February 2024: Events and Anniversaries Preview
1 February 2024
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Here is your akg-images February preview, full of content ideas for the coming months with albums full of supporting images.
February means carnival time in many parts of the world. Venice Carnival is underway and Mardi Gras will be taking place in later in the month. In the UK, February is LGBT History Month. In the US and Canada it is Black History Month.
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Featured Story: Sardinia's ancient Carnival of Mamoiada features the fearsome-looking Mamuthones. This fascinating and ancient folk festival is believed to date back to the Bronze Age.
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February 2024
1 February: Piet Mondrian - 80th anniversary of his death
3 February: Gertrude Stein - 150th birthday anniversary
3 February: Woodrow Wilson - 100th anniversary of his death
6 February: Ramon Novarro - 125th birthday anniversary
8 February: Fern Andra - 50th anniversary of her death
10 February: Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon
10 February: Shirley Temple Black - 10th anniversary of her death
12 February: Darwin Day
13 February: Shrove Tuesday
14 February: Valentine's Day
15 February: Sir Ernest Shackleton - 150th birthday anniversary
19 February: Lee Marvin - 100th birthday anniversary
20 February: Gloria Vanderbilt - 100th birthday anniversary
21 February: Dirck van Baburen - 400th anniversary of his death
24 February: Franz Skarbina - 175th birthday anniversary
March 2024
1 March: Women's History Month UK
2 March: World Book Day
2 March: Bedrich Smetana - 200th birthday anniversary
8 March: International Women's Day
7 March: Thomas Aquinas - 750th anniversary of his death
9 March: Yuri Gagarin - 90th birthday anniversary
10 March: Mother's Day UK
10 March: Ramadan begins
17 March: St Patrick's Day
22 March: World Water Day
24 March: Harry Houdini - 150th birthday anniversary
25 March: Yehudi Menuhin - 25th anniversary of his death
25 March: Holi Festival
27 March: Sarah Vaughan - 100th birthday anniversary
29 March: Terracotta Army unearthed in Xian, China - 50th anniversary
29 March: Good Friday
31 March: Easter Sunday
31 March: Eiffel Tower was inaugurated - 135th anniversary
31 March: British Summer Time begins - clocks go forward by one hour
April 2024
1 April: April Fool's Day
2 April: Georges Pompidou - 50th anniversary of his death
3 April: Marlon Brando - 100th birthday anniversary
4 April: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating NATO - 75th anniversary
6 April: ABBA win Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" - 50th anniversary
6 April: John William Waterhouse - 175th birthday anniversary
7 April: the Rwandan Genocide begins - 30th anniversary (graphic content warning)
7 April: Francis Ford Coppola - 85th birthday
9 April: Frank Lloyd Wright - 65th anniversary of his death
14 April: Louis Sullivan - 100th anniversary of his death
17 April: Peter Doig - 65th birthday
19 April: Lord Byron - 200th anniversary of his death
22 April: Earth Day
22 April: Immanuel Kant - 300th birthday anniversary
22 April: Passover begins
22 April: Richard Nixon - 30th anniversary of his death
25 April: ANZAC Day
29 April: Zizi Jeanmaire - 100th birthday anniversary
May 2024
1 May: May Day / International Worker's Day
4 May: Star Wars Day
5 May: Tyrone Power - 110th birthday anniversary
7 May: Eurovision Song Contest begins
10 May: National Gallery Bicentenary celebrations begin
10 May: Fred Astaire - 125th birthday anniversary
10 May: Katsushika Hokusai - 175th anniversary of his death
10 May: Louis XV of France - 250th anniversary of his death
11 May: Salvador Dali - 120th birthday anniversary
11 May: Jean-Léon Gérôme - 200th birthday anniversary
12 May: Mother's Day (Aus, NZ, USA, Can)
21 May: Henri Rousseau - 180th birthday anniversary
22 May: Mary Cassatt - 180th birthday anniversary
27 May: Jawaharlal Nehru - 60th anniversary of his death
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