February 26, 2025 · 9:00 AM
Events in the month of March for writers and readers
National March into Literacy Month
National Reading Month
Small Press Month
Famous March Birthdays
Other March Events
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February 14, 2025 · 12:06 AM
“I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. “
Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”
St. Valentine
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January 29, 2025 · 12:30 PM
Events in the month of February for writers and readers
African-American History Month (U.S.)
Library Lovers’ Month
Famous February Birthdays
Other February Events
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January 1, 2025 · 2:33 PM
“We have a tendency to exalt ourselves and to dwell on the weaknesses and mistakes of others. I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. Political and religious leaders must attempt to provide a society within which these human attributes can be nurtured and enhanced.”
Jimmy Carter
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January 1, 2025 · 12:06 AM
“On New Year’s Eve the whole world celebrates the fact that a date changes. Let us celebrate the dates on which we change the world.”
Akilnathan Logeswaran
December 28, 2024 · 2:05 PM
Events in the month of January for writers and readers
National Braille Literacy Month
Famous January Birthdays
Other January Events
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December 26, 2024 · 8:58 AM
“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.”
Leymah Gbowee
Kwanzaa
December 25, 2024 · 6:29 PM
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
December 25, 2024 · 12:08 AM
“Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.”
Charles M. Schulz
November 29, 2024 · 6:41 PM
Events in the month of December for writers and readers
Read a New Book Month
- December 1 – National Christmas Lights Day; World AIDS Day
- December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 4 – Wildlife Conservation Day
- December 5 – Walt Disney’s Birthday; International Volunteer Day; World Soil Day
- December 6 – Ira Gershwin’s Birthday; Joyce Kilmer’s Birthday
- December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day; National Letter Writing Day
- December 9 – John Milton’s Birthday; Christmas Card Day; International Anti-Corruption Day; International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide; National Llama Day
- December 10 – Emily Dickinson’s Birthday; Dewey Decimal System Day; Human Rights Day; International Animal Rights Day; Nobel Prize Day
- December 11 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Birthday; International Mountain Day; UNICEF Birthday
- December 12 – International Day of Neutrality; International Universal Health Coverage Day
- December 13 – National Day of the Horse (U.S.)
- December 14 – Nostradamus’ Birthday
- December 15 – Bill of Rights Day (U.S.)
- December 16 – Jane Austen’s Birthday; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birthday; National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
- December 17 – National Maple Syrup Day (U.S.); Wright Brothers Day (U.S.)
- December 18 – International Migrants Day; National Twin Day (U.S.)
- December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day
- December 21 – Crossword Puzzle Day; Look on the Bright Side Day; National Short Story Day; Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere); Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)
- December 22 – National Short Person Day
- December 23 – Robert Bly’s Birthday; Harriet Monroe’s Birthday; National Roots Day
- December 24 – Mary Higgins Clark’s Birthday; Jolabokaflod (Iceland)
- December 25 – Christmas Day; Hanukkah begins
- December 26 – Boxing Day; Kwanzaa begins
- December 27 – International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
- December 28 – National Call a Friend Day; National Short Film Day
- December 30 – National Bacon Day
- December 31 – Henri Matisse’s Birthday; No Interruptions Day
Famous December Birthdays
Other December Events
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