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 Langston Hughes (1902-1967) : African American.

 Confederation Agreement Day : Senegal.

 Imbolc (holiday begins at sundown) : Pagan and Wiccan.

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 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) : Mexico.

 Candlemas : Christian.

 Imbolc : Pagan and Wiccan.

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 Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) : Lesbian.

 Bean Scattering Festival (Setsubun) : Japan.

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 Outbreak of Philippine revolt against the United States (1899) : Philippines.

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 Constitution Day : Mexico.

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 Bob Marley (1945–1981) : Jamaican, Musician.

 Waitangi Day : New Zealand.

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 Constitution Day : Philippines.

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 Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) : African American.

 St. Maroon's Day : Lebanon.

 Ashura : Islam. (m)

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 National Foundation Day (Kenkoku Kinen Bi) : Japan.

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 T'u B'Shvat (holiday begins at sundown).

 Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kosciuszko (1746–1817) : Polish.

 Lantern Festival (Yuan-hsiao) : China. (m)

 Taeborum (tay-bore-oom) : Korea. (m)

 Butter Sculpture Festival : Tibet. (m)

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 T'u B'Shvat (two-bish-vat) (New Year of the Trees) : Jewish. (m)

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 Richard Allen (1760–1831) : African American.

 Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) : African American.

 Masao Satow (1908–1977) : Japanese American.

 Valentine's Day : United States.

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 Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) : Suffragette.

 Nirvana (Buddha's Death) : Buddhist.

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 Randy Shilts (1952–1994) : Gay.

 Independence Day : Lithuania.

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 Marian Anderson (1902–1993) : African American.

 Goyaale (Geronimo) (1829–1909) : American Indian (Chiricahua Apache).

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 Sholom Aleichem (born Solomon Rabinowitz) (1854–1916) : Jewish Russian American.

 Audre Geraldin Lorde (1934–1992) : Lesbian.

 Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980) : Puerto Rico.

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 Beginning of Japanese internment (1942) : United States.

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 Presidents Day : United States. (m)

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 Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) : African American.

 First publication of the Cherokee Phoenix (1828) : American Indian.

 National Mourning Day : Bangladesh.

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 Santiago Iglesias (1872–1939) : Puerto Rican, Spanish.

 Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938) : American Indian (Sioux).

 People Power Day : Philippines.

 Union Day : Egypt.

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 Claude Brown (1937-2003) : African American.

 W[illiam] E[dward] B[urkhardt] Du Bois (1868–1963) : African American.

 Casimir Funk (1884–1967) : Jewish Polish American.

 Defenders of the Motherland Day : Russia.

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 Flag Day : Mexico.

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 Enrico Caruso (1873–1931) : Italian American.

 Haing Ngor (1951–1996) : Cambodian American.

 José de San Martín (1778–1850) : Argentina.

 National Day (2/25-2/26) : Kuwait.

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 Intercalary Days (2/26-3/1) : Baha'i.

 Maha Shivaratri (ma-ha-sheevah-rahtree) (Shiva's Night) : Hindu. (m)

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 Bun Day (Shrove Monday) : Iceland. (m)

 Independence Day : Dominican Republic.

 Occupation of Wounded Knee (1973) : American Indian.

 Shrove Monday : Christian. (m)

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 Bursting Day (Shrove Tuesday) : Iceland. (m)

 Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) : Christian. (m)

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