President Obama unveils his 2011 United States Budget.

Quincy Jones holds recording session for all-star remake of “We Are The World,” this time benefiting Haiti earthquake victims.

Construction spending figures for January are released at 10am ET

Groundhog Day

In Beverly Hills, Academy Awards nominations are announced.

Redmond O’Neal will be sentenced for probation violation, and could get up to 6 years in prison.

Chidi Uzomah, Jr, alleged stalker of Ryan Seacrest, is arraigned in Los Angeles.

Launch of the “Star Trek Online” game.

Auto sales figures for January released

ABC-TV with the 6th and final season premiere of LOST.

Meghan McCain will be a guest co-host on THE VIEW this morning on ABC-TV.

World Cancer Day

The inaugural Tea Party Nation National Convention in Nashville, TN, opens. Sarah Palin is the headline speaker.

The panda Tai Shan from the National Zoo, and Mei Lan from the Atlanta Zoo, will bade the United States farewell and head back to China today.

First Friday of the month, so the January unemployment figures will be released at 8:30AM ET

In Canada, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will be attending the G-7 meeting in Nunavut.

National Wear Red Day, the American Heart Association’s annual campaign to educate women on the threat of heart disease.

BET airs a “Help for Haiti” Telethon, hosted by Queen Latifah and Sean Combs.

Start of the 2010 Yukon Quest International 1,000 Mile Dog Sled Race, from Fairbanks to Yukon, Alaska.

The NFL’s Super Bowl XLIV at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, FL, as the Colts face the Saints.

Target date for NASA to launch the space shuttle, the first of the final five.

In the Ukraine, run-off presidential election between Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day

Court date for Charlie Sheen, where it is expected the Colorado District Attorney will officially file charges stemming from the domestic dispute with his wife Brooke Mueller.

The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated 100 years ago today.

Rapper L’il Wayne appears in court to be sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He is expected to get one year, and head off from court to jail to immediately begin serving his sentence.

Opening of the 2010 MacWorld Expo, in San Francisco

Final episode of the Jay Leno 10pm prime time “experiment” on NBC-TV

Preliminary hearing for two of the six suspects allegedly involved in a strong of burglaries at the homes of young Hollywood celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

In the State Dining Room at the White House, a civil rights concert featuring Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Seal, and John Mellencamp, just to name a few.

Retail sales figures for January released at 8:30am ET

South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity, 20 years ago today.

CBS-TV with SURVIVOR’S 20th installment, an all-star “Heroes vs. Villains” game. Also, the premiere of the 10th season of THE AMAZING RACE.

FOX-TV with the series premiere of PAST LIFE, drama series about a group of detectives who investigate the world of the unexplained.

Opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada

Pre-trial hearing for the four individuals arrested on charges of trying to tamper with U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s district office phone in New Orleans.

A jury in Flemington, NJ, found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, 75 years ago today.

St Valentine’s Day

The NBA All-Star Game, at Cowboys Stadium where they are hoping to break the NBA attendance record of 62,046 and the overall college record of 78,129. Jerry Jones is hoping to draw over 100,000.

52nd running of the Daytona 500, kicking off the 2009 NASCAR season at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.

In NYC, the American International Toy Fair opens

President’s Day

Opening of the Westminster Kennel Club’s 133rd Annual Dog Show, at NYC’s Madison Square Garden.

Republican Party event in Arkansas will feature former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as keynote speaker.

At Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Fat Tuesday

In NYC, the 5th Annual Stem Cell Summit convenes.

The Kyoto Protocol took effect for the 141 nations that ratified it, 5 years ago today.

Ash Wednesday

January housing starts figures released

Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings, 15 years ago today.

Sentencing day for Bernard Kerik,, who pled guilty to felony counts related to actions that included lying to the White House and failing to report income and loans. The plea agreement will probably result in a sentence of just over 2 years in prison.

Chris Brown returns to court for a progress report on terms of his probation. Lindsay Lohan does the same, stemming from her probation for DUI and drug possession charges.

Producer Price Index released

Consumer Price Index released

In Brooklyn, NY, the 33rd Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and Convention begins.

HBO with the premiere of the animated comedy series THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW.

Danica Patrick makes her NASCAR debut, albeit on their second-tier Nationwide Series circuit, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA

Evander Holyfield will fight South African Francois Botha at the Nelson Mandela Memorial Stadium in Kampala, Uganda, tonight. Holyfield is 47, and Botha is 41, but somehow still holds the obscure World Boxing Federation heavyweight title.

Writers Guild Awards, with ceremonies in both NYC and Los Angeles.

In London, the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards (known as the BAFTA’s, this is the English version of the Oscars)

Most of the Credit CARD Act, which Congress passed last summer to offer more benefits to consumers, take effect today. Creditors must now provide 45 days notice before raising interest rates, and there must be at least 21 days between when a statement is mailed, and when the payment is due.

First date where all Major League Baseball players can report to spring training

The Third Circuit court of appeals has agreed to hear oral arguments today in the appeal by CBS-owned television stations of their $550,000 indecency fine by the FCC for the Janet Jackson exposure during the 2004 Super Bowl.

In Nashville, the 2010 Country Radio Seminar begins.

New home sales for January released

Durable goods orders for January released

Gross Domestic Product, as well as existing home sales figures released

FOX-TV with the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards from Los Angeles.

South Korea hosts a G20 meeting in the port city of Incheon to discuss issues pertaining to the global economic recovery.

Closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada