Holidays 2021-02-07
Today's observances cover people/subjects like HIV/AIDS in the black community, sending cards to people you value, fostering friendship by waving to neighbors, prolific English novelist Charles Dickens, ballet, roses, fettuccine alfredo, the periodic table of the elements, American football's Super Bowl, and superb owls: Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day Superb Owl Sunday Super Bowl Sunday Send a Card to a Friend Day Rose Day Periodic Table Day National Fettuccine Alfredo Day National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day e Day Charles Dickens Day Ballet Day Charles Dickens, the English novelist, was born on this date in 1812. A holiday about roses is part of a series of holidays preceding Valentine's Day. You might think that the birthday of Dmitri Mendeleev on February 8 in 1834 would be the day to celebrate the periodic table, but it's celebrated on February 7 because of the publication of an earlier attempt on a periodic table by John Newland published in 1863 . ...