I'm Betty Jo, a wife to my knight in (not so) shinning armor for nearly 22 years. We have 5 kids and another one that currently lives with us. We have been Christian home educators for 18 years with 8 more (at least) to go.
As I was looking over the Special Days in February list, I saw that the date of first US Supreme Court Assembly was February 1, 1790. It’s been a few years since we’ve studied our Supreme Court (apart from recent news stories). So… the boys and I will take a detour today away from our current projects to focus on the highest court in our country.
Here is the list of February’s holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures, composers and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries, and more! Whether you’re looking for something special to study, trivia, a day to celebrate, or a food to add to the menu, this listing of special days gives you plenty to choose from.
Resources for teaching throughout the month, including a PDF of February’s Special Days, can be found at the end of this list.
February Awareness and Observation Themes
African American History
American History
Bird Feeding
Black History
Boost Self Esteem
Dental Health
Dog Training/Education
Expect Success
Friendship
Heart
Haiku Writing
Hoof Care
Humpback Whale Awareness
Laugh Friendly
Library Lovers
Love the Bus
Low Vision
Mend a Broken Heart
Plant Seeds of Greatness
Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall
Responsible Pet Owner
Spunky Old Broads Month
Time Management
Youth Leadership
February Food Themes
Avocado
Bake for Family Fun
Banana
Beans
Berry Fresh
Canned Food
Celebration of Chocolate
Cherry
Chocolate Lovers
Exotic Vegetables
Great Pies
Hot Breakfast
Grapefruit
Potato Lover’s
Snack Food
Star Fruit
Strawberries
Sweet Potato
Special Days Not Falling on the Same Date Each Year Blame Someone Else Day (1st Fri.) Bubble Gum Day (1st Fri.) Extraterrestrial Culture Day (2nd Thurs.) Jello Week (2nd full week) Clean Out Your Computer Day (2nd Mon.) Family Day (2nd Mon.) Oatmeal Day (2nd Mon.) International Friendship Week (last full week) Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week (3rd Mon.) Presidents’ Day (3rd Mon.) World Whale Day (3rd Sat) Pangolin Day (3rd Sat) Inconvenience Yourself Day (4th Wed.) Chili Day (last Thurs.) French Fry Friday (4th Fri.) Sword Swallowers Day (last Sat.)
February Special Days with Dates That Vary Super Bowl Chinese New Year Engineers’ Week (sometimes March) Great Backyard Bird Count Homes for Birds Week Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Academy Awards Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras (sometimes March) Pancake Day (sometimes March) Lent (sometimes March) Daytona 500 Whooping Crane Festival Justice for Animals Week Invasive Species Awareness Week
February’s SpecialDays with Set Dates
Feb. 1
Be an Encourager Day
Bureau of Forestry created 1905 (US)
Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week begins
G.I. Joe Day
Hula in the Coola Day
Imbolc
National Freedom Day
Oxford English Dictionary published 1884
Serpent Day
1st Single rpm Record released 1949
Reader’s Digest 1st published 1922
Robinson Crusoe Day
Spunky Old Broads Day
1st US Supreme Court 1790
Feb. 2
Candlemas
Green Week begins
Groundhog Day
Hedgehog Day
Kiwi Day
Marmot Day
Sled Dog Day
World Wetlands Day
Feb.3
Bean Toss Day/Risshun
Carrot Cake Day
The Communist Party of Vietnam established 1930
The Day the Music Died (Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson and their pilot died in an aviation accident 1959)
Feed the Birds Day
Artist Norman Rockwell born 1894
Feb. 4
Apache Wars begin 1861
Artist Appreciation Day
Create a Vacuum Day
Homemade Soup Day
Income Tax established 1913 (US)
Aviator Charles Lindbergh born 1902
Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks born 1913
