January

 
Fun Facts
  • Traditional birthstone: garnet
  • Mystical birthstone: emerald
  • Ayurvedic birthstone: garnet
  • Flower: white carnation
  • Chinese Floral Emblem: plum blossom
  • Sun Signs: Capricorn / Aquarius
Dates that vary from year to year
Weekly Observances
~Week 1~
  • Braille Literacy Week
  • Diet Resolution Week
  • National Law Enforcement Training Week
  • Universal Letter Writing Week
  • Universal Week of Prayer
 ~Week 2~
  • Healthy Weight Week
  • International Printing Week
  • International Toy Fair
  • National Book Week
  • National Bowling Week
  • National Pizza Week
~Week 3~
  • International Printing Week
  • National Thrift Week
  • Worldwide Kiwanis Week
~Week 4~
  • International Green Week
  • National Cross Country Skiing Week
  • National Glaucoma Week
  • National Handwriting Analysis Week
  • National Meat Week
Monthly Observances
Daily Observances

1 National Bloody Mary Day
New Yeas Day
St. Basil’s Day
2 Kakizone, Japan
National Cream Puff Day
National Science Fiction Day
St. Macarius’ Day
3 Hero’s Day, Haiti 
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
4 Braille Day
Flower Basket Day
Frost Fair on the Thames, London
National Spaghetti Day
5 Apple Howling Day
Epiphany Fair, Italy
National Whipped Cream Day
Twelfth Night
6 Befana
Dia de los Reyes Magos
Epiphany
National Shortbread Day
7 Ganna, Ethiopia
Nanakusa, Japan
National Tempura Day
8 National English Toffee Day
World Literacy Day
9 National Apricot Day
10 Geraint, Wales
League of Nations Day
National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
11 Kagami-biraki, Japan
Makra Sankrant
, India
National Hot Toddy Day
12 Makra Sankrant, India
National Marzipan Day
Working Woman’s Appreciation Day
13 Makra Sankrant, India
National Peach Melba Day
Silvesterklause, Switzerland
St. Knut’s Day
14 Cakes and Ale Day, UK
Narcissus Festival
Pongal, India
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
15 Humanitarian Day
Moliere Day, France
National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
16 Religious Freedom Day
National Fig Newton Day
St. Priscilla’s Day
17 World Religion Day
National Hot Buttered Rum Day
18 Winnie the Pooh Day
Thesaurus Day
Four an’ Twenty Day, Scotland
Carrot Festival
19 Champagne Day
National Popcorn Day
St. Wulfstan’s Day
20 Babin Den (Grandmother’s Day), Bulgaria
Basketball Day
National Buttercrunch Day
St. Sebastian’s Day
Penguin Awareness Day
21 National Hugging Day
St. Agnes’ Day
22 Dance of the 7 Veils Day
National Blonde Brownie Day
St. Vincent’s Day
Ukranian Day
23 Lichtenstein Foundation Day
National Pie Day
National Rhubarb Pie Day
24 Alactis Fair begins, Aymara Indians, Bolivia
National Peanut Butter Day
St. Babylas’ Day
25 Aukland Day, New Zealand
Dinner Party Day
National Irish Coffee Day
Observe the Weather Day
Robert Burns’ Night, Scotland, Newfoundland
26 Australia Day
National Peanut Brittle Day
27 National Chocolate Cake Day
St. Angela Merici’s Day
28 Daisy Day
National Kazoo Day
St. Charlemagne’s Day
Bald Eagle Day
National Blueberry Pancake Day
29 National Carnation Day
National Puzzle Day
National Corn Chip Day
30 Bloody Sunday, Northern Ireland
National Croissant Day
St. Bathild’s Day
31 St. John Bosco’s Day
Valkyries’ Day, Norse
Kitchen God Visits Heaven, China
National Brandy Alexander Day
National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise.
Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.
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