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“No one ever regards the first of January with indifference.” ~Charles Lamb

Knowledge House Guide to
HOLIDAYS & SPECIAL DAYS

<December | Intro | February>

January is...

  • Bread Machine Baking Month
  • National Hobby Month
  • National Soup Month
  • National Candy Month
  • National Hot Tea Month
  • National Meat Month
  • National Oatmeal Month
  • National Soup Month
  • National Slow Cooker Month
  • National Wheat Bread Month
  • Chinese New Year*
    (second new moon after winter solstice)
  • Lee-Jackson Day (Virginia)*
    (Friday before the third Monday in January)

JANUARY CALENDAR
1 New Year's Day
Paul Revere's Birthday (1735)
Betsy Ross' Birthday (1752)
Emancipation Proclamation Effective (1863)
Public Domain Day


2 Isaac Asimov's Birthday (1920)

3 J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday (1892)
Alaska Statehood Day (1959)
National Spaghetti Day


4 Isaac Newton's Birthday (1643)
Jacob Grimm's Birthday (1785)


5 Twelfth Night
Trivia Day


6 Epiphany

7 Old Orthodox Christmas (Julian Calendar)

8 Women's Day (Greece)
Jim Elliot martyred by natives in Ecuador (1956)


9 First Manned Balloon Flight (Philadelphia, 1793)

10 National Bittersweet Chocolate Day

11 U.S. Surgeon General Declares Cigarettes Hazardous (1964)

12 John Hancock's Birthday (1737)

13 Stephen Foster Memorial Day
Coming-of-Age Day (Japan)


14 Treaty of Paris ratified by the Continental Congress, officially ending the American Revolution (1784)

15 Wilson Bentley Took the First Snowflake Photograph (1885)
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (1929)


16 Religious Freedom Day
Persian Gulf War Anniversary (1991)


17 Benjamin Franklin's Birthday (1706)
Operation Desert Storm Begins (1991)


18 Winnie the Pooh Day
A.A. Milne's Birthday (1882)


19 Confederate Heroes Day
National Popcorn Day


20 Presidential Inauguration Day (every 4th year)
Camcorder Anniversary (1982)


21 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day* (third Monday in January)

22 National Compliment Day
No Name-Calling Week*


23 National Handwriting Day

24 Gold Discovered in California (Sutter's Mill, 1848)

25 Apple Macintosh Computer Anniversary (1984)

26 Australia Day

27 Chocolate Cake Day
Mozart's Birthday (1756)
Lewis Carroll's Birthday (1832)


28 Blueberry Pancake Day
Lego Brick Anniversary (1958)
Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster (1986)


29 National Puzzle Day

30 National Croissant Day

31 Valkyries' Day (Norse)

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*These dates change from year to year; check current calendar.
(National Days are American holidays unless stated otherwise.)

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