JANUARY DAILY OBSERVANCES

NOTE: An * in front of the day means that the observance is on the same date every year regardless of the day it falls on.

EVERY DAY IS A CELEBRATION !!!!!

*Copyright Law Day: 1
Commitment Day: 1
*Ellis Island Day: 1
*Euro Day: 1
*First Foot Day: 1
*Global Family Day: 1
*Mummer’s Parade: 1
*New Years Day: 1
*New Year’s Dishonor List Day: 1
*Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day: 1 (Coney Island, NY)
Rose Bowl Game: 1
*Saint Basil’s Day: 1
*Tournament of Roses Parade Day: 1
*Z Day: 1
*55-MPH Speed Limit Day: 2
*Happy Mew Year for Cats Day: 2
*National Buffet Day: 2
*National Motivation and Inspiration Day: 2
*National Personal Trainer Awareness Day: 2
*National Science Fiction Day: 2
Rabi’i: 2
*Drinking Straw Day: 3
*J.R.R. Tolkien Day: 3
*Memento Mori “Remember You Die” Day: 3
*National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day: 3
*Dimpled Chad Day: 4
Earth at Perihelion: 4
*Pop Music Chart Day: 4
*Tom Thumb Day: 4
*Trivia Day: 4
*World Braille Day: 4
*World Hypnotism Day: 4
*Bean Day: 5
*Bird Day: 5
*Epiphany or Twelfth Night: 6
National Weigh-In Day: 6 (Always First Monday after New Years)
“Thank God It’s Monday” Day: 6
*Three Kings Day: 6
*Harlem Globetrotter’s Day: 7
*I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day: 7
*International Programmers’ Day: 7
*Orthodox Christmas: 7
*National Tempura Day: 7
*Argyle Day: 8
*Bubble Bath Day: 8
*Earth’s Rotation Day: 8
*National English Toffee Day: 8
*Midwife’s Day or Women’s Day: 8
*National Joy Germ Day: 8
*Show and Tell Day at Work: 8
*War on Poverty Day: 8
*Balloon Ascension Day: 9
*National Static Electricity Day: 9
*Panama’s Martyr Day: 9
*National Cut Your Energy Costs Day: 10
*League of Nations Day: 10
*Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day: 11
*Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day: 11
*National Human Trafficking Awareness Day: 11
Fruitcake Toss Day: 11
National Clean Off Your Desk Day: 13 (2nd Monday)
*Public Radio Broadcasting Day: 13
*Rubber Duckie Day: 13
*Stephen Foster Day: 13
*Caesarean Section Day: 14
*Dress Up Your Pet Day: 14
National Poetry at Work Day: 14 (2nd Tuesday)
*Organize Your Home Day: 14
*Ratification Day: 14
*Humanitarian Day: 15
*Appreciate A Dragon Day: 16
Get to Know Your Customers Day: 16
*Nothing Day: 16
*Religious Freedom Day: 16
Tu B’shuvat: 16
Women in Blue Jeans Day: 16-17
*Cable Car Day: 17
*Hot Heads Chili Days: 17-18
International Fetish Day: 17 (3rd Friday)
*Judgment Day: 17
*Kid Inventors’ Day: 17
Polar Bear Swim: 18
*Pooh (Winnie The) Day: 18
*Thesaurus Day: 18
*National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day): 18
Martin Luther King Day: 20 (Observed)
*Popcorn Day: 19 (Alternate date: Super Bowl Sunday)
*Tin Can Day: 19
World Religion Day: 19 (3rd Sunday)
National Day of Service: 20
*Camcorder Day: 20
*Penguin Awareness Day: 20
*Inauguration Day: 20 (traditional) See 21st this year.
*National Disc Jockey Day: 20
Robert E. Lee Day: 20 (3rd Monday)
Inauguration Day: 21 (Observed)
*National Hugging Day: 21
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day: 21
*Squirrel Appreciation Day: 21
*Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day: 22
*Celebration of Life Day: 22
*Roe vs. Wade Day: 22
*National Handwriting Day: 23
*National Pie Day: 23
*Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day: 23
Women’s Healthy Weight Day: 23 (Last Thursday)
*Belly Laugh Day: 24
*Beer Can Day: 24
*National Compliment Day: 24
*National Peanut Butter Day: 24
*Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day: 24
AFRMA Fancy Rat & Mouse Day: 25
*A Room of One’s Own Day: 25
*Macintosh Computer Day: 25
*National Irish Coffee Day: 25 (Also observed on March 17)
National Seed Swap Day: 25 (Last Saturday)
*Robert Burns Day: 25
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day: 25
Grammy Awards: 26
*Lotus 1-2-3 Day: 26
*National Peanut Brittle Day: 26
*Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26
World Leprosy Day: 26
*Auschwitz Liberation Day: 27
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: 27 (Always Last Monday)
*Holocaust Memorial Day: 27
*International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust: 27
*Thomas Crapper Day: 27
*Viet Nam Peace Day: 27
*Data Privacy Day: 28
*National Kazoo Day: 28
*Thank A Plugin Developer Day: 28
*Curmudgeons Day: 29
*Freethinkers Day: 29
*National Puzzle Day: 29
*Seeing Eye Dog Day: 29
*Thomas Paine Day: 29
*Inane Answering Message Day: 30
*Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day: 31
Chinese New Year: 31 (Year of the Horse)
Fun at Work Day: 31 (Last Friday)
*Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31
National Pre-school Fitness Day: 31 (Last Friday)

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