February 14
Holidays and Observances

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2027 Daily Holidays that fall on February 14, include: 

• February 14, 2027: Autism Sunday (Second Sunday in February)

• February 14: Frederick Douglass Day

• February 14: International Book Giving Day

• February 14: League of Women Voters Day

• February 14: Library Lovers Day

• February 14: National Black Literacy Day

• February 14: National Boone Day (People Named Boone)

• February 14: National Call in Single Day

• February 14: National Chance Day (People Named Chance)
• February 14: National Christine Day (People Named Christine)

• February 14: National Condom Awareness Day

• February 14: National Creme-Filled Chocolates Day

• February 14: National Donor Day

• February 14: National Ferris Wheel Day

• February 14: National Have a Heart Day

• February 14, 2027: National Homegating Day (Same Day as the Super Bowl)

• February 14: National Impotence Day

• February 14: National Pet Theft Awareness Day

• February 14: Quirky Alone Day

• February 14: Race Relations Day

• February 14: Read to Your Child Day

• February 14: Singles Awareness Day (S.A.D.) (Also known as Singles Appreciation Day)

• February 14: Statehood Day in Arizona (Local Observance in the U.S. State of Arizona)

• February 14: Statehood Day in Oregon

• February 14, 2027: Super Bowl Sunday

• February 14, 2027: Super Chicken Wing Day (Same Day as Super Bowl Sunday)

• February 14: Valentine's Day

• February 14: World Bonobo Day

• February 14: World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day

• February 14, 2027: World Marriage Day (Second Sunday in February)

• February 14: World Sound Healing Day

2027 Weekly Holidays that include February 14, are:

• Info. to Come!

2027 Monthly Holidays that include February 14, 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.

NOTE: If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

Looking for more than a list?
Click here to read our detailed guide: Explore the February Monthly Holidays & Awareness Causes Guide

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Info. to Come!

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for February 14 is an Aquarius.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for February are:

• Violet - symbolizes faithfulness, loyalty, humility, wisdom, and hope
  
• Primrose - Modesty, distinction, and virtue

See our new GARDEN HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating things of the garden!

Birthstone

The Birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Famous Birthdays

• 1818 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
• 1859 - George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor of the Ferris Wheel
• 1934 – Florence Henderson, American actress (Brady Bunch)
  
• 1942 – Michael Bloomberg, American media mogul and Mayor of New York City
• 1946 – Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (White Nights, Taps) (d. 2003)
• 1956 - Ken Wahl, Chicago IL, actor (Wanderers, Wiseguy)
• 1972 – Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)

Famous Deaths

• 270 – St. Valentine marking Valentine's Day
• 1779 – James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
• 1884 – Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1891 – William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (b. 1820)
• 1996 - Eva Hart, Titanic survivor, dies at 90
• 2003 – Dolly, the sheep, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1974 - Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille (Captain & Tenille) 
• 2009 - Actress Salma Hayek weds French billionaire  Francois-Henri Pinault in Paris

Quote of the Day

Actions speak louder than words.....

"Love is not about how much you say I Love You, but how much you prove it's true! ~ Unknown

"You are nothing short of my everything." ~ Unknown

"My six word love story: I can't imagine life without you." ~Anonymous

"Love is a friendship set to music." ~ Joseph Campbell

"You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had." ~ Nicolas Sparks

"The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love." ~Henry Miller

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

"I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

The Holidays and Observances Recipe(s) of the day for February 14th, (Valentine's Day), is a bunch of different options for Healthy Fruit Desserts from Kerry at Health Diet Habits.  The ever famous Chocolate Covered Strawberries and a Fruit Salad.

• See our FOOD HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating food!
• See our Holiday Food page for tips on healthy holiday food traditions in general, and for some sample meal plan ideas for some of the most popular holidays.

Season

February 14th falls within the Winter Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Winter is one of the four seasons. It follows the Fall Season, and is before the Spring Season. It is the coldest and darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere. It also starts in one year, and ends in the next, so it straddles two different years. 

Check out our Winter Season page for information about Winter, Winter Dates, Major Winter Holidays and Observances, Major Winter Festivals, Fun Facts About Winter, Winter Food Tips, Winter Gardening, Winter Preparation, Winter Quotes, and Winter Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on winter foods: 

• Winter Foods
• Winter Weight Gain
• Winter Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Summer Season. 

• Summer
• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 1859 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone
• 1899 – Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections
• 1903 – The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established
• 1912 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. State
• 1919 - United Parcel Service forms
• 1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1959 - $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC
• 1962 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House
• 1971 - Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
• 1989 - The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System are placed into orbit.

This Day in Music

• 1966 - Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds Of Silence is certified gold
• 1967 - Aretha Franklin, Respect is recorded
• 1978 - Dire Straits begins recording its first album in London.
• 1978 : Songwriters Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, appear on The Muppet Show to perform Song I Like to Sing from their first album of duets, Full Moon
• 1983 - Patti Austin and James Ingram's Baby, Come To Me hits #1
  
• 1998 - Madonna performs at New York nightclub the Roxy. It is her first club performance in more than 10 years
• 1998 - Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On set a new record for the most radio plays in the US with 116 million plays in one week.
• 1999 - Lenny Kravitz scored his first UK #1 hit with Fly Away
  
• 2000 - Kiss announces their farewell tour
• 2001 - Fox debuts Barbra Streisand: Timeless, a film of her farewell concert.

This Day in Sports

• 1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
• 1952 - The 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway
• 1966 - Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
• 1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
• 1988 - Bobby Allison at age 50, becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!