document_title: The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)

question_text: where was the quick and the dead filmed

question_tokens: where was the quick and the dead filmed

text: The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: An unnamed gunslinger known only as The Lady enters the Old West town of Redemption circa 1881, where she enters a single elimination gunfighting contest held by Redemption's ruthless mayor and former outlaw John Herod. She encounters the Blind Shoeshine Boy and the repulsive escaped convict named Scars, whose proposition she harshly rebuffs. That night in the saloon it is made clear that all contestants are free to indulge in whatever they want in town and the rules of the competition are explained: if a contestant is challenged they cannot refuse, each contestant must fight once a day, and the fight ends when a contestant yields or is dead. While there she meets Cort, a former Herod henchman turned preacher whom Herod has captured and forced to enter the contest. During her first night in town, The Lady saves Cort's life by shooting through the rope Herod's men had used to hang him. She drunkenly spends the night with "The Kid", a brash young man who runs a gun store and hopes to impress Herod. The Kid believes Herod is his father and that he can earn his father's respect by entering and winning the contest.

text: In the first round of duels The Kid defeats a Swedish quick-draw champion while Herod kills a braggart named Ace Hanlon, who had taken credit for some of Herod's own accomplishments. The Lady defeats an enemy she had previously left shackled to a wagon. Cort, who has renounced violence and doesn't have a weapon, is taken to the Kid's store. Herod buys Cort a cheap rusty gun and decrees that Cort (an exceptionally skilled gunfighter) can only have one bullet at a time so that he doesn't shoot his way out of town. Despite telling everyone he wouldn't fight, Cort draws his gun and wins his first round fight.

text: During a rainstorm Herod meets with Clay Cantrell, a professional gunfighter hired by the townspeople to kill Herod. Before they duel, Herod changes the rules and proclaims that all contests are now to the death. After killing Cantrell, Herod angrily addresses the townspeople and informs them that he will continue to raise his taxes on them until they understand that he is in charge of everything. During a rainstorm that evening The Lady faces off with Eugene Dred after he rapes the saloon owner's young daughter. She shoots him in the genitals but spares his life and returns to the bar, but Dred ambushes her and she is ultimately forced to kill him.

text: The next day, Cort is slated to fight Spotted Horse, an American Indian who claims he "cannot be killed by a bullet". The Lady, still upset over killing Dred the night before, saddles up and rides out of town before Cort's fight. Cort narrowly beats Spotted Horse after having to beg for a second bullet. The Lady is found at a nearby cemetery by Doc Wallace, who tells her that he recognizes her and knows why she is there. During flashbacks, it is revealed that the Lady's real name is Ellen, and father used to be the Marshal in Redemption until Herod invaded, killed all the deputies and had him strung up. Herod gave Ellen a pistol and three shots to try and break the rope her father was hanging from, but she accidentally killed him. Doc Wallace tells her that Herod's men dug up her father's body and burned it. He hands Ellen her father's old badge and begs her to come back and help rid the town of Herod, as she and Cort are now Redemption's only hope.

text: Ellen rides back to town and accosts Cort. During sex, they promise to help each other overcome Herod. Ellen directly challenges Herod, but is sickened to hear that he has already accepted a fight against The Kid. Ellen and Cort are the only other fighters left and are ordered by Herod to face off. They both proclaim they won't fight each other, but Herod tells them he will have them gunned down by his men if they refuse. Herod takes The Kid aside and asks him to withdraw from the contest, telling him his time will come. The Kid refuses and they fight, with The Kid wounding Herod in the neck while Herod delivers a fatal bullet to The Kid who dies in Ellen's arms. Ellen and Cort then face each other, but both refuse to draw their weapons. Herod begins a countdown from ten, declaring that if neither draws by the time he gets to zero he will have them both killed. Cort begs Ellen to kill him but she still refuses. When Herod reaches one Cort draws and fires. Doc Wallace declares Ellen dead, and Cort angrily storms up to Herod and demands they fight immediately. Herod refuses, telling Cort they will meet at dawn. Later that night, one of Herod's men, Ratsy, chains Cort to a table and beats him severely before smashing Cort's gunfighting hand and breaking it.

text: The next morning, Herod sees Cort's busted hand and gives Ratsy twenty seconds to leave town. He offers to face Cort left-handed, which Herod is equally fast at drawing with. Herod kills Ratsy with a rifle and then squares off to fight Cort. Herod then secretly tells his guards to kill Cort if he is the winner. At the moment Herod draws, several buildings explode on the street. Herod's house and the clock tower are also blown up, and through the smoke and flames, Ellen walks back into town, having faked her death with the help of Cort, Doc Wallace, the Blind Boy, and the Kid's stash of dynamite. Cort tells Herod that from now on all fights in town will be fair, and proceeds to kill Herod's men who were stationed around town. Ellen and Herod face off, and she finally reveals to him who she is when she throws her father's old badge at Herod's feet. They draw on each other; Herod shoots Ellen in the arm and she fires a shot though Herod's chest. Herod raises his gun to fire again but Ellen shoots him in the eye, finishing him for good. She throws her father's badge to Cort and names him as the new Marshal before saddling up and riding out of the town.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Sharon Stone as Ellen ("The Lady")
Gene Hackman as John Herod
Russell Crowe as Cort
Leonardo DiCaprio as Fee "The Kid" Herod
Pat Hingle as Horace
Kevin Conway as Eugene Dred
Keith David as Sgt. Clay Cantrell
Lance Henriksen as Ace Hanlon
Mark Boone Junior as Scars
Tobin Bell as Dog Kelly
Raynor Scheine as Ratsy
Olivia Burnette as Katie
Roberts Blossom as Doc Wallace
Gary Sinise as The Marshal
Sven-Ole Thorsen as Swede Gutzon
Scott Spiegel as Gold Teeth Ma
Woody Strode as Charlie Moonlight
Jonothon Gill as Spotted Horse
Lennie Loftin as Flat Nose Foy
Josef Rainer as Virgil Sparks
Stacy Linn Ramsower as Young Ellen

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text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Writer Simon Moore finished his spec script for The Quick and the Dead in late 1992, writing it as a homage to the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone, particularly the Dollars Trilogy starring Clint Eastwood. The writer decided the lead character should be a female. "When you introduce women into that kind of world, something very interesting happens and you have an interesting dynamic straight away," Moore commented.[6] The names of the lead villain (Herod) and the town (Redemption) were intentional allusions to the Bible.[6] Moore considered directing his own script as an independent film and shooting The Quick and the Dead on a $3–4 million budget in either Spain or Italy.[6]

text: Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased Moore's script in May 1993 and approached Sharon Stone to star in the lead role in July 1993.[6] Because Stone also signed on as co-producer, she had approval over the choice of director. Sam Raimi was hired to direct because Stone was impressed with his work on Army of Darkness (1992). The actress told the producers that if Raimi did not direct the film, she would not star in it. Although she had mixed emotions on Raimi's previous work, she believed that the director still had yet to showcase his talents, feeling that The Quick and the Dead would be a perfect opportunity to "stretch the limits of his technical and creative ability."[7] Moore was also enthusiastic over Raimi's hiring, based on his previous work with the Evil Dead film series.[6]

text: When Sony began fast tracking development The Quick and the Dead, the studio commissioned a series of rewrites from Moore. The writer was eventually dismissed and replaced with John Sayles, who, according to Moore, took Sony's orders of "making more of an American Old West film."[3] Moore was rehired with filming to begin in three weeks because Sayles' script was approaching a 2.5 hour runtime. When rewriting the shooting script, Moore simply omitted Sayles' work without Sony noticing. A week before shooting, Sony considered the script good so that Moore described the rewrites "a completely fucking pointless exercise."[3]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Russell Crowe originally auditioned for a different role in the film before Sharon Stone asked that the actor try for the lead male role. "When I saw Romper Stomper (1992), I thought Russell was not only charismatic, attractive and talented but also fearless," Stone reasoned. "And I find fearlessness very attractive. I was convinced I wouldn't scare him."[8] Raimi found Crowe to be "bold and challenging. He reminds me of what we imagine the American cowboy to have been like."[8] On working with Raimi, Crowe later described the director as "sort of like the fourth Stooge."[6]

