Month Long Observances:
- Eye Care Month
- Hot Tea Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Braille Literacy Month
- National Hobby Month
- National Soup Month
- National Staying Healthy Month
- National Thank You Month
January 1st
Betsy Ross's BirthdayBorn 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
January 2nd
Boo Boo Bear's Birthday - Yogi the Bear's little buddy.
Drinking Straw PatentedOn this day in 1888.
Run up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day
January 3rd
Festival Of Sleep Day
Fruitcake Toss Day
Humiliation Day
January 4th
Trivia Day
January 5th
First Woman Governor Inaugurated1925 - inauguration of Nellie Ross as Wyoming's Governor. National Bird Day
January 6th
Bean Day
Cuddle Up Day
Dia de Reyes - Celebrate in Mexico.
Epiphany
January 7th
Old Rock Day
January 8th
Bubble Bath Day
January 9th
National Apricot Day
National Static Electricity Day
January 10th
First Meeting of United Nations - In London in 1946.
Peculiar People Day
January 11th
Milk Day - Milk delivered in bottles for the first time in 1878.
Secret Pal Day
January 12th
National Pharmacist Day
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 18th
Hat Day - Third Friday in January.
Thesaurus Day
Winnie the Pooh Day - A.A. Milne's Birthday. Born in 1882.
January 19th
Popcorn Day
January 20th
Cheese Day
Inauguration Day
Penguin Awareness 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
Squirrel Appreciation Day
January 22nd
National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23rd
Measure Your Feet Day
National Handwriting Day
January 24th
Compliment Day
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
Chocolate Cake Day
Holocaust Memorial Day - Celebrated in the UK.
January 28th
Ernie's Birthday - Sesame Street Character.
January 29th
National Puzzle Day
January 31st
Backwards Day
National Kazoo Day - Usually celebrated on the last Thursday of January.
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