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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931). In his honor, February 11 is celebrated in the USA as Be Electrific Day.
February the 2nd is the 42nd day of the year.
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science.
Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann, Jr. (born February 12, 1954) is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone. Zimmermann is co-founder and Chief Scientist of the global encrypted communications firm Silent Circle.
Happy Birthday Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882). International Darwin Day on 12 February honours one of the great British scientists and naturalists of the 19th century. After all, hardly any theory has shaped our modern view of the world as much as the theory of evolution formulated in Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
The subject of aliens, science fiction and UFOs is by no means an unknown subject. This also applies to the second Tuesday in February, which has been officially celebrated in the US state of New Mexico since 2003 as the so-called Extraterrestrial Culture Day.
On February 13, the USA celebrates the nationwide Change Your Name Day.
NET Framework (pronounced as "dot net") is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large class library named as Framework Class Library (FCL) and provides language interoperability (each language can use code written in other languages) across several programming languages.
Lady Lara Croft (born 14 February 1968) is a British archaeologist and treasure hunter, most commonly known for her discovery of several noted artefacts, including Excalibur, the fabled sword of King Arthur.
In "World of the Psychic" Dr. Venkman is prophesied the end of the world (Ghostbusters, 1984)
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science".
Matthew Abraham Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, animator, and voice actor. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012) and the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013), and Disenchantment (2018–present).
Niklaus Emil Wirth (born 15 February 1934) is a Swiss computer scientist. He has designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering.
February 15th is, so to speak, the antithesis to yesterday's Valentine's Day. At least when it comes to our transatlantic neighbours, who also celebrate this date as the so-called "Day of Honour of Singles".
Earthworm day is about acknowledging the important role that these small organisms play in our lives, a day to remind ourselves and those around us that there are other organisms below the surface that need our attention as well.
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Kim Jong-il (16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was the second leader of North Korea. He ruled from the death of his father Kim Il-sung, the first leader of North Korea, in 1994 until his own death in 2011.
The US-American "Do a crab a favor day" falls every year on February 16th. A day of action that puts philanthropy to the test.
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.
Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (20 February 1898[2] – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque.
Martin Luther, O.S.A. (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk,[3] and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
On 25 February, the US Day of Chocolate Peanuts honours two extremely popular snacks: peanuts and chocolate.
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered and is the largest known plutoid.
Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.
Heinz Erhardt (20 February 1909 – 5 June 1979) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet.