As we welcome February in a leap year, please take a look at what's ahead for special celebrations: 

• Black History Month & Heart Health Month 

February 1

• Candy-Making Day
• Car Insurance Day
• Change Your Password Day
• Dark Chocolate Day
• Decorating With Candy Day
• G.I. Joe Day
• Holiday Hugs Day
• Hula in the Coola Day
• International Face & Body Art Day
• National Baked Alaska Day
• National Freedom Day
• National Get Up Day
• Robinson Crusoe Day
• Serpent Day
• World Hijab Day

February 2

• Ayn Rand Day
• Bubblegum Day 
• California Kiwi Fruit Day
• Candlemas
• Crepe Day
• Give Kids A Smile Day
• Groundhog Day
• Groundhog Job Shadow Day
• Hedgehog Day 
• Heavenly Hash Day
• Marmot Day (in Alaska)
• National Brown Dog Day 
• National River Day 
• National Wear Red Day - first Friday in February
• National Woman's Heart Day 
• National Ukulele Day 
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
• Self-Renewal Day
• Sled Dog Day
• The Record of a Sneeze Day 
• Tater Tot Day
• World Wetlands Day

• American Painters Day
• Doggy Date Night
• Elmo’s Birthday
• Feed the Birds Day
• Four Chaplains Day 
• Golden Retriever Day
• Lung Leavin’ Day 
• International Pisco Sour Day (first Saturday in February)
• National Carrot Cake Day
• National Carrot Day
• National Cordova Ice Worm Day
• National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (first Saturday in February)
• National Missing Persons Day
• National Patient Recognition Day
• National Play Outside Day (first Saturday of every month)
• National Wedding Ring Day
• National Women Physicians Day
• Take a Cruise Day
• Take Your Child To The Library Day (first Saturday in February)
• The Day the Music Died

• Create a Vacuum Day 
• Dump Your Significant Jerk Day (first Sunday in February)
• Facebook’s Birthday (the popular social media platform turns 20 in 2024)
• Farmer's Day 
• Homemade Soup Day
• Liberace Day
• National Hemp Day
• National Stuffed Mushroom Day
• National Thank a Mail Carrier Day 
• National Thank a Mailman Day
• National Wicker Day 
• Quacker Day
• Rosa Parks Birthday - Transit Equity Day 
• Scout Sunday (first day of Boy Scout Week)
• Sweater Day 
• Torture Abolition Day
• USO Day
• World Cancer Day

• Adlai Stevenson Day
• Disaster Day
• National Chocolate Fondue Day
• National Fart Day
• National Pork Rind Day 
• National Shower with a Friend Day 
• National Sickie Day 
• National Weatherperson’s Day
• Shower With a Friend Day
• Western Monarch Day
• World Animal Reiki Day
• World Nutella Day

• African American Coaches Day (first Tuesday in February)
• Lame Duck Day
• National Chopsticks Day 
• National Frozen Yogurt Day
• National Valentine Shopping Reminder Day 
• Pay a Compliment Day
• Time to Talk Day 

• e-Day 
• Ballet Day
• Global School Play Day (first Wednesday in February)
• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
• National Girls & Women in Sports Day (first Wednesday in February)
• National Periodic Table Day
• Rose Day (beginning Valentine’s Week)
• Send a Card to a Friend Day
• Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
• World Read Aloud Day (first Wednesday in February)

• Boy Scout Anniversary Day/National Boy Scout Day
• Laugh and Get Rich Day
• Molasses Bar Day
• National Kite Flying Day
• Opera Day

• International Winter Bike to Work Day 
• National Bagels and Lox Day
• National Cut the Cord Day 
• National Develop Alternative Vices Day
• National Pizza Day
• National Toothache Day 
• Read in the Bathtub Day
• The Inbox Day (second Friday in February)

• All the News That's Fit to Print Day 
• Chinese New Year 
• Cream Cheese Brownie Day
• Global Movie Day 
• National Flannel Day
• National Home Warranty Day
• National Umbrella Day
• Teddy Day 
• World Pulses Day

• Superbowl Sunday
• Autism Sunday 
• Be Electrific Day 
• Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
• Get Out Your Guitar Day
• Grandmother Achievement Day
• International Day of Women & Girls in Science
• National Guitar Day 
• National Inventor’s Day
• National Latte Day 
• National Make a Friend Day
• National Shut-in Visitation Day
• Peppermint Patty Day
• Pro Sports Wives Day
• Promise Day 
• Satisfied Staying Single Day
• Super Chicken Wing Day 
• White T-Shirt Day
• World Day of the Sick 
• World Marriage Day 

• Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
• Darwin Day
• Hug Day 
• International Epilepsy Day (second Monday in February)
• NAACP Day
• National Clean Out Your Computer Day 
• National Freedom to Marry Day
• National Lost Penny Day
• National Plum Pudding Day
• National Poop Day 
• Oatmeal Monday 
• Red Hand Day 
• Safety Pup Day

• Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday/Paczki Day - Mardi Gras Celebration 
• Black Love Day
• Desperation Day
• Dream Your Sweet Day
• Employee Legal Awareness Day
• Extraterrestrial Culture Day 
• Galentine's Day
• Get a Different Name Day 
• International Natural Day
• Kiss Day
• National Break Up With Your Carrier Day
• National Cheddar Day
• National Crab Rangoon Day 
• National Internet Friends Day
• National Tortellini Day
• National Wingman Day
• Safer Internet Day 
• Self-Love Day
• World Radio Day