Sri Lanka Independence Day 1948
Stuffed Mushroom Day
Take Your Child to the Library Day
Thank a Mailman Day
USO Day
Weatherman’s Day
World Cancer Day
Feb. 5
Baseball’s Hank Aaron born 1934
Chocolate Fondue Day
Loop-the-Loop Centrifugal Railway patented 1901
Theologian Dwight L. Moody born 1837
Nutella Day
Robert Peel born 1788
Weatherman’s Day
Western Monarch Day
Wildlife Federation founded 1936 (US)
Feb. 6
Chopsticks Day
Baseball’s Babe Ruth (George Herman) born 1895
Digital Learning Day
Frozen Yogurt Day
Massachusetts Statehood 1788
Monopoly Game introduced 1935
Pay a Compliment Day
President Ronald Reagan born 1911
Sami National Day
Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
Feb. 7
Author Charles Dickens born 1812
Fettuccine Alfredo Day
Grenada Independence Day 1974
Risk Awareness Week begins
Safer Internet Day
Send a Card to a Friend Day
1st Unattached Spacewalk 1984
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
Author Laura Ingalls Wilder born 1867
Feb. 8
Bake Pizza Week begins
Boy Scouts (US) founded 1910
Celebration of Love Week begins
Hershey Chocolate Founded 1894
Kite Flying Day
Laugh and Get Rich Day
Opera Day
Propose Day
Author Jules Verne born 1828
Feb. 9
Bagels and Lox Day
Happy Chocolate Day
President William Harrison born 1773
Pizza Pie Day
Random Acts of Kindness Week begins
Read in the Bathtub Day
Stop Bullying Day
Toothache Day
Feb. 10
French and Indian War Ends 1763
Reformer Samuel Plimsoll born 1824
Umbrella Day
Feb. 11
Be Electrific Day
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Inventor Thomas Edison born 1847
Inventor’s Day
Iran National Day
Make a Friend Day
Nelson Mandela released 1990
Peppermint Patty Day
Shut-in Visitation Day
White Shirt Day
Feb. 12
Paul Bunyan Day
Scientist Charles Darwin born 1809
President Abraham Lincoln born 1809
Lost Penny Day
Plum Pudding Day
Safety Pup Day
Feb. 13
Get a Different Name Day
Lupercalia
Pancake Day
1st Public School opened 1635 (US)
Radio Day
Stamp Collectors Day
Tortellini Day
Artist Grant Wood born 1892
World Radio Day
Feb. 14
Arizona Statehood 1912
Comedian Jack Benny born 1894
Creme Filled Chocolates Day
Frederick Douglass Day
Ferris Wheel Day (Inventor George Ferris born 1859)
Have a Heart Day
League of Women Voters Day
Library Lovers Day
Oregon Statehood 1859
Nest Box Week
Race Relations Day
Quirkyalone Day
Valentine’s Day
Feb. 15
Susan B Anthony born 1820
Author Norman Birdwell born 1928
Decimal Day
Flag Day – Canada
Scientist Galileo Galilei born 1564
Gum Drop Day
Hippo Day
Singles Awareness Day
Total Defense Day (Singapore)
Feb. 16
Almond Day
Do a Grouch a Favor Day
Lithuania Independence Reinstate 1918
Nylon introduced 1937
Read Aloud Day
King Tutankhamen’s Tomb opened 1923
Feb. 17
Human Spirit Day
Athlete Michael Jordan born 1963
My Way Day
Newsweek Magazine 1st Published 1933
Random Acts of Kindness Day
World Cabbage Day
Feb. 18
Battery Day (Inventor Volta born 1745)
Hernando Cortes sets sail for Mexico 1519
Gambia Independence Day 1965
Kid Inventors Day
Queen Mary I born 1516
Pluto discovered 1930
Feb. 19
Scientist Nicolaus Copernicus born 1473
Chocolate Mint Day
Iwo Jima Day (battle began 1945)
Phonograph patented 1878
Temporary Insanity Day
Feb. 20
Photographer Ansel Adams born 1902
Cherry Pie
Hoodie Hoo Day (Northern Hemisphere)
Love Your Pet Day
Social Justice Day
Student Volunteer Day
Toothpick patented 1872 Women in Blue Jeans Day
Feb. 21
Card Reading Day
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx first published 1848
Special Days Archive – Direct links to the most recent Special Days and Resource lists for each month
I make my monthly special days calendars by using several sources including old calendars, holiday books, newspapers, and the web. These are the best sites for finding special days resources online.
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Here’s the list of January’s holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries, and more! Whether you’re looking for something special to study, trivia, a day to celebrate, or foods to add to the menu, you’re going to find it here!
Resources for teaching through January, including a PDF of January’s Special Days, can be found at the end of this list.
January’s Themes
Book Blitz
Change Your Stars
Clean Up Your Computer
Creativity
Family Fit Lifestyle
Get Organized
High Tech
Hobby
It’s OK To Be Different
Mail Order Gardening
Mentoring
New Year’s Resolutions
Polka Music
Reaching Your Potential
Reference Book
Rising Star
Shape Up
Skating
Thank You
Train Your Dog
Way Finding
January’s Food Themes
Apple
Apricots
Artichoke
Asparagus
Be Kind to Food Servers
Bread Machine Baking
Candy
Dried Fruits
Eggs
Fiber Focus
Hot Foods
Hot Tea
Meat
Oatmeal
Prune Breakfast
Slow Cooking
Soup
Wheat Bread
January Awareness
Bath Safety
Blood Donor
Birth Defects
Braille Literacy
Celebration of Life
Eye Care
Financial Wellness
Glaucoma
Quality of Life
Personal Self-Defense
Poverty in America
Prune the Fat
Teen Driving
Thyroid
Special Days without Set Dates
● Thank God It’s Monday Day (1st Mon.) ● Handsel Monday (1st Mon.) ● Weigh-In Day (1st Monday after New Year’s Day) ● Folic Acid Awareness Week (varies) ● Pizza Week (2nd Sun.) ● Clean Off Your Desk Week begins (2nd Mon.) ● Coming of Age Day – Japan (2nd Mon.) ● Plough Monday (Mon. after the 5th) ● Hunt for Happiness Week begins (3rd full week) ● International Printing Week begins (week including Jan. 17) ● Healthy Weight Week (3rd Sun.) ● Women’s Healthy Weight Day (varies) ● World Religion Day (3rd Sun.) ● Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Mon.) ● Sugar Awareness Week begins (3rd Mon.) ● Maintenance Day (3rd Wed.) ● Women’s Healthy Weight Week (varies) ● Celebrity Read a Book Week (last full week) ● Meat Week (varies) ● Take Back Your Time Week (last full work week) ● School Nurse’s Day (4th Wed.) ● Chinese New Year (Sometimes in Feb.) ● Seed Swap Day (last Sat.) ● Leprosy Day (last Sun.) ● Big Garden Bird Watch
January Special Days with Set Dates
Jan. 1
Apple Gifting Day
Australia Independence Day 1901
Cameroon Independence Day 1960
Commitment Day
Copyright Law Day
The Council on Environmental Quality established 1969
Daydreamers Day
Diet Resolution Week begins
Ellis Island Anniversary 1892
Emancipation Proclamation Day 1868
Euro Day
First Foot Day
Global Family Day
Haiti Independence Day 1804
Hogmanay
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Resolutions Week begins
Paul Revere born 1735
Polar Bear Plunge
St. Basil’s Day
Betsy Ross born 1752
Samoa Independence Day 1962
Sudan Independence Day 1956
Z Day
Jan. 2
Berchtold’s Day (Switzerland)
Buffet Day
Cream Puff Day
Georgia Statehood 1788
Happy Mew Year for Cats
Motivation and Inspiration Day
Run Up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day
Science Fiction Day
Someday We’ll Laugh About Week begins
Suffragist Martha Carey Thomas born 1857
Jan. 3
Alaska Statehood 1959
Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
Drinking Straw patented 1888
Festival of Sleep
Fruitcake Toss Day
Humiliation Day
Olelo margarine patented 1871
J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Jan. 4
Blender patented 1910
Louis Braille born 1809
Burma/Myanmar Independence Day 1948
Author Jacob Grimm born 1785
Home Office Safety and Security Week begins
Hypnotism Day
Scientist Issac Newton born 1643
Pop Music Chart Day
Spaghetti Day
Trivia Day
Utah Statehood 1896
Jan. 5
Bird Day
Explorer Zebulon Pike born 1779
Twelfth Night
Weigh-In Day
Whipped Cream Day
X-Ray discovered 1896
Jan. 6
Apple Tree Day
Bean Day
Joan of Arc born 1412
Bean Day
Cuddle Up Day
Epiphany
New Mexico Statehood 1912
Shortbread Day
Telegraph First Demonstrated 1838
Three Kings Day
Jan. 7
President Millard Fillmore born 1800
Harlem Globetrotter’s Day
Old Rock Day
Programmers’ Day
Tempura Day
Jan. 8
Argyle Day
Bubble Bath Day
Earth’s Rotation Day
Elvis Presley born 1935
English Toffee Day
Physicist Stephen Hawking born 1942
Joygerm Day
Midwife’s Day
War on Poverty Day
Universal Letter Writing Week begins
Jan. 9
Apricot Day
Balloon Ascension Day
Connecticut Statehood 1788
1st Dear Abby Newspaper Column published 1956
President Richard Nixon born 1913
Static Electricity Day
Word Nerd Day
Jan. 10
Bittersweet Chocolate Day
Cut Your Energy Costs Day
Houseplant Appreciation Day
London Underground begin operating 1863
Peculiar People Day
!st UN Meeting Anniversary 1944
Jan. 11
Scientist Joseph Charles Arthur born 1850
Chad Independence Day Celebrated (Actual date Aug. 11, 1960)
Cuckoo Dancing Week begins
Grand Canyon National Monument dedicated 1908
Milk Day
Secret Pal Day
Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day
Thank You Day
Jan. 12
Clean Your Desk Day
Curried Chicken Day
Make Your Dream Come True Day
Marzipan Day
Stick To Your New Year’s Resolution Day
Work Harder Day
Jan. 13
Author Michael Bond born 1926
Composer Stephen Foster born 1864
Frisbee introduced 1957
Saint Hilary’s Day
Make Your Dream Come True Day
Peach Melba Day
Poetry Break Day
Public Radio Broadcasting Day
Rubber Ducky Day
Skeptics Day
Jan. 14
Dress Up Your Pet Day
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
Organize Your Home Day
Missionary Albert Schweitzer born 1875
Jan. 15
Elementary School Teacher Day
Hat Day
Humanitarian Day
Martin Luther King Jr. born 1929
Strawberry Ice Cream Day
1st Super Bowl Game (1967)
Jan. 16
Appreciate a Dragon Day
Fig Newton Day
Hot and Spicy Food Day
Missionary Eric Liddell born 1902
Nothing Day
Religious Freedom Day
Jan. 17
Cable Car Day
Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
Inventor/Author/Patriot Benjamin Franklin born 1706
Fresh Squeezed Juice Week begins
Hot Heads Chili Day
Kid Inventors’ Day
Popeye the Sailor Man debut 1929
Jan. 18
Bald Eagle Appreciation Day (18 & 19)
Peking Duck Day
Prayer of Christian Unity Week begins
Sanctity of Human Life Day
Scott reaches South Pole 1910
Thesaurus Day
Daniel Webster born 1782
Winnie the Pooh Day (A.A. Milne born 1882)
Jan. 19
Artist Paul Cezanne born 1839
International Flower Day
Metric System Day
Neon Sign patented 1915
Author Edgar Allan Poe born 1809
Popcorn Day
Tin Can Day
Jan. 20
Saint Agnes’s Eve
Astronaut Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin born 1930
Buttercrunch Day
Cheese Lovers’ Day
Disc Jockey Day
Draw a Dinosaur Day
1st English Parliament 1265
Penguin Awareness Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
1st Webster’s American Dictionary 1825
Jan. 21
Granola Bar Day
Hugging Day
New England Clam Chowder Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Jan. 22
1st American Postal Route established 1673
Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day
Blonde Brownie Day
Celebration of Life Day
Jan. 23
John Hancock born 1737
Handwriting Analysis Week begins
Handwriting Day
Measure Your Feet Day
Pie Day
Jan. 24
Apple introduced the Macintosh Personal Computer 1984
Belly Laugh Day
Compliment Day
Gold Discovered at Sutter’s Mill 1848 (Other sources say Dec. 5)
I make my monthly special days lists from several sources including old calendars, holiday books, newspapers, and the web. If you know of a special day that I do not have listed, please comment and let me know what it is so I can add it in. Below are the links to my favorite online calendars.
Free Christmas Resources and Activities! Cross Curricular Advent and Countdowns, Traditions Around the World, Holiday Science, Games, Elves, and Hanukkah!
December is packed with holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries, and more! Whether you’re looking for something special to study, celebrate, or add to the menu, this list of special days for December gives you plenty to choose from.
Resources for teaching through December, including a PDF of December’s Special Days, can be found at the end of this list.
December Themes, Observances, and Awareness Days:
Art and Architecture
Basketball (1st played Dec. 1891)
Bingo
Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention
Learn a Foreign Language
Operation Santa Paws
Read a New Book
Safe Toys and Gifts
Spiritual Literacy
Tie
Universal Human Rights
World AIDS
Write A Business Plan
Write a Friend
December’s Food Themes
Egg Nog
Exotic Fruit
Food Safety
Fruit Cake
Pear
Quince
Root Vegetables
Tomato
Winter Squash
December Special Days with Varying Dates
Advent (4 Sundays leading to Christmas) Recipe Greetings for the Holidays Week (1st Full Week) Ear Muff Day (1st Sat.) World Choral Day (2nd Sun.) Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (2nd Sun.) Wreaths Across America Day (2nd Sat.) Regifting Day (3rd Thurs.) Underdog Day (3rd Fri.) Gluten-free Baking Week (week before Christmas week) Computer Science Education Week Hanukkah (Chanukah) Handwashing Awareness Week Mawid a Nabi
December SpecialDayswith Set Dates
Dec. 1
Aardvark Week begins
Christmas Tree Week begins
Civil Air Patrol Day
Cookie Cutter Week begins
Day With(out) Art Day
Deaf Heritage Week begins
Eat a Red Apple Day
First Passenger Balloon Flight 1783
Rosa Parks Day
Pie Day
Tolerance Week begins
Draft Reinstated 1969
World Aids Awareness Day
Dec. 2
Abolition of Slavery Day
Fritters Day
Mutt Day
Saint Paul’s Cathedral opened 1697
Missionary Mary Slessor born 1848
Missionary CT Studd born 1860
Special Education Day
Dec. 3
Disabled Persons Day
First Human Heart Transplant 1967
Illinois Statehood 1818
Make a Gift Day
Roof Over Your Head Day
Galileo invented the Telescope 1621
Dec. 4
Cookie Day
Dice Day
Feast of St. Barbara
International Cheetah Day
Monopoly Game Debut 1935
Phonograph invented 1877
Santa’s List Day
Wear Brown Shoes Day
World Wildlife Conservation Day
Dec. 5
Bathtub Party Day
Bubble Gum Day
Walt Disney born 1901
Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill 1848
International Ninja Day
Prohibition Ends (21st Amendment) 1933
Thailand National Day
President Martin Van Buren born 1782
Volunteer Day (UN)
Dec. 6
Everglades National Park established 1947
Finland Independence Day 1917
Give a Secret Gift Day
Microwave patented 1945
Miners Day
Mitten Tree Day
Pawnbrokers Day
Put On Your Own Shoes Day
St. Nicholas Day
13th Amendment ratified 1865
Dec. 7
Civil Aviation Day
Cotton Candy Day
Delaware Statehood 1787
Letter Writing Day
Sculptor/Artist Marie Grosholtz Tussand born 1761
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 1941
Dec. 8
Brownie Day
First Greeting Card printed 1843
Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day
Take it in the Ear Day
US declared War on Japan 1941
USSR Dissolved 1991
Inventor/Scientist Eli Whitney born 1765
Winter Flowers Day
Dec. 9
A Charlie Brown Christmas Debut 1965
Christmas Card Day
International Anti-Corruption day
Pastry Day
Petrified Forest National Park established 1962
Roller Skates Patented 1884
Tanzania Independence Day 1961
