Day Guide for Tuesday February 21st 2023 What are the holidays on February 21st 2023?

This is our day guide for Tuesday February 21st 2023 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on February 21st 2023

International: Losar

Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar

International: Shrove Tuesday

In Ireland and UK it is a popular custom to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Not a Public Holiday

International: Carnival Tuesday

Carnival Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent

Argentina: Carnival Tuesday

The Carnival is an annual festival in Argentina held on the days before Ash Wednesday.

Bangladesh: Language Martyrs' Day

International Mother Language Day is an observance held on February 21st worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Bhutan: Birth Anniversary Of His Majesty the King

The current Druk Gyalpo or "Dragon King" of the Kingdom of Bhutan was born on February 21st 1980. He became King on December 9th 2006.

Brazil: Carnival

Second day of Carnival. The streets of Rio de Janeiro erupt with colour and noise as Carnival ushers in the Easter period.

Mongolia: Tsagaan Sar

Mongol New Year is celebrated over the first three days of the lunar year

Not a Public Holiday

Trinidad and Tobago: Carnival Tuesday

Carnival takes place in Trinidad and Tobago on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday

Public sector only

USA (regional): Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras, the Tuesday before the start of Lent, came to North America as a French Catholic tradition

Vanuatu: Father Lini Day

Commemorates Vanuatu's first Prime minister and founder of independence

Zimbabwe: National Youth Day

Marks the birthday of Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since 1987

Observances on February 21st 2023

United Nations: International Mother Language Day 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Mother Language Day 

USA: National Sticky Bun Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Sticky Bun Day

United Kingdom: Pancake Tuesday

In Ireland and UK it is a popular custom to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.

International: Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras falls on the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

USA: National Grain-Free Day

Embracing Wholesome Alternatives: Celebrating National Grain-Free Day on February 21st

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General Information for February 21st 2023
There are 12 public holidays today.
Day 52 of 2023
313 days left in 2023
Week 08 of the year
On this Day in History
1965 - Controversial black leader Malcolm X, who once called for a 'blacks-only' state in the US, is assassinated, aged 39.
1925 - The first issue of The New Yorker is published.
1917 - The sinking of RMS Mendi is one of the most tragic shipwrecks in the history of the Isle Of Wight. 650 South African labourers perish in the icy waters of the English Channel.
1804 - The first ever steam engine, Richard Trevithick's unnamed locomotive manages to haul ten tons of iron, 70 passengers and five wagons from the ironworks at Penydarren to the Merthyr-Cardiff Canal.