text: Sony Pictures was dubious over Stone's choice of Crowe because he was not a famous actor in the mid-1990s.[6] To cast Gene Hackman in the role of Herod, TriStar Pictures changed the shooting location from Durango, Mexico to Tucson, Arizona.[9] Sam Rockwell auditioned for The Kid, a role which ended up going to Leonardo DiCaprio.[10] Sony was also dubious over DiCaprio's casting. As a result, Stone decided to pay for the actor's salary herself.[6]

text: Filming was originally set to begin in October 1993,[11] but was delayed because Crowe was busy on another film in Australia.[6] Principal photography for The Quick and the Dead lasted from November 21, 1993 to February 27, 1994.[11][12] Locations included Old Tucson Studios in Arizona[6] and Mescal, 40 miles southeast of Tucson.[3] Production was briefly halted at times over weather problems.[13] Thell Reed, who was hired as the gun coach and weapons master,[6] worked with the cast through over three months of training.[3] To age Cort's Colt 1851 Navy Revolver and the other guns used, Reed experimented with simple measures. "I took them out by my swimming pool and dipped them in chlorine water to let them rust," he explained. "They looked rusty and old, but were brand new guns."[13] Such detail, including the nickel plating and ivory handles on Ellen's Colt Peacemakers, was accurate to the time period.[13]

text: The town of Redemption was designed by Patrizia von Brandenstein, known for her work on Amadeus (1984) and The Untouchables (1987).[3] Raimi's first choice as the visual effects supervisor was William Mesa, his collaborator on Darkman (1991) and Army of Darkness (1993). Instead, Sony chose The Computer Film Company to create the VFX sequences.[6] Pick-up scenes took place through November - December 1994. This included an extended duel between Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman.[14]

text: Stone had a love scene removed from the final cut of The Quick and the Dead before the film's release in the United States.[15] The actress/co-producer thought the scene did not fit in with the picture's established reality.[3] It was restored for the home cinema releases of the film.

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: The original motion picture soundtrack for The Quick and the Dead, was released by the Varèse Sarabande music label on February 14, 1995.[16] The score for the film was composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri and mixed by Dennis Sands. Kenneth Karman and Thomas Drescher edited the film's music.[17]

text:
The Quick and the Dead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Film score by Alan Silvestri

Released
February 14, 1995

Length
31:01

Label
Varèse Sarabande

text:
The Quick and the Dead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Redemption"
3:25

2.
"Gunfight Montage"
1:41

3.
"Couldn't Tell Us Apart"
1:17

4.
"John Herod"
1:21

5.
"Ellen's First Round"
1:10

6.
"Lady's the Winner"
0:47

7.
"Dinner Tonight"
2:11

8.
"Cort's Story"
1:02

9.
"Ellen vs. Dred"
1:10

10.
"Kid vs. Herod"
4:17

11.
"I Don't Wanna Die"
2:00

12.
"The Big Day"
2:27

13.
"Ellen Returns"
3:54

14.
"The Law's Come Back to Town"
0:49

15.
"The Quick and the Dead (End Credits)"
3:30

Total length:
31:01

text: Release[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The Quick and the Dead was released in the U.S. on February 10, 1995 in 2,158 theaters, earning $6,515,861 in its opening weekend. The film eventually grossed $18,636,537 in revenue[4] and was declared to be a box office bomb. However, writer Simon Moore acknowledged that the film performed modestly in Europe.[3]

text: The Quick and the Dead's dismal box office performance can be attributed to competition from Billy Madison, The Brady Bunch Movie, Just Cause and Heavyweights.[18] Director Sam Raimi later blamed himself and his visual style for the film's failure. "I was very confused after I made that movie. For a number of years I thought, I'm like a dinosaur. I couldn't change with the material."[3] TriStar Pictures also showed The Quick and the Dead as an "out-of-competition" film at the May 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[19] Additionally, Stone was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, but lost to Angela Bassett in Strange Days.[20] A novelization written by Jack Curtis was published by HarperCollins in September 1995.[21] The Region 1 DVD release came in September 1998.[22]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The Quick and the Dead received mixed reviews from film critics. Based on 41 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 56%, with an average rating of 5.9/10.[23] Metacritic calculated an average score of 49/100, based on 21 reviews.[24]

