Today marks the start of festivities celebrating the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year), which continues through February 26. Because the holiday goes by the lunar calendar, the date of the Lunar New Year on our solar/Gregorian calendar changes each year. The Lunar New Year also comes with a turn of the zodiac, which is divided into 12 parts, with each part represented by a different animal. The zodiac system assigns a single animal and its attributes to represent each year, and 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The others are Rat, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
The cycle begins anew
Today in History
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A prison fit for a count
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Skyscraper Day
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
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Splügen Pass, Switzerland
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First day of summer
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Dog days of summer
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Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica
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Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Once upon a time there was a bridge…
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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White dunes, blue lagoons
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A courtyard scene from Spain
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Earth Science Week
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Bringing together history and technology
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Wander the ancient medina
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Put your flippers in the air…
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Have you turned off your electronic device?
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The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana
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The town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
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Cinco de Mayo
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Happy winter solstice!
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Noctilucent clouds
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