• National Soup Month
• National Meat Month
• National Hot Tea Month
• National Oatmeal Month
• Be Kind To Food Servers Month
• National Train Your Dog Month
• Adopt A Rescued Bird Month
• National Clean Up Your Computer Month
• National Braille Literacy Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• National Stalking Awareness Month
• National Hobby Month
• National Polka Music Month
• National Skating Month

January Special Days

• January 2 — World Introvert Day, National Buffet Day, National Cream Puff Day, National Personal Trainer Awareness Day, National Science Fiction Day
• January 4 — National Spaghetti Day, World Braille Day, World Hypnotism Day
• January 5 — National Bird Day, National Whipped Cream Day
• January 6 — Bean Day, Cuddle Up Day, National Shortbread Day
• January 7 — National Bobblehead Day
• January 8 — National Bubble Bath Day, National Argyle Day
• January 9 — National Apricot Day, National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
• January 10 — Houseplant Appreciation Day, Bittersweet Chocolate Day, National Clean Off Your Desk Day
• January 11 — Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day, Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend’s Day, National Milk Day, National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness
• January 12 — National Hot Tea Day, National Pharmacist Day, National Kiss A Ginger Day, National Take the Stairs Day
• January 13 — Make Your Dreams Come True Day, National Rubber Duckie Day, Korean American Day, National Sticker Day
• January 14 — National Dress Up Your Pet Day
• January 15 — National Bagel Day, National Hat Day
• January 15 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• January 16 — Appreciate a Dragon Day, National Nothing Day
• January 17 — Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day
• January 20 — National Cheese Lover Day, Penguin Awareness Day
• January 21 — National Hugging Day, Squirrel Appreciation Day
• January 23 — National Pie Day, National Handwriting Day, Measure Your Feet Day
• January 24 — Beer Can Appreciation Day, Compliment Day, Global Belly Laugh Day, National Peanut Butter Day
• January 25 — Opposite Day, National Irish Coffee Day
• January 26 — National Spouse’s Day, National Green Juice Day
• January 27 — National Chocolate Cake Day
• January 28 — Fun at Work Day, National Kazoo Day
• January 29 — National Puzzle Day
• January 30 — National Croissant Day, National Draw a Dinosaur Day
• January 31 — National Hot Chocolate Day, National Backward Day, Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
• Happy celebrating!

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1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the U.S.

1788 – Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States.

1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.

1848 – The first commercial bank was established in San Francisco, CA.

1861 – The state of Mississippi seceded from the United States.

1894 – The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation in Lexington, MA.

1902 – New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.

1905 – In Russia, the civil disturbances known as the Revolution of 1905 forced Czar Nicholas II to grant some civil rights.

1929 – The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company’s purpose was to train dogs to guide the blind.

1936 – The United States Army adopted the semi-automatic rifle.

1937 – The first issue of “Look” went on sale. Within a month, “Look” became a biweekly magazine.

1940 – Television was used for the first time to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.

1951 – The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.

1961 – The play, “Rhinoceros,” opened on Broadway.

1969 – The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.

1972 – The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.

1972 – British miners went on strike for the first time since 1926.

1981 – Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, announced that he would retire as a hockey player after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres hockey game. The game ended in a tie. (NHL)

1984 – Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the “Where’s the Beef?” commercial campaign for Wendy’s.

1986 – Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years due to a loss in a court battle that claimed that Kodak copied Polaroid patents.

1991 – U.