February 2011
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Holidays 2.28
Action Line Day
Chocolate Souffle Day
Floral Design Day
International Sword Swallowers Day
Kalevala Day (Finland)
National Science Day (India)
National Tooth Fairy Day
Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
Public Sleeping Day
Rare Disease Day
Teacher’s Day (Arab nations)
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“In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer -...”
– A.J.P. Taylor
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Holidays 2.27
The Hop (Fairy Holiday)
Insipid Day (according to Jonathan Swift)
Independence Day (Dominican Republic; from Haiti, 1844)
Polar Bear Day
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“Beer, it’s the best damn drink in the world.”
– Jack Nicholson
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Holidays 2.26
Bacon Day (Iowa)
Bill Hicks Day
Festival of Mihr (God of Fire; Armenia)
For Pete’s Sake Day
Pistachio Day
Tournament of Hearts (Scotland)
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“I am very picky about my people and my beer.”
– Shelby Lynne
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Holidays 2.25
Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day
Feast of the Stinky Butts
Kitano Baiko-sai (Plum Blossom Festival; Japan)
National Chili Day
National Don’t Utter a Word Day
People Power Day
Quiet Day
St. Walburga’s Day (patron of crops)
Time of the Old Woman begins (until March 4)
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“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I...”
– Joe E. Lewis
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Holidays 2.24
Dragobete (Romania)
Gregorian Calendar Day
Independence Day (Estonia; from Russia, 1918)
International Pancake Day
National Tortilla Chip Day
Regifugium (Flights of Kings; Old Roman)
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“Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by:...”
– George Arnold
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Holidays 2.23
Banana Bread Day
Curling Is Cool Day
Defender of the Fatherland (Russia)
Ember Day
Inconvenience Yourself Day [4th Wednesday]
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
National Personal Chef Day
Terminalia (End of Old Roman Year)
Vaudeville Day
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“A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be...”
– Bohemian proverb
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Holidays 2.22
Be Humble Day
Concordia (Old Roman Festival of Goodwill)
Feast of Hastseltsi (The Red God, God of Racing; Navaho)
Independence Day (Saint Lucia; from UK, 1979)
National Margarita Day
Single-Tasking Day
World Thinking Day
Unity Day (Egypt)
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“The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate...”
– William James
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Holidays 2.21
Card Reading Day
Feast of Peace and Love (Old Roman)
International Mother Language Day (UN)
Presidents Day [3rd Monday]
Single-Tasking Day
Sticky Bun Day
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“We have already been too long subject to British prejudices. I use no porter or...”
– George Washington
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Holidays 2.20
Cherry Pie Day
Clam Chowder Day
Hoodie-Hoo Day
Love Your Pet Day
Native Agents Day
Princess Alice Day
Student Volunteer Day
Toothpick Day
World Day For Social Justice (UN)
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“Religions change, but beer and wine remain.”
– Harvey Allen
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Holidays 2.19
Barley Wine Day (San Francisco) [Saturday before Presidents Day]
Chaoflux (Discordian)
Feast of Pusiuraura (God of the Dart Game; Melanesia)
Knights of Pythias Day
National Chocolate Mint Day
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“The culture of the hop … so analogous to the culture and uses of the...”
– Henry David Thoreau
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Holidays 2.18
Bun Day (Iceland)
Chaosflux (Discordian)
Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
Drink Too Much Wine Day
Festival of Women (Persia)
Independence Day (The Gambia; from UK, 1965)
Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day
Tacita (Roman Silent Goddess)
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“Tis hard to tell which is best: music, food, beer or rest.”
– Anonymous
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Holidays 2.17
Fornacalia (Old Roman Bread Festival)
Independence Day (Kosovo; from Serbia, 2008)
Minimum Wage Day
My Way Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day
World Human Spirit Day
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“It takes beer to make a thirst worthwhile.”
– German saying
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Holidays 2.16
Almond Day
Bumper Car Day
Do A Grouch A Favor Day
Feast of Sticky Buns
Independence Day (Lithuania; from Russia & German Empire, 1918)
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“Beer does not make itself properly by itself. It takes an element of mystery and...”
– Fritz Maytag
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Holidays 2.15
Burger Lover’s Day
Decimal Day (UK)
Faunus (celebrates animals helping humans)
Gumdrop Day
Independence Day (Serbia; from Ottoman Empire, 1804)
Lupercalia, last day (Pagan pastoral festival)
Mustard Day
Remember the Maine Day
Susan B. Anthony Day
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“The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer.”
– Egyptian proverb
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Holidays 2.14
Arizona Statehood Day (#48; 1912)
Beer & Chocolate Day
Cream Filled Chocolates Dy
Ferris Wheel Day
Juno Februa’s Day (Goddess of Love)
Lupercalia, Day 2 (Pagan pastoral festival)
National Donor Day
National Have-A-Heart Day
National Random Acts of Kindness Day
Oregon Statehood Day (#33; 1859)
Read to Your Child Day
Valentine’s Day
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“There is more to life than beer alone, but beer makes those other things even...”
– Stephen Morris
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Holidays 2.13
Beer Magazine Day
Blame Someone Else Day
Borrowed Days (Scottish Highlands)
Clean Out Your Computer Day
Dream of Your Sweetheart Day
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Employee Legal Awareness Day
Exorbitant Price Day
Get A Different Name Day
Idus Februarias
Lupercalia begins (Pagan pastoral festival)
Madly in Love With Me Day
National Caffection Day
Tortellini Day
World...
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“God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Holidays 2.12
Choes Day (Day of the Cups; Ancient Greece)
Darwin Day
Extraterrestrial Culture Day (New Mexico)
Festival of Pitooyage (God of gaming & chance; Oaxaca, Mexico)
Independence Day (Chile; from Spain, 1818)
National Freedom to Marry Day
Oglethorpe Day (Georgia)
Plum Pudding Day
Red Hand Day (UN)
St. Julian the Hospitaler’s Day (patron of travelers, innkeepers & circus...
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“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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Holidays 2.11
Be Electrific Day
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Ghost Day
Grandmother Achievement Day
Independence Day (Vatican City; Lateran Treaty signed with Italy, 1929)
Make A New Friend Day
Meaning of Life Day
National Foundation Day (Japan)
National Inventor’s Day
National Shut-In Visitation Day
Peppermint Patty Day
Pro Sports Wives Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
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“Beer that is not drunk had missed its vocation.”
– Meyer Breslau
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Holidays 2.10
All the News That’s Fit To Print Day
Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck (Malta)
National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
Plimsoll Day
Umbrella Day
World Marriage Day
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“Wine is but single broth, ale is meat, drink, and cloth.”
– English proverb
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Holidays 2.9
Bagels and Lox Day
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Feast of Apollo
Feast of La’Ala’A (Upolu God of Wrestling; Polynesia)
Fish Protection Day
National Hooky Day
National Inventor’s Day
National Stop Bullying Day
Plimsoll Day
Read In the Bathtub Day
Toothache Day
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“Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.”
– Henry Lawson
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Holidays 2.8
Boy Scouts of America Day
Culture Day (Slovenia)
Extraterrestrial Culture Day (New Mexico)
Ha-Ri-Ku-Yo (a.k.a. Mass for Broken Needles, day of rest for needles; Japan)
Hold Onto Your Head Day
Laugh & Get Rich Day
Molasses Bar Day
Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism)
Science Fiction Day
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“A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer,...”
– William Blake
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Holidays 2.7
Ballet Day
Fettucine Alfredo Day
Hangover Awareness Day
Independence Day (Grenada; from UK, 1974)
National Run-For-Your-Life Day
No Talk Day
Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day
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“He that drinketh strong beer and goes to bed right mellow, lives as he ought to...”
– Anonymous
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Holidays 2.6
Aldus Day
Bubble Gum Day
Homstrom (Switzerland)
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (UN)
Man Day [Sunday before 14th]
Massachusetts Statehood Day (#6; 1788)
Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day
National Frozen Yogurt Day
Nutella Day
Pay a Compliment Day
Sami National Day (Finland, Norway, Sweden)
St. Amand’s Day...
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“All of the buildup and hype, everything else, is foam. The game is the beer.”
– Marv Levy, football coach 