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National Random Acts Of Kindness Day February 17 | ||
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National Random Acts Of Kindness Week Week Of February 17 | ||
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National Cabbage Day February 17 | ||
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Pluto Day February 17 | ||
Also on February 17
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Carnival (AR,BR,PT,VE) · Chinese New Year (PH,SG) · Lunar New Year (HK,KR) · Martes de Carnaval (AR,VE) · Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) (CN) · Tahun Baharu Cina (MY) · Tahun Baru Imlek (perkiraan) (ID) · Tết Nguyên Đán (VN) · 春節 (TW) · 春节 (CN) and 2 more
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Adar ראש חודש אדר roshchodesh
- Chinese: Chinese New Year major
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2016 — Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others. ↗
- 2015 — Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti. ↗
- 2011 — Libyan protests begin. In Bahrain, security forces launched a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day... ↗
- 2008 — Kosovo declares independence as the Republic of Kosovo. ↗
- 2006 — A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1994 — Angie Miller, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1993 — Nicola Leali, Italian footballer
- 1993 — Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1991 — Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1991 — Bonnie Wright, English actress, director, and screenwriter