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Category: Miscellaneous Events
Highlighting global events that defy categorization.
The events in this category don't fit into any of our 70+ standard categories. They are miscellaneous misfits, but we still love them!
Today is: February 4
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Week
Month
Girls and Women's in Sports Day
Human Fraternity, Intl. Day of
Mail Carrier Day, Thank Your (1692)
Sankashti Chaturthi, Dwijapriya (H)
Stop Smoking, Take a New Year's Resolution to
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (US-NY)
Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo (US-TX)
Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (US-SD)
Cordova Iceworm Festival (US-AK)
African Heritage and Health Week
African-Americans AIDS/HIV Awareness Day
Black Women in the Arts, Week of, Intl.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, Ntl.
Children of Alcoholics Week, Intl.
Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
Day of Prayer for Autism, Intl.
Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Intl. (2003)
Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Ntl. (CA)
Festival de la Virgen de la Candelaria (PE)
Four Chaplains Memorial Day (1943)
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week
Girls and Women's in Sports Day
Have a Heart for a Chained Dog Week, Ntl
Hug an Addict or Alcoholic Day
Human Fraternity, Intl. Day of
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, Intl.
Kashmir Solidarity Day (PK/IN)
Love May Make the World Go Round, but Laughter Keeps Us from Getting Dizzy Week
Mail Carrier Day, Thank Your (1692)
Major League Baseball Birthday (1876)
Mentoring Summit, Ntl. (US-DC)
Missing Persons Day, Ntl.(US/CA)
Move Hollywood and Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day
Our Lady of Suyapa Day, (HN)(1747)
Renaissance of the Heart Tea, Worldwide
Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
Salute to Veteran Patients, Ntl.
Sámi National Day (NO/SE)(1917)
Sankashti Chaturthi, Dwijapriya (H)
Saranac Lake Winter Carnival (US-NY)
Send a Card to a Friend Day, Ntl.
Shower with a Friend Day, Ntl.
Soviet Union Communist Party Resigns Power (1990)
Take Your Child to the Library Day, Ntl.
Tinnitus Awareness Week (US/UK)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (US/MX)(1848)
Turkey's Twin Terror Earthquakes (TR/SY)(2023)
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day
Wear Red Day for Heart Disease, Ntl.
Poverty Eradication, 3rd Intl. Decade
Water for Sustainable Development, Intl. Decade
Decade of Family Farming, Intl.
Indigenous Languages, Intl. Decade of
International Decade of Healthy Ageing
International Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace
Third International Decade Poverty Eradication
Second UN Decade for Action on Road Safety
Water for Sustainable Development, Intl. Decade
International Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
International Decade of Family Farming
Poverty Eradication, 3rd Intl. Decade
Water for Sustainable Development, Intl. Decade
Poverty Eradication, 3rd Intl. Decade
Water for Sustainable Development, Intl. Decade
Rangeland and Pastoralists, International Year of
Rangeland and Pastoralists, International Year of
Stop Smoking, Take a New Year's Resolution to
Chinese Year of the Snake, 4723
Sand and Dust Storms, Intl. Decade on Combating
Winter Weather Preparedness Weeks (Varies by Location)
United States Semiquincentennial (1776)
Rangeland and Pastoralists, International Year of
Self-leadership and New Beginnings, Year of
Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation,Year of
Year of Urban Planning and Architecture (AZ)
Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia (RU)
Year of the Ornamental Grasses
Volunteers for Sustainable Development, Intl. Year of
Cloud Dancer is the Pantone Color of the Year
American Semiquincentennial, 250th Anniversary (1776)
China–Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges (CN)
ASEAN–India Year of Maritime Cooperation (IN)
India–Spain Year of Culture, Tourism and AI (IN/ES)
Decade of Sustainable Transport, Intl.
