February 12th Holidays
🧬 Darwin Day (International Science Humanism Day)
👰🏻 International Day of Marriage Agencies
💣 International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism
👩🏻💻 Digital Learning Day
✋ International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (Red Hand Day)
⚕️ Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day
🇺🇸 Giving Hearts Day - USA
🇺🇸 Plum Pudding Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Freedom to Marry Day - USA
🇺🇸 Safety Pup Day - USA
🇺🇸 Pączki Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Lost Penny Day - USA
🇺🇸 Lincoln’s Birthday - USA
🇺🇸 Georgia Day (Oglethorpe Day) - USA
🇺🇸 NAACP Day - USA
🇻🇪 Youth Day (Día Nacional de la Juventud) - Venezuela
🇨🇱 Proclamation of Independence (Proclamación de la Independencia) - Chile
🇦🇷 Anniversary of the Battle of Chacabuco (Batalla de Chacabuco) - Argentina, Chile
🇵🇪 Peruvian Amazon Day (Día de la Amazonía Peruana)
🇵🇪 Historian’s Day (Día del Historiador) - Peru
🇪🇨 Eastern Day, Ecuadorian Amazon Day (Día del Oriente Ecuatoriano, Día de la Amazonía) - Ecuador
🇮🇳 Hug Day (गले लगाने का दिन) - India
🇩🇪 Film Festival «Berlinale» (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin) - Germany
🇩🇪 Dirty Thursday (Schmutziger Donnerstag) - Germany
🇨🇿 Мasopust - Czech
🇷🇺 Public Security Police Day (День полиции общественной безопасности) - Russia
🇦🇲 Feast of Saint Vartan (Վարդանանց) - Armenia
🇹🇯 Memorial Day of 1990 Dushanbe Riots - Tajikistan
🇲🇲 Union Day (ပြည်ထောင်စုနေ့) - Myanmar
This Day in History
• On February 12, 1884, The capillary fountain pen was patented 142 yr.
• On February 12, 1909, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in the USA 117 yr.
• On February 12, 1950, The European Broadcasting Union was founded 76 yr.