text: Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Stone's performance and Raimi's directing. "Stone's presence nicely underscores the genre-bending tactics of Raimi, the cult filmmaker now doing his best to reinvent the B movie in a spirit of self-referential glee."[25] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times criticized the film for being overtly cliché, but praised Raimi's direction and Dante Spinotti's cinematography.[26] Critic and Raimi biographer Bill Warren wrote that the film "is a very conscious (though not self-conscious) attempt to recreate some of the themes, style and appeal of Sergio Leone's majestically operatic Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s, especially the Man with No Name trilogy that starred Clint Eastwood. It's brisker, more romantic and somehow more American than Leone's movies."[7]

text:
"The cinematographer, Dante Spinotti (The Last of the Mohicans) makes the material look terrific. The lowering skies around the isolated town make it look ripe for vengeance of biblical proportions, and there are quiet satirical touches, as when a man stands in a saloon door and his shadow seems about 6 miles long."

—Roger Ebert, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times[26]

text: Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader observed that "Raimi tries to do a Sergio Leone, and though The Quick and the Dead is highly enjoyable in spots, it doesn't come across as very convincing, perhaps because nothing can turn Sharon Stone into Charles Bronson."[27] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt that "The Quick and the Dead plays like a crazed compilation of highlights from famous westerns. Raimi finds the right look but misses the heartbeat. You leave the film dazed instead of dazzled, as if an expert marksman had drawn his gun only to shoot himself in the foot."[28]


document_title: List of most-followed Instagram accounts

question_text: who is the most followed user on instagram

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text: Top accounts

text: All-time

text: The following table lists the top 25 most followed accounts on Instagram, with each total rounded to the nearest million followers, as well as the profession of each user and country of origin.[1]

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text:
Rank
Chg
Account name
Owner
Followers
(millions)
Profession
Country

1.

@instagram
Instagram
232
Social media platform
 USA

2.

@selenagomez
Selena Gomez
133
Musician and actress

3.

@cristiano
Cristiano Ronaldo
120
Footballer
 POR

4.

@arianagrande
Ariana Grande
117
Musician and actress
 USA

5.

@beyonce
Beyoncé
111
Musician and actress

6.

@kimkardashian
Kim Kardashian
107
Reality TV personality

7.

@taylorswift
Taylor Swift
106
Musician and actress

8.

@kyliejenner
Kylie Jenner
103
Reality TV personality

9.

@therock
Dwayne Johnson
100
Actor and professional wrestler

10.

@justinbieber
Justin Bieber
96
Musician
 CAN

11.

@neymarjr
Neymar
88
Footballer
 BRA

12.

@kendalljenner
Kendall Jenner
87
Model
 USA

13.

@leomessi
Lionel Messi
87
Footballer
 ARG

14.

@nickiminaj
Nicki Minaj
86
Musician
 TRI

15.

@natgeo
National Geographic
85
Magazine
 USA

16.

@nike
Nike
76
Sportswear multinational corporation

17.

@mileycyrus
Miley Cyrus
74
Musician and actress

18.

@khloekardashian
Khloé Kardashian
72
Reality TV personality

19.

@jlo
Jennifer Lopez
72
Musician and actress

20.

@katyperry
Katy Perry
68
Musician

21.

@ddlovato
Demi Lovato
65
Musician and actress

22.

@kourtneykardash
Kourtney Kardashian
60
Reality TV personality

23.

@badgalriri
Rihanna
60
Musician
 BAR

24.

@victoriassecret
Victoria's Secret
59
Lingerie retailer
 USA

25.

@kevinhart4real
Kevin Hart
57
Comedian

As of February 6, 2018[update]

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text: By country

text:
Rank
Chg
Country
Account name
Owner
Followers
(millions)
Profession

1.

