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Today is 4 February, 2012, and the year of the bat is underway.

On this day, the church commemorates St. Isidore of Pelusium and St. Theophilus of Adana.

Birthdays:

• George Lillo
• Carl Michael Bellman
• Tadeusz Kosciusko
• Harrison Ainsworth
• Georg Brandes
• Fernand Léger
• Jacques Prévert
• Charles Lindbergh
• MacKinlay Kantor
• Betty Friedan
• Russell Hoban
• Robert Coover

Other Events:

• Death of:
  • Giambattista Porta
  • George Herbert
  • Neal Cassady
  • Betty Friedan

• Anniversary of the beginning of the Apache Wars
  1. Angolans celebrate Commencement of the Armed Struggle Day.
  2. Residents of Sri Lanka celebrate Independence Day.
  3. Polish-American communities in the USA commemorate the birth of Kosciusko.
  4. Residents of Nelson, New Zealand, celebrate their Provincial Anniversary.
  5. Roman Catholics commemorate St. Andrew Corsini.
  6. The Los Comanches Dance begins at Taos Pueblo.
  7. Residents of Catania continue a three-day St. Agatha Festival.
  8. In the USA, National Consumer Protection Week continues.
  9. The McCall Winter Carnival slips away in McCall, Idaho.
  10. The St. Paul Winter Carnival moves along in St. Paul, Minnesota.
  11. Fasching continues until Ash Wednesday in Munich.
  12. The Ice and Snow Festival moves on in Harbin, China.
  13. Karneval remains festive in Köln, Germany.
  14. Residents of Western Europe used, in the Middle Ages, to continue the celebration of the Lord of Misrule.
  15. In the USA, Black History Month marches on .
  16. February is American Heart Month.
  17. February is also Library Lovers' Month.
  18. The Chocolate Research Library encourages a month-long Celebration of Chocolate.
  19. Life Power Dynamics promotes International Expect Success Month.
  20. February is also National Pet Dental Health Month.
  21. It is, additionally, National Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month.
  22. The Year of the Dragon roars along.
  23. Western Pacific Hurricane Season goes on.

Thought for the day: