Day Guide for Friday February 12th 2021

This is our day guide for Friday February 12th 2021 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on February 12th 2021

International Darwin Day

International Darwin Day

People
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Darwin Day

National Plum Pudding Day

National Plum Pudding Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Plum Pudding Day

Public Holidays on February 12th 2021

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

International

The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, swathed in traditions and rituals

Korean New Year

Korean New Year

International

Known as Seollal, Korean New Year is the first day of the lunar Korean calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays

Sonam Lhosar

Sonam Lhosar

International

This is the New Year of the Tamang people and the most important festival in their calendar.

Losar

Losar

Bhutan

Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar

Bolivian Regional Holiday

Bolivian Regional Holiday

Bolivia

Each city in Bolivia has its own regional public holiday

Tsagaan Sar

Tsagaan Sar

Mongolia

Mongol New Year is celebrated over the first three days of the lunar year

Myanmar Union Day

Myanmar Union Day

Myanmar

Under the leadership of Bogyoke Aung San Burma was unified in 1947

Lincoln's Birthday

Lincoln's Birthday

USA

Abraham Lincoln, was born on February 12th 1809 in LaRue county, Kentucky. He became the 16th president of the United States in 1860

Tet Nguyen Dan

Tet Nguyen Dan

Vietnam

Tet is Vietnamese New Year and is the most important festival and public holiday in Vietnam

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General Information for February 12th 2021

There are 2 observances on this day.
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Day 43 of 2021
322 days left in 2021
Week 06 of the year

Moon phase

On this Day in History

2000 - Cartoonist Charles M Schulz, creator of the legendary Peanuts comic strips, dies of colon cancer, aged 77.
1816 - The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire.
1809 - English naturalist Charles Darwin is born. The author of The Origin of the Species.
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, later to become the 16th President of the United States of America, is born in Larue County, Kentucky.
1554 - Lady Jane Grey - known as the 'nine days queen' - is executed, an event depicted in the famous painting, 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' by Paul Delaroche.