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Long List of February Holidays and Special Days
Long list of holidays and special days celebrated in February 2008.

By popular request, here is a long list of all of the special days celebrated in February 2008. If you prefer, you can explore February's special days by date.

Month Long Observances

February 1st

February 2nd

February 3rd

  • Elmo's Birthday
    Sesame Street Character. Check out my page for this special day!

  • The Day the Music Died
    On this day in 1959, the plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson.

February 4th

February 5th

February 6th

February 7th

February 8th

February 9th

February 10th

February 11th

February 12th

February 13th

February 14th

February 15th

February 16th

  • Nylon Patented
    By DuPont in 1937.

February 17th

February 18th

February 19th

February 20th

  • Hoodie-Hoo Day
    You are supposed to go outside to shout "Hoodie-hoo!" to scare away Winter and make way for Spring!

  • John Glenn Orbits the Earth
    He was the first American to orbit the Earth on this date in 1962 in the Friendship 7 space capsule.

  • Toothpick Patented
    In 1872.

February 21st

February 22nd

February 23rd

February 24th

February 25th

February 26th

February 27th

February 28th

February 29th

  • Leap Day
    February 29th only occurs once every 4 years, known as the leap year.

  • Yellowstone Park Day
    IN 1872, Yellowstone became the world's first National Park.

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This information is correct to the best of my knowledge. These dates are collected from many online and offline resources. Please do not email me asking me for more info about a date - All the information I have is posted here.

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