 United States
@instagram
Instagram
232
Social media platform

2.

 Portugal
@cristiano
Cristiano Ronaldo
120
Footballer

3.

 Canada
@justinbieber
Justin Bieber
96
Musician

4.

 Brazil
@neymarjr
Neymar
88
Footballer

5.

 Argentina
@leomessi
Lionel Messi
87
Footballer

6.

 Trinidad and Tobago
@nickiminaj
Nicki Minaj
86
Musician

7.

 Barbados
@badgalriri
Rihanna
60
Musician

8.

 Spain
@realmadrid
Real Madrid C.F.
55
Football club

9.

 Colombia
@shakira
Shakira
45
Musician

10.

 Hong Kong
@9gag
9GAG
43
Social media platform

11.

 United Kingdom
@emmawatson
Emma Watson
42
Actress

12.

 Sweden
@iamzlatanibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimović
30
Footballer

As of February 6, 2018[update]


document_title: February

question_text: february was called solmonath by the anglo-saxons. what does this mean

question_tokens: february was called solmonath by the anglo-saxons . what does this mean

text: February

text: Pronunciation[edit]

text: February may be pronounced either as /ˈfɛbjuˌɛri/ ( listen) FEB-yoo-err-ee or /ˈfɛbruˌɛri/ FEB-roo-err-ee. Many people pronounce the first "r" as /j/ rather than /r/, as if it were spelled "Febuary". This comes about by analogy with "January" (/ˈdʒænjuˌɛri/ ( listen)), as well as by a dissimilation effect whereby having two "r"s close to each other causes one to change for ease of pronunciation.[1]

text: History[edit]

text: The Roman month Februarius was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman calendar. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 713 BC. February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the second month. At certain intervals February was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary month, Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign the year with the seasons.

text: February observances in Ancient Rome include Amburbium (precise date unknown), Sementivae (February 2), Februa (February 13–15), Lupercalia (February 13–15), Parentalia (February 13–22), Quirinalia (February 17), Feralia (February 21), Caristia (February 22), Terminalia (February 23), Regifugium (February 24), and Agonium Martiale (February 27). These days do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

text: Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, Intercalaris was abolished, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year, and in leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the order that months are displayed (January, February, March, ..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system for determining which years were leap years and thus contained a 29-day February.

text: Historical names for February include the Old English terms Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne's designation Hornung. In Finnish, the month is called helmikuu, meaning "month of the pearl"; when snow melts on tree branches, it forms droplets, and as these freeze again, they are like pearls of ice. In Polish and Ukrainian, respectively, the month is called luty or лютий, meaning the month of ice or hard frost. In Macedonian the month is sechko (сечко), meaning month of cutting [wood]. In Czech, it is called únor, meaning month of submerging [of river ice].

text: In Slovene, February is traditionally called svečan, related to icicles or Candlemas.[2] This name originates from sičan,[3] written as svičan in the New Carniolan Almanac from 1775 and changed to its final form by Franc Metelko in his New Almanac from 1824. The name was also spelled sečan, meaning "the month of cutting down of trees".[2]

text: In 1848, a proposal was put forward in Kmetijske in rokodelske novice by the Slovene Society of Ljubljana to call this month talnik (related to ice melting), but it did not stick. The idea was proposed by a priest, Blaž Potočnik.[4] Another name of February in Slovene was vesnar, after the mythological character Vesna.[5]

text: Patterns[edit]

text: Having only 28 days in common years, February is the only month of the year that can pass without a single full moon. Using Coordinated Universal Time as the basis for determining the date and time of a full moon, this last happened in 2018 and will next happen in 2037.[6][7] The same is true regarding a new moon: again using Coordinated Universal Time as the basis, this last happened in 2014 and will next happen in 2033.[8][9]

text: February is also the only month of the calendar that, once every six years and twice every 11 years consecutively, either back into the past or forward into the future, has four full 7-day weeks. In countries that start their week on a Monday, it occurs as part of a common year starting on Friday, in which February 1st is a Monday and the 28th is a Sunday; this occurred in 1965, 1971, 1982, 1993, 1999 and 2010, and occur will again in 2021. In countries that start their week on a Sunday, it occurs in a common year starting on Thursday, with the next occurrence in 2026, and previous occurrences in 1987, 1998, 2009 and 2015. The pattern is broken by a skipped leap year, but no leap year has been skipped since 1900 and no others will be skipped until 2100.

