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Category: Anniversaries & Historic Events
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions related to historical anniversaries.
This category covers historical events that fall on or near a specific day (or sometimes a month). It may be a birthday, a death day, a patent filing, or an event in the news. .
Anniversaries Events
Safetypup's Birthday (1985): February 12
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Introduced to the world on February 12, 1985, the National Child Safety Council marks the birthday of their beloved mascot Safetypup® on children's safety each year on this date. The mascot has been instr...
January
Radio Day, World (1946): February 13
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World Radio Day celebrates the audio medium. Its purpose is to improve international cooperation between broadcasters, encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information,...
January
Ferris Wheel Day (1859): February 14
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Ferris Wheel Day honors George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Ferris was born on February 14, 1859, graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering...
January
Frederick Douglass Day (1818): February 14
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Today marks the birthdate of one of America’s first black leaders. Frederick Douglass was born February 14, 1818, as a slave in Tuckahoe, Maryland. He rose to greatness within his life, first as an adv...
January
League of Women Voters Day (1920): Februar...
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The League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt on February 14, 1920 at the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The struggle to obtain the right to vote for women...
January
Valentine's Day (269 AD): February 14
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Saint Valentines Day commemorates the work of Bishop Valentine, who died in 269 AD. At that time, Christianity was not a major faith, (that changes in 361 AD) and the Roman Empire ruled 1/4 of the world’s...
January
Flag Day (CA)(1965): February 15
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The search for a new Canadian flag started in earnest in 1925 when a committee of the Privy Council began to research possible designs for a national flag. However, the work of the committee was never com...
January
Teddy Bear Day, Intl. (1903): February 15
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On February 15, 1903 the first two Teddy Bears ever produced went on sale at 404 Tompkins Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The bears were the invention of Morris Michtom’s wife Rose. Michtom petitioned Presi...
January
Independence Day (LI)(1918): February 16
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The Baltic nation of Lithuania has seen its independence come and go over the years. It first declared independence on February 16, 1918…only to bee swallowed by the Soviet Union in 1940 as part of land s...
January
Kyoto Protocol Day (2005): February 16
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The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It was created on December 11, 1997. It commits its parties to reducing energy waste a...
January
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Founders...
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February 17, 1897 The Parent Teachers Association was founded under the name National Congress of Mothers chaired by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst. National PTA is a strong advocate f...
January
Asperger's Day, Intl. (1906): February 18
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International Asperger's Day aims to highlight the significance of Asperger syndrome for both society and individuals, also illustrates one of the many challenges to the newcomer trying to understand the...
January
Battery Day (1745): February 18
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Today marks the birthday of the creator of the invention that would become the first necessity of the future communications age: the battery. It was on February 18, 1745 that Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio A...
January
Democracy Day, Ntl. (NP)(1952): February 1...
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Nestled between India and China, the mountain nation of Nepal ratified its constitution on this day, February 18, 1952. National Democracy Day celebrates that anniversary.
January
National Day (GM)(1965): February 18
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On February 18, 1965, the West African nation of Gambia was given its independence from Great Britain. It continues as part of the Commonwealth. This is their national holiday celebrating independence.
January
Pluto Discovered (1930): February 18
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Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930. The search for it was inspired by Percival Lowell, a man ridiculed for his belief in Martians. The discovery is explained by astronomer and author Ken Croswell i...
January
Handcuff Day, Ntl. (1912): February 20
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In February 20, 1912, the US Patent Office issued patent #1,017,955 to George A. Carney for a "swinging bow ratchet type" adjustable handcuff. Today is the anniversary of that invention. Quite a few crimi...
January
Statehood Day, (IN-MZ, AR)(1987): February...
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On February 20, 1987, the states of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh were formed in India. This is a state holiday in both.
January
Martyrs Day (BD)(1952): February 21
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Like many societies, the Bangali seek to preserve their language and heritage. Students protested on this day and were killed 1952 when Urdu was declared to official language of neighboring Pakistan. Man...
January
Mother Language Day, Intl. (1952): Februar...
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International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999 (30C/62) with a purpose in prom...
January
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