Happy New Year! It’s January, which means the beginning of the 12 months that will make up the year 2019. Besides a new calendar, there are lots of other fun and crazy holidays to celebrate in January.
Before we get started, let’s not forget about some of the month-long celebrations happening in January: National Oatmeal Month.
January Holidays!
- January 1: New Year’s Day
- January 2: Drinking Straw patented in 1888
- January 3: Fruitcake Toss Day; J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday (1892)
- January 4: Isaac Newton’s birthday; Louis Braille’s birthday (1809)
- January 5: National Nellie Ross, Wyoming, 1925)
- January 6: Dia de Reyes (Mexico)
- January 7: Old Rock Day
- January 8: Bubble Bath Day; Elvis Presley’s birthday (1935)
- January 9: National National Static Electricity Day
- January 10: First meeting of the United Nations (London, 1946)
- January 11: Milk Day
- January 12: National Pharmacist Day
- January 13: Rubber Duckie’s birthday (from Sesame Street)
- January 14: National Dress Up Your Pet Day
- January 15: First Super Bowl (Green Bay versus Kansas, 1967)
- January 16: National Nothing Day;
- January 17: Benjamin Franklin’s birthday (1706)
- January 18: Winnie the Pooh Day (in honor of A. A. Milne’s birthday (1882))
- January 19: Popcorn Day
- January 20: Cheese Day; Penguin Awareness Day
- January 21: National Hugging Day; Squirrel Appreciation Day; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 22: National Blonde Brownie Day
- January 23: Measure Your Feet Day; National Handwriting Day;
- January 24: Eskimo Pie patented (1922); Gold discovered in California (1848)
- January 25: Opposite Day
- January 26: Australia Day
- January 27: Chocolate Cake Day; Lewis Carroll’s birthday (1832)
- January 28: Ernie’s birthday; National Kazoo Day
- January 29: National Puzzle Day
- January 30: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday (1882)
- January 31: Backwards Day
January 21: Squirrel Appreciation Day
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What do you thik is the best holiday in January? Let us know!
