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It is now February 4 2011 Today's featured picture A late 1930s Federal Art Project poster advertising the bobsled track in Lake Placid, New York , United States, which had been used in the 1932 Winter Olympics .
February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Armed Struggle [89] Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Western Christianity) Independence Day (Sri Lanka) [90] Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States) World Cancer Day; International Day of Human ...
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The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [ 5 ]
February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the second month. At certain times February was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary month, Intercalaris, was occasionally inserted immediately after February to realign the year with the seasons.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the India-Burma border region. (Straits Times) A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. (AAP via Brisbane Times) The death toll from the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm is at least a dozen. (AP via Los Angeles Times)
Disasters Cyclone Yasi The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. (Courier Mail) (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Cyclone Yasi is upgraded to Category 5 and is predicted to be the worst storm to hit Australia in ...