Comics Festival, Angouleme (FR)
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (US-NY)
Dog Days of Summer (Southern Hemisphere)
Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo (US-TX)
Saint Paul Winter Carnival (US-MN)
Sundance Film Festival (US-UT)
Suits and Sneakers for Cancer Week
Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (US-SD)
Cordova Iceworm Festival (US-AK)
228 Peace Memorial Day (TW)(1947)
Abolition of Slavery (MU)(1835)
African Heritage and Health Week
African-Americans AIDS/HIV Awareness Day
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
Apology to the Stolen Generations, Ntl.(AU)(2008)
Arabian Leopard, Intl. Day of the
Avocado and Banana Month, Ntl.
Berlin International Film Festival (DE)
Bird Health Awareness Week, Intl
Birthday of King Harald V (NO)(1937)
Black Women in the Arts, Week of, Intl.
Bowel Cancer, Don't Wait Until it is Too Late Month (AU)
Break with Your Wireless Carrier Day
Business Clean-up Day, National (AU)
Car Keys and Small Change (Pocket) Day
Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, Ntl.
Career and Technical Education Month, Ntl.
Cheesefare (Forgiveness) Sunday (C)
Childhood Heart Disease Awareness Month (AU)
Children of Alcoholics Week, Intl.
Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
Children’s Dental Health Month, Ntl.
Children’s Mental Health Week (UK)
Chinese Year of the Horse, 4724
Chocolates Day, Ntl. Cream-Filled
Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
Computer Organization (Clean Out Your) Day
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month, Intl.
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
Constantin Brancusi Day (RO)(1876)
Crappiest Valentine Fundraiser Ever
Customized Wheel and Tire Day, Ntl.
Cut the Cord Day, Ntl., (2015)
Day of Prayer for Autism, Intl.
Day of Remembrance and Respect for Victims of the Communist Regime (BG)(1945)
Day of Solidarity with Muslim Arab and South Asian Immigrants, Intl.
Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Intl. (2003)
Defender of the Fatherland Day (RU)(1918)
Democracy Day, Ntl. (NP)(1952)
Develop Alternative Vices Day, Ntl.
Día de los Próceres Puertorriqueños (US-PR)
Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, Intl.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week, Intl.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Ntl. (CA)
Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Ntl. (UK/US)
EDSA People Power Commemoration Week (PH)(1986)
EDSA Revolution Holiday (PH)(1986)
Edward Dickinson Baker Day (1811)
Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (US-AK)(1945)
Employee Legal Awareness Day (AU)
Engineering Day, Introduce a Girl to
Engineering Family Day, Discover
Exploding Hammer Festival (MX-GT)
Father Walter Hadye Lini Day (VU)(1999)
Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck (C)(MT)(60 AD)
Feast of Saint Vartan (C)(AM)(1036)
Federal Territory Day, (MY)(1974)
Festival de la Virgen de la Candelaria (PE)
Fiesta de los Vaqueros and Tucson Rodeo (US-AZ)
Four Chaplains Memorial Day (1943)
Free Open Source Software Month (FOSS)(1998)
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week
Future Farmers of America (FFA) Week, Ntl.
Gay and Lesbian History Month (UK)
Girls and Women's in Sports Day
Giving Hearts Day, Ntl. (US-ND)
Global Backyard Bird Count, The Great
Gulf Coast Rip Current Awareness Week, Ntl.
Guru Ravidas Jayanti (H)(S)(1377)
Have a Heart for a Chained Dog Week, Ntl
Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, Intl.
Hong Kong Arts Festival (CH-HK)
Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day, Ntl.
Hug an Addict or Alcoholic Day
Hug Your Real Estate Agent Day
Human Fraternity, Intl. Day of
Humpback Whale Awareness Month
I Hate Coriander (Cilantro) Day
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, Intl.
Invasive Species Week II, Ntl.
Israel Declared an Apartheid State (IL/PS)(2022)
Jewish Literary Foundation’s Book Week (UK)
Justice for Animals Week, Ntl.
