February (i/ˈfɛbjuːˌɛri/ or /ˈfɛbruːˌɛri/ FEB-ew-ERR-ee or FEB-roo-ERR-ee) is the second month
of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is
the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days.
The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
February
is the third month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In
the Southern Hemisphere,
February is the seasonal equivalent of August
in the Northern Hemisphere (which is the third month of summer), in
meteorological reckoning.
February
starts on the same day of the week as March and November in common years, and
on the same day of the week as August in leap years. February ends on the same
day of the week as October every year and on the same day of the week as
January in common years only. In leap years, it is the only month that ends on
the same weekday it begins.
Memorable event in february
- Black History Month (United States and Canada)
- LGBT History Month (United Kingdom)
- National Bird-Feeding Month (United States)
- Super Bowl: First Sunday of February (United States)
- World Marriage Day: Second Sunday of February
- Presidents Day: Third Monday of February (United States)
- St Brigid’s Day / Imbolc: February 1 (Ireland)
- Groundhog Day: February 2 (United States and Canada)
- Candlemas: February 2
- Independence of Sri Lanka: February 4
- 1917 Constitution of Mexico: February 5
- Waitangi Day: February 6 (New Zealand)
- Slovenian Cultural Holiday: February 8
- National Foundation Day in Japan: February 11
- Abraham Lincoln's birthday: February 12 (United States)
- Valentine's Day: February 14
- Serbia's National Day : February 15
- Flag Day of Canada: February 15
- International Mother Language Day: February 21
- Independence Day in Saint Lucia: February 22
- George Washington's birthday: February 22 (United States)
- Flag Day of Mexico: February 24
- Independence Day in Estonia: February 24
- People Power Revolution (Philippines): February 25
- Liberation Day (Kuwait): February 26
- Dominican Republic Independence: February 27
- Leap Day: February 29 (Every four years, with some exceptions)
- National Day of the Sun (in Argentina)
- National Wear Red Day (in the US and the UK)
- Family Day (Canada) (on the third Monday in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan)
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