February 2009
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February 2009 was the second month of the current year. It began on a Sunday and ended after 28 days on a Saturday.
Inasmuch as the month of February in non-leap years is exactly four weeks long: in years when it commences on Sunday, all western calendars designating Sunday as the first day of the week present the month in four equal seven-day rows. February is the only such calendar month where this may occur, and February 2009 was one instance. A so-called "rectangular" February had previously occurred in 1998.[1]
Also notable is the presence of Friday the 13th on the calendar for February 2009. During any month that commences on a Sunday, such as November 2009, the thirteenth falls on a Friday. Thus in any year with a "rectangular" February, Friday the 13th will also occur in March, giving two Friday-the-13ths in a row. The next instance of this appears on the calendar for the year 2015.[2]
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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from February 2009.
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