text: Astronomy[edit]

text: February meteor showers include the Alpha Centaurids (appearing in early February), the Beta Leonids, also known as the March Virginids (lasting from February 14 to April 25, peaking around March 20), the Delta Cancrids (appearing December 14 to February 14, peaking on January 17, the Omicron Centaurids (late January through February, peaking in mid-February), Theta Centaurids (January 23 – March 12, only visible in the southern hemisphere), Eta Virginids (February 24 and March 27, peaking around March 18), and Pi Virginids (February 13 and April 8, peaking between March 3 and March 9).

text: Astrology[edit]

text: The western zodiac signs of February are Aquarius (until February 19) and Pisces (February 20 onwards).[10]

text: February symbols[edit]

text:
Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris).[11]
Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity.[12]

text: Observances[edit]

text: This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.

text: Month-long observances[edit]

text:
In Catholic tradition, February is the Month of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
American Heart Month (United States)
Black History Month (United States, Canada)
National Bird-Feeding Month (United States)
National Children's Dental Health Month (United States)[13]
Season for Nonviolence: January 30 – April 4 (International observance)
Turner Syndrome Awareness Month (United States)

text: Non-Gregorian observances, 2018[edit]

text: This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance. Please note that all Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.

text:
January 30 – February 2: Lenaia (Attic calendar, modern Hellenism (religion)[14]
February 2-3: Hobiyee (Nisga'a)
February 7: 22 Shvat (Hebrew calendar, Judaism, Chabad sect only)
February 10: Shabbat Shekalim (Hebrew calendar, Judaism)
February 11: Anniversary of Islamic Revolution (Solar Hijri calendar, Iran)
February 13: Maha Shivaratri (Hinduism, Indian national calendar)
February 14: Yom Kippur Katan (Hebrew calendar, Judaism, optional observance)
February 15: Amavasya (Hinduism)
February 15: Chinese New Year Eve (Chinese calendar)
February 15: Rosh Chodesh of Adar (Hebrew calendar, Judaism)
February 16: Chinese New Year (Chinese calendar)
February 16: Hecate's Deipnon (Attic calendar, modern Hellenism (religion)[15]
February 16: Korean New Year (Korean calendar)
February 16: Losar (Buddhism, Tibetan calendar)
February 16: Tết Vietnamese calendar
February 16: Tsagaan Sar (Mongolian calendar)
February 17: Noumenia (Attic calendar, modern Hellenism (religion)[16]
February 19: Martyrdom of Fatima (Iran)
February 22: Seventh of Adar (Hebrew calendar, Judaism)
February 24: Shabbat Zachor (Hebrew calendar, Judaism)
February 24: Sepandārmazgān (Solar Hijri calendar, Iran)
February 26 – March 1: Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í calendar)
February 26: Amalaka Ekadashi (Hinduism)
February 27 – March 1: Anthesteria (Attic calendar, modern Hellenism (religion)[17]
February 28: Fast of Esther (Hebrew calendar, Judaism, starts at dawn)

text: Movable observances, 2018 dates[edit]

text:
Safer Internet Day: February 6[18]
Food Freedom Day (Canada): February 6[19][20]
National Day of the Sun: (Argentina) Date varies based on providence
Random Acts of Kindness Week: February 11–17 [21]

text: First Friday: February 2

text: National Wear Red Day (United States)

text: First Saturday: February 3

text: Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

text: First Sunday: February 4

text:
Mother's Day (Kosovo)
Super Bowl (United States)

text: Second Sunday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 4

text: Sexagesima

text: 9th Sunday before Pascha (Eastern Christianity): February 4[22]

