February 26

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on February 26, include:

• Black Lives Matter 
• Carnival Day
• Carpe Diem Day 
• For Pete's Sake Day
• Inconvenience Yourself Day - February 26, 2025 (Fourth Wednesday in February)
• Levi Strauss Day 
  
• Maha Shivaratri - February 25, 2025 (Hindu Holiday in the U.S. - other Countries celebrate on February 26, 2025)
• National Bacon Day 
• National Customized Wheel and Tire Day 
  
• National Letter to an Elder Day 
• National Personal Chef's Day 
• National Pistachio Day
• National Saul Day 
• Pink Shirt Day - February 26, 2025 (Last Wednesday in February)
• Tell a Fairy Tale Day 
  
• Thermos Bottle Day 
• World Pistachio Day

2025 Weekly Holidays that include February 26, are:

• International Energy Week (Formerly Known as International Petroleum Week) - February 25-27, 2025
  
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 20, 2025)
  
• National Chip Week (U.K.) - February 20-26, 2025 (Last Full Week in February)
  
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week - February 24 - March 2, 2025 
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2025 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Invasive Species Awareness Week - February 24-28, 2025 (For 5 Days Starting the Last Monday in February)
• Peace Corp Week - February 23-27, 2025

2025 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.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. 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.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival - Usually starts annually on January 5, and typically runs for a month or more, in Harbin, China and is the largest ice and snow festival in the world! 2025 dates are December 25, 2024 - Late February / Early March, 2025, depending on weather conditions.
• Carnival of Venice - February 22 - March 4, 2025 - An annual festival held in Venice, Italy where people wear masks and costumes
• Maha Shivaratri - February 25, 2025 (Hindu Holiday in the U.S. - other Countries celebrate on February 26, 2025)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for February 26 is Pisces.

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
  
  

Birthstone

The Birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Famous Birthdays

• 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

Famous Deaths

• 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)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 2009 - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, weds NFL New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady 

Quote of the Day

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.

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

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
• Pumpkin Chili
• Slow Cooker Chili Recipe
  
• Spicy Beef Chili

This Day in History

• 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.

This Day in Music

• 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.

This Day in Sports

• 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

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!