Kashmir Solidarity Day (PK/IN)
Kindness, National Day of (CA)(1920)
Ladbrokes Launceston Cup (AU-TAS)
League of Women Voters Day (1920)
Learning Disabilities Conference Week, Intl. (US-MO)
Let's All Eat Right Day (1904)
Lincoln's Birthday (1809)—Lost Penny Day
Line the Litter Box with Your Ex
Linus Pauling Day (US-OR)(1901)
Love May Make the World Go Round, but Laughter Keeps Us from Getting Dizzy Week
Lupercalia (Spring Cleaning Day)
Mail Carrier Day, Thank Your (1692)
Major League Baseball Birthday (1876)
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Mend a Broken Heart Month, Ntl.
Mentoring Summit, Ntl. (US-DC)
Missing Persons Day, Ntl.(US/CA)
Mother Language Day, Intl. (1952)
Move Hollywood and Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day
Non-Government Organization (NGO) Day, World
North American Inclusion Month (NAIM)
One Billion Rising, Global Dance
Our Lady of Suyapa Day, (HN)(1747)
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (AU)
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Founders Day, Ntl. (1897)
Patient Recognition Month, Ntl.
Peace and Understanding Day, World (1905)
People Power Revolution, (PH)(1986)
Pink Shirt Day to End Bullying (CA)
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Plum Pudding Day (Electrons 1897)
Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, Intl.
Pseudonym Day, (Get a Different Name)
Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month
Rabbit Month, ASPCA Adopt-a-Rescued
Rafik Hariri Memorial Day (LB)(2005)
Rare Disease Disorder Day, World
Raynaud's Awareness Month (UK)
Renaissance of the Heart Month
Renaissance of the Heart Tea, Worldwide
Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day, Intl.
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day (ZW)(1924)
Russia Invades Ukraine (RU/UA)(2022)
Saint Maroun Day (SY)(LB)(410 AD)
Salute to Veteran Patients, Ntl.
Sámi National Day (NO/SE)(1917)
Sankashti Chaturthi, Dwijapriya (H)
Saranac Lake Winter Carnival (US-NY)
Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show.
Send a Card to a Friend Day, Ntl.
Senior Independence Month, Ntl.
Sexual Health Awareness Week, Ntl. (AU)
Shower with a Friend Day, Ntl.
Shrovetide Pancake Race (UK/US-KS)
Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care, Ntl.
Soviet Occupation Day (GE)(1921)
Soviet Union Communist Party Resigns Power (1990)
Spay and Neuter Awareness Month
Special Operations Forces Day (RU)(2014)
Spilled Milk Day, Don't Cry Over (1678)
Stand Up to Bullying Day, Intl.
Statehood Day, (IN-MZ, AR)(1987)
Stock Exchange Holiday (NYSE Closed)
Student Volunteering Week (UK)
Sweethearts Day, National (AU)
Switzerland Freezes Russian Assets (CH/RU/UA)(2022)
Take Your Child to the Library Day, Ntl.
Take Your Family to School Week (1897)
Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month, Ntl.
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week (US-TX)
Therapeutic Recreation Month, Intl.
Therapeutic Recreation Month, Ntl. (CA)
Thinking About Sex Day, Ntl. (UK)
Tinnitus Awareness Week (US/UK)
Tongue Twister Contest Day, Intl.
Tourism Resilience Day, Global
Trade Show Image Week, Build a Better
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (US/MX)(1848)
Turkey's Twin Terror Earthquakes (TR/SY)(2023)
Understanding Month, World (1905)
Violent Extremism Prevention Day, Intl. February 12
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day
Wear Red Day for Heart Disease, Ntl.
Whale Film Festival, World (US-HI)
Whistleblower Reward Day, Ntl.
Whooping Crane Festival (US-TX)
Wise Health Care Consumer Month, Ntl.
Women and Girls in Science, Intl. Day of
Women in Blue Jeans Conference (US-SD)
Women Physicians Day, Ntl. (1821)
Women's Heart Health Day, Ntl.
Women's Right to Vote Day (US-UT)(1870)
Work Your Proper Hours Day (UK)
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