text: Sunday of the Prodigal Son

text: Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha (Eastern Christianity): February 4–10

text: Meatfare Week

text: Saturday of Meatfare Week (Eastern Christianity): February 10

text: Saturday of Souls

text: Sunday of Meatfare week (Eastern Christianity): February 11

text: Sunday of Last Judgement (Meat Fare Sunday)

text: First Week of February (first Monday, ending on Sunday): February 5–11

text:
Doppelganger Week
World Interfaith Harmony Week

text: First Monday: February 5

text:
Constitution Day (Mexico)
National Frozen Yogurt Day (United States)

text: Second Day of the second week: February 6

text: Safer Internet Day (International observance)

text: Last Thursday before Lent (Western Christianity): February 8

text: Fat Thursday

text: Saturday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 10

text: Festum Ovorum (University of Oxford)

text: Second Saturday: February 10

text: International Purple Hijab Day

text: Second Sunday: February 11

text:
Autism Sunday (United Kingdom)
Children's Day (Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Tokelau, Cayman Islands)
Mother's Day (Norway)
World Marriage Day

text: Sunday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 11

text: Quinquagesima

text: Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week (Eastern Christianity): February 12–18

text: Cheesefare Week

text: Monday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 12

text:
Shrove Monday

Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
Rosenmontag (Germany)

text: Second Monday: February 12

text:
Family Day (Canada) (British Columbia)
Meal Monday (Scotland)

text: Second Tuesday: February 13

text: National Sports Day (Qatar)

text: Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 13

text:
Shrove Tuesday

Fastnacht (Pennsylvania Dutch)
Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ
Fettisdagen (Sweden)
Laskiainen (Finland, Finnish-Americans)
Mardi Gras
National Pancake Day (Netherlands)
Powder Day (Tolox, Spain)
Užgavėnės (Lithuania)

text: 46 days before Easter (Western Christianity): February 14

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Ash Wednesday/Lent

National No Smoking Day (Ireland)

text: Third Thursday: February 15

text: Global Information Governance Day

text: Friday after Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 15

text: Feast of the Crown of Thorns

text: Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha (Eastern Christianity): February 15

text: Feast of Saint Vartan (Armenian Apostolic Church)

text: Third Friday: February 16

text: Yukon Heritage Day (Canada)

text: First Sunday of Lent in (Western Christianity): February 18

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People's Sunday (Żabbar, Malta)
Quadragesima Sunday

text: Sunday of Cheesefare week (Eastern Christianity): February 18

text: Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheese-Fare Sunday)

text: Week of February 22: February 18–24

text: National Engineers Week (U.S.)

text: Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness (Eastern Christianity): February 19

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Great Lent begins

Clean Monday

text: Third Monday: February 19

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Family Day (Canada) (provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan)
President's Day/Washington's Birthday (United States)

text: Last Friday: February 23

text: International Stand Up to Bullying Day

text: First Saturday of Great Lent (Eastern Christianity): February 24

text: St. Theodore Saturday

text: Last Saturday: February 24

text: Open That Bottle Night

text: First Sunday of Great Lent (Eastern Christianity): February 25

text: Feast of Orthodoxy

text: Last Tuesday: February 27

text: World Spay Day

text: Last day of February: February 28

text: Rare Disease Day

text: Fixed observances[edit]

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February 1

Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)
Air Force Day (Nicaragua)
Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)
Heroes' Day (Rwanda)
Imbolc (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and some Neopagan groups in the Northern hemisphere)
Lammas (some Neopagan groups in the Southern hemisphere)
Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)
National Freedom Day (United States)
World Hijab Day

February 2

Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
Constitution Day (Philippines)
Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (or Candlemas) (Western Christianity), and its related observances:

A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas) (Scotland)
Celebration of Yemanja (Candomblé)

Groundhog Day (United States and Canada)

Marmot Day (Alaska, United States)

Inventor's Day (Thailand)
National Tater Tot Day (United States)
World Wetlands Day

February 3

Anniversary of The Day the Music Died (United States)
Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary (Vietnam)
Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)
Heroes' Day (Mozambique)
Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Setsubun (Japan)
Veterans' Day (Thailand)

