (video below)
  
• 1988 - Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky hits #1 on the UK singles chart
  
• 1991 - Bob Dylan was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 33rd annual Grammy' Awards
• 2009 - The White Stripes play the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien in New York City.

This Day in Sports

• 1877 - International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
• 1953 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business
• 1963 - SF Giants Willie Mays signs a record $100,000 per year contract
• 1976 - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title
• 1988 - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
• 1997 - SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
• 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!