• Valentine's Day
• Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent)
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day 
• Frederick Douglass Day
• International Book Giving Day
• League of Women Voters Day
• Library Lovers' Day
• Madly In Love With Me Day 
• National Black Literacy Day 
• National Call in Single Day
• National Condom Awareness Day
• National Creme-Filled Chocolates Day
• National Donor Day
• National Ferris Wheel Day
• Pet Theft Awareness Day
• Read to Your Child Day
• Singles Awareness Day/Singles Appreciation Day
• World Bonobo Day 

• Annoy Squidward Day 
• International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day
• Love Reset Day
• National Black Girl Magic Day 
• National Gumdrop Day
• National I Want Butterscotch Day
• Remember the U.S.S. Maine Day
• St. Skeletor's Day 
• Susan B. Anthony Day
• World Anthropology Day 
• World Hippo Day

• Do a Grouch a Favor Day
• Elizabeth Peratrovich Day 
• Friday Fish Fry Day 
• Innovation Day
• National Almond Day
• National Caregivers Day 
• National Tartar Sauce Day 
• No One Eats Alone Day 
• World Cholangiocarcinoma Day

• Analog to Digital TV Day 
• Champion Crab Races Day 
• My Way Day 
• National Cabbage Day
• National Cafe au Lait Day
• National Love Your Pet Day 
• National Public Science Day 
• National PTA Founders Day
• National Tennis Pro Day 
• Random Acts of Kindness Day
• Who Shall I Be Day
• World Human Spirit Day
• World Pangolin Day 

• Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day 
• Drink Wine Day
• National Battery Day
• National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day 
• NBA All Star Game 
• Pluto Day
• Thumb Appreciation Day
• World Whale Day (third Saturday in February)

• Coast Guard Reserves Birthday
• Daisy Gatson Bates Day (in Arkansas)
• International Tug-of-War Day
• National Airboat Day 
• National Arabian Horse Day 
• National Chocolate Mint Day
• National Lash Day
• Presidents' Day 
• Prevent Plagiarism Day
• Vet Girls RISE Day

• Clean Out Your Bookcase Day
• Hoodie Hoo Day 
• 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 
• Women in Blue Jeans Days 
• World Day for Social Justice

• Card Reading Day
• International Mother Language Day 
• Language Day 
• National Grain Free Day
• National Sticky Bun Day

• 2Twenty2 Day 
• Be Humble Day 
• Great American Spit Out 
• Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Thursday of National Engineer’s Week)
• National Chili Day 
• National Cook a Sweet Potato Day 
• National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day 
• National Margarita Day 
• National Walk Your Dog Day 
• Play More Cards Day 
• Recreational Sports & Fitness Day 
• Single Tasking Day 
• Supermarket Employee Day 
• World Thinking Day 

• Curling Is Cool Day 
• Diesel Engine Day 
• International Stand Up to Bullying Day (last Friday in February)
• National Banana Bread Day
• National Dog Biscuit Day
• National Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day 
• National Play Tennis Day 
• National Rationalization Day
• National Tile Day 
• National Tootsie Roll Day
• Pinocchio Day
• Skip the Straw Day
• World Understanding and Peace Day

• National Tortilla Chip Day
• National Trading Card Day
• Twin Peaks Day
• World Bartender Day

February 25

• Let's All Eat Right Day 
• National Chocolate Covered Nuts Day
• National Clam Chowder Day
• Quiet Day

• Black Lives Matter Day 
• Carnival Day 
• Carpe Diem Day
• For Pete's Sake Day 
• International Tongue Twister Contest Day 
• Letter to an Elder Day 
• Levi Strauss Day 
• National Pistachio Day
• Tell a Fairy Tale Day
• Thermos Bottle Day 

• Anosmia Awareness Day 
• International Polar Bear Day
• National Kahlua Day
• National Pokeman Day 
• National Protein Day
• National Retro Day
• National Strawberry Day
• No Brainer Day 
• Retro Day 
• The Big Breakfast Day 
• World NGO Day 
• World Spay Day 

• Car Keys and Small Change Day 
• Floral Design Day
• Inconvenience Yourself Day 
• International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day
• National Chocolate Souffle Day
• National Customized Wheel and Tire Day
• National Essay Day 
• National Pancake Day  
• National Public Sleeping Day
• National Science Day
• National Time Refund Day 
• National Tooth Fairy Day
• Rare Disease Day
• US Snow Shoe Day

• Leap Day
• Digital Learning Day (last Thursday in February)
• National Toast Day (last Thursday in February)

Weekly Observances for February 2024

• Catholic Schools Week (January 28 - February 3)
• Solo Diners Eat Out Week (February 1-7)
• Women’s Heart Week (February 1-7)
• Boy Scout Anniversary Week (February 4-10)
• Burn Awareness Week (February 4-10)
• National School Counseling Week (February 5-9)
• National Children’s Mental Health Week (February 5-11)
• Tinnitus Awareness Week (February 5-11)
• Freelance Writers Appreciation Week (February 5-11)
• African Heritage and Health Week (February 7-13)
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7-14)
• International Week of Black Women In the Arts (February 7-15)
• National Entrepreneurship Week (February 10-17)
• National Hero Week (February 10-16)
• International Flirting Week (February 11-17)
• Jell-O Week (February 12-18)
• Celebration of Love Week (February 11-17)
• Children of Alcoholics Week (February 11-17)
• Heart Failure Awareness Week (February 11-17)
• Great American Pizza Bake (February 11-17)
• Random Acts of Kindness Week (February 13-19)
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week (February 13-19)
• Girl Scout Cookie Weekend (February 16-18)
• National Engineer’s Week (February 18-24)
• National Pancake Week (February 19-25)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week (February 26 - March 1)
• America Saves Week (February 19-23)