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January
Month Long Observances
Eye Care Month
National Hobby Month
National Soup Month
National Staying Healthy Month
National Thank You Month
National Oatmeal Month
January 1st
Betsy Ross's Birthday
Born in 1752.
Ellis Island Aniversary
Ellis Island opened on this day in 1892.
Le Jour de l'An
French New Year
New Year's Day
Paul Revere's Birthday
Born in 1735.
January 2nd
Boo Boo Bear's Birthday
Yogi the Bear's little buddy.
Drinking Straw Patented on this day in 1888.
January 3rd
Festival Of Sleep Day
J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday
Born in 1892.
January 4th
Isaac Newton's Birthday
Jakob Grimm's Birthday
Born in 1785.
Louis Braille's Birthday
Born in 1809.
Trivia Day
January 5th
First Woman Governor Inaugurated
1925 inauguration of Nellie Ross as Wyoming's Governor.
National Bird Day
January 6th
Bean Day
Dia de Reyes
Celebrate in Mexico.
Epiphany
Sherlock Holmes' Birthday
January 7th
Old Rock Day
January 8th
Elvis Presley's Birthday
Born in 1935.
January 9th
National Apricot Day
National Static Electricity Day
January 10th
First Meeting of United Nations in London in 1946.
January 11th
Milk Day
Milk delivered in bottles for the first time in 1878.
Secret Pal Day
January 12th
Work Harder Day
January 13th
Make Your Dreams Come True Day
Poetry Break Day
Rubber Duckie's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.
January 14th
Coming of Age Day
Celebrated in Japan on the second Monday of January.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
January 15th
First Super Bowl played in 1967. Green Bay (35) defeated Kansas City (10).
January 16th
National Nothing Day
January 17th
Benjamin Franklin's Birthday
Born in 1706.
Shari Lewis' Birthday
Born in 1934.
January 18th
Hat Day
Third Friday in January.
Winnie the Pooh Day
A.A. Milne's Birthday.
Born in 1882.
January 19th
Popcorn Day
January 20th
Cheese Day
Inauguration Day
January 21st
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Honoring his birthday (born in 1929). It is observed on the Third Monday in January - the 21st in 2008.
National Hugging Day
January 22nd
National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23rd
Measure Your Feet Day
National Handwriting Day
January 24th
Eskimo Pie Patented by Christian Nelson in 1922.
Gold Discovered in California at Sutter's Mill in 1848.
January 25th
Burns Night celebrated in Scotland.
Opposite Day
January 26th
Australia Day
The day Sydney Australia was settled in 1778.
January 27th
Holocaust Memorial Day
Celebrated in the UK.
Lewis Carroll's Birthday
Born in 1832.
January 28th
Ernie's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.
January 29th
National Puzzle Day
January 30th
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday
Born in 1882.
January 31st
Backwards Day
Jackie Robinson's Birthday
Born in 1919.
National Kazoo Day
Usually celebrated on the last Thursday of January.
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