Weary Willie Day (circus clown)
Dec. 10
Day of Animal Rights
Dewey Decimal System Day
Poet Emily Dickinson born 1830
Human Rights Day
Mississippi Statehood 1817
Nobel Prize Day
Dec. 11
Apollo 17 Moon Landing 1972
Germany declared war on US 1941
Indiana Statehood 1816
International Mountain Day
Northern Lights Recorded for First Time 1719
Noodle Ring Day
Republic of Upper Volta Independence 1958
UNICEF founded 1947
Dec. 12
Ding-a-Ling Day
Ginger Bread House Day
Golf Tee Patented 1899
Hot Cocoa Day
Hovercraft Patented 1955
Founding Father John Jay born 1745
Kenya Independence Day 1963
Pennsylvania Statehood 1787
Poinsettia Day
Dec. 13
Day of the Horse
Francis Drake Begins Voyage Around the World 1577
Ice Cream Day
Santa Lucia Day
Violin Day
Dec. 14
Alabama Statehood 1819
Bouillabaisse Day
Scientist Tycho Brahe born 1546
Children’s Day
Christmas Bird Count Week begins
Deck the Halls Day
Monkey Day
Nostradamus born 1503
Raggedy Ann Doll Debut 1914
Roast Chestnuts Day
South Pole First Reached 1911
Dec. 15
Bill of Rights Day 1791
Cat Herders Day
Architect Alexandre Gustave Eiffel born 1832
Lemon Cupcake Day
Nero born 37 AD
Dec. 16
Author Jane Austen born 1775
Composer Ludwig Von Beethoven born 1770
Boston Tea Party 1773
Missionary Amy Carmichael born 1867
Chocolate-Covered Anything Day
Los Posadas
Vending Machine patented 1884
Zionism Day
Dec. 17
Aztec Calendar Stone excavated 1790
A Christmas Carol first published 1843
Missionary Isobel Kuhn born 1901
Maple Syrup Day
Patriot Deborah Sampson born 1760
Saturnalia begins
Wright Brother’s 1st successful flight 1903
Dec. 18
Bake Cookies Day
Coral Reef National Park Established
Migrants Day
New Jersey Statehood 1787
The Nutcracker Premier 1892
Roast a Suckling Pig Day
Dec. 19
Build a Snowman Day
Look For An Evergreen Day
Oatmeal Muffin Day
Explorer Sir William Parry born 1790
Poor Richards Almanac first published 1732
Suspenders patented 1871 (Mark Twain)
Dec. 20
Games Day
Go Caroling Day
Louisiana Purchase Day 1803
South Carolina seceded from the Union 1860 (1st state to secede)
Dec. 21
Apollo 8 Blast Off 1968
Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered 1937
I make my monthly special days calendars by using several sources including old calendars, holiday books, newspapers, and the web. If you know of a special day that I do not have listed, please comment and let me know what it is so I can add it in. Below are the links to my favorite online calendars.
Not the typical Pilgrim and Indian Thanksgiving study! Learn about Thanksgiving during WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII with this free resource and activity list!
As we move along on our “special days” studies through November, I see Thanksgiving looming coming up in the not so distant future. I thought seriously about not teaching Thanksgiving lessons this year. How could I not want to teach Thanksgiving? We’ve always had wonderful Thanksgiving lessons in November. Yes, that’s it. For 17 years – 17 Novembers, I’ve been teaching a week or two or three of Thanksgiving. The who, what, when, why, and how of those Mayflower pilgrims and the natives that they encountered, Lincoln’s proclamation to make a Thanksgiving holiday, Bible studies that focus on giving thanks and gratitude, nutritional studies of squash, pumpkins, turkeys, sweet potatoes, and corn, Thanksgiving celebrations around the world, tons of cooking projects, and craft activities to go along with it all – we’ve been there and done that over and over again.