See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to February 12. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.
Selected observance milestones connected to this date, based on reviewed sources.
UNOCT describes 12 February 2024 as the second International Day and 12 February 2026 as the fourth, establishing 2023 as the first annual observance.
Red Hand campaign history identifies the first red-hand actions as taking place on 12 February 2002.
Codified May 28 to June 12 of each year as Flag Days in the Flag and Heraldic Code.
All4Ed launched the first national Digital Learning Day on 1 February 2012 and currently marks the campaign on the second Thursday in February.
Current Giving Hearts Day and Dakota Medical Foundation material identifies the event as a 24-hour giving day for charities in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, founded in 2008 and held…
The Darwin Day organization identifies 12 February as International Darwin Day and maintains current event listings; no UN designation is asserted here.
The UN Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict states that the Optional Protocol entered into force on 12 February 2002 and that the date is now known as the In…
A/RES/77/243
Two ANFP Wyoming chapter calendars list National Plum Pudding Day on February 12.
All4Ed launched the first national Digital Learning Day on 1 February 2012 and currently marks the campaign on the second Thursday in February.
Current Giving Hearts Day and Dakota Medical Foundation material identifies the event as a 24-hour giving day for charities in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, founded in 2008 and held…
The Darwin Day organization identifies 12 February as International Darwin Day and maintains current event listings; no UN designation is asserted here.
The UN Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict states that the Optional Protocol entered into force on 12 February 2002 and that the date is now known as the In…
A/RES/77/243
Two ANFP Wyoming chapter calendars list National Plum Pudding Day on February 12.
The National Child Safety Council states that Safetypup was introduced on February 12, 1985 and that Safetypup’s birthday is February 12; the Georgetown, Ohio Police Department independentl…
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