February 4

Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)
Independence Day (Sri Lanka)
Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)
World Cancer Day

February 5

Crown Princess Mary's birthday (Denmark)
Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)
Liberation Day (San Marino)
National Weatherperson's Day (United States)
Runeberg's Birthday (Finland)
Unity Day (Burundi)

February 6

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
Ronald Reagan Day (California, United States)
Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
Waitangi Day (New Zealand)

February 7

Independence Day (Grenada)

February 8

Parinirvana Day (some Mahayana Buddhist traditions, most celebrate on February 15)
Prešeren Day (Slovenia)
Propose Day

February 9

National Pizza Day (United States)
St. Maroun's Day (Maronite Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, public holiday in Lebanon)

February 10

Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Public holiday in Malta)
Fenkil Day (Eritrea)
National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (Italy)

February 11

112 day (European Union)
Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
Day of Revenue Service (Azerbaijan)
Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines)
Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observance:

World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)

Inventors' Day (United States)
National Foundation Day (Japan)
Youth Day (Cameroon)

February 12

Darwin Day (International)
Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state))
International Day of Women's Health
Lincoln's Birthday (United States)
National Freedom to Marry Day (United States)
Red Hand Day (United Nations)
Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day (Canada)
Union Day (Myanmar)
Youth Day (Venezuela)

February 13

Children's Day (Myanmar)
World Radio Day

February 14

Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)
Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)
V-Day (movement) (International)
Valentine's Day (International)

Singles Awareness Day

February 15

Candlemas (Eastern Orthodox Church)
International Duties Memorial Day (Russia, regional)
John Frum Day (Vanuatu)
Liberation Day (Afghanistan)
National Flag of Canada Day (Canada)
National I Want Butterscotch Day (United States)
Parinirvana Day (most Mahayana Buddhist traditions, some celebrate on February 8)
Serbia's National Day
Statehood Day (Serbia)
Susan B. Anthony Day (United States)
The ENIAC Day (Philadelphia, United States)
Total Defence Day (Singapore)

February 16

Day of the Shining Star (North Korea)
Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day (Lithuania)

February 17

Independence Day (Kosovo)
Random Acts of Kindness Day (United States)
Revolution Day (Libya)

February 18

National Democracy Day (Nepal)
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Independence Day (Gambia)
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Wife's Day (Iceland)

February 19

Armed Forces Day (Mexico)
Brâncuși Day (Romania)
Commemoration of Vasil Levski (Bulgaria)
Flag Day (Turkmenistan)
Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)

February 20

Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)
Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day
World Day of Social Justice

February 21

International Mother Language Day
Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)

February 22

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church)
Independence Day (Saint Lucia)
Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology)
Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)
National Margarita Day (United States)
World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

February 23

Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
Meteņi (Latvia)
National Banana Bread Day (United States)
National Day (Brunei)
Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics:

Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)

February 24

Dragobete (Romania)
Engineer's Day (Iran)
Flag Day in Mexico
Independence Day (Estonia)
National Artist Day (Thailand)
Sepandārmazgān or "Women's Day" (Zoroastrian, Iran)

February 25

Armed Forces Day (Dominican Republic)
Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gū Shrine, Kyoto, Japan)
Meher Baba's birthday (followers of Meher Baba)
Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)
National Day (Kuwait)
People Power Day (Philippines)
Revolution Day (Suriname)
Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)

February 26

Liberation Day (Kuwait)
Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly massacre (Azerbaijan)
National Wear Red Day (United Kingdom)
Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)

February 27

Anosmia Awareness Day (International observance)
Doctors' Day (Vietnam)
International Polar Bear Day
Majuba Day (some Afrikaners in South Africa)
Marathi Language Day (Maharashtra, India)
Independence Day (Dominican Republic)

February 28

Day of Remembrance for Victims of Massacres in Armenia (Armenia)
Día de Andalucía (Andalusia, Spain)
Kalevala Day Finland)
National Science Day (India)
Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
Teachers' Day (Arab states)

February 29

Bachelor's Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)
National Frog Legs Day (United States)