At a Glance
February 18
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
National observance
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965
Religious observance
Feast of Bernadette Soubirous (France)
France
Religious observance
Feast of Colmán of Lindisfarne
Religious observance
Feast of February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Flavian of Constantinople
Religious observance
Feast of Geltrude Comensoli
Religious observance
Feast of Simeon of Jerusalem (Western Christianity)
Observance
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Observance
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Observance