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Saint Valentine's Day, a day associated with romantic love, is full of history, legends, and traditions. Today, show the one you love just how you feel.

Winter begins at 10:02 a.m. today. This is the day of the year with the shortest amount of daylight and the longest period of darkness. “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” - John Steinbeck

Daylight saving time begins today. Don't forget to move your clock forward one hour so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Don't be late to class tomorrow!

The vernal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator from south to north, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the […]

Mother’s Day most commonly falls on the second Sunday in May and traditionally involves presenting mothers with flowers, cards and other gifts. For more information on this holiday, go to Mother's Day. Don't forget your mother today!

The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972—58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day […]

The summer solstice happens at 4:24 a.m. and marks the beginning of summer. Today is the longest day of the year.

The fall equinox happens at 8:04 p.m. and marks the beginning of autumn.