2020 Daily Holidays that fall on February 26, include:
Ash Wednesday (First Day of Lent) - February 26, 2020
For Pete's Sake Day
Inconvenience Yourself Day - February 26, 2020 (Fourth Wednesday in February)
Levi Strauss Day
National Bacon Day
National Personal Chef's Day
National Pistachio Day
Pink Shirt Day - February 26, 2020 (Last Wednesday in February)
Tell a Fairy Tale Day
World Pistachio Day
2020 Weekly Holidays that include February 26, are:
Bird Health Awareness Week - February 23-29, 2020
International Petroleum Week - February 24-27, 2020
Lent - February 26 - April 9, 2020
Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 12, 2020)
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week - February 23-29, 2020
National Green Week - February 2 - April 30, 2020
National Invasive Species Awareness Week - February 23-29, 2020
National Justice for Animals Week - February 23 - March 1, 2020
2020 Monthly Holidays that include February 26, are:
There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our February Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of February.
Hong Kong Arts Festival - February 13, 2020 - March 14, 2020 features Art, Theatre, Dance, Opera, and Music events.
Cricket World Cup - February 13 - March 29, 2020
Carnival (Rio de Janeiro in Brazil) - February 21-26, 2020 - Carnival is the biggest festival in the world with two million people a day on the streets. Floats, Parades, Balls, Music and Dancing are all part of the Event
Losar - February 24-26, 2020 - The Tibetan New Year, a three day festival that mixes sacred and secular practices that include prayers, ceremonies, hanging prayer flags, as well as sacred and folk dancing and partying. The first day is the most important.
The Astrological Sign for February 26 is Pisces.
The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for February are:
Violet - symbolizes faithfulness, loyalty, humility, wisdom, and hope
Primrose - Modesty, distinction, and virtue
The Birthstone for February is Amethyst.
1829 – Levi Strauss, German-born Jewish clothing designer (d. 1902)
1846 – William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917)
1852 – John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon and advocate (invented Kellogg's Corn Flakes with his brother) (d. 1943)
1866 - Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)
1920 – Tony Randall, American actor (The Odd Couple) (d. 2004)
1928 – Fats Domino, American musician (Blueberry Hill)
1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer/songwriter
1953 – Michael Bolton, American singer
1813 – Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746)
1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor of the Gatling Gun (b. 1818)
1959 - Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello)
2009 - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, weds NFL New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady
Lou Costello passed away on this day in 1959. He was famous for the Abbott and Costello show and their Who's on First?, skit above.
The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for February 26, is a Crockpot Chili Recipe from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits, in honor of today being National Chili Day. You can also try these other Chili Recipes of Kerry's: (links open in her website)
Healthy Chili
Slow Cooker Chili Recipe
Spicy Beef Chili
1732 - 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
1863 - Lincoln signs National Currency Act
1870 - 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park - the Grand Canyon National Park
1929 – President Calvin Coolidge establishes the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
1930 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan NYC
1933 - Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
1936 - Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's, Volkswagen
1941 - Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized in California
1971 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1993 – In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand.
1966 : Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made For Walkin' hits #1
1975 - The Eagles' Best Of My Love hits #1
1977 - The Eagles' New Kid In Town hits #1
1983 - Michael Jackson's, Thriller album goes to #1 & stays there for 37 weeks
1985 - Bruce Springsteen wins his first Grammy for the Best Male Vocal Performance award for Dancing In The Dark
1985 - Chuck Berry wins a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys
1996 - Quincy Jones is named MusiCares Man of the Year. Jones is the most-nominated artist in Grammy history with 76 nominations and 26 statues.
1935 - NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
1973 - Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
1991 - Bill Veeck & Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
apologia (noun)
1. A written defense of a position or belief.
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