Shrove Tuesday
The day before Lent — used up the last of the eggs, butter, and sugar in pancake form. Different countries call it Mardi Gras, Carnival, or Pancake Day.
- Category
- Food
- Observed in
United Kingdom
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2011
Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.- 2016Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.
- 2015Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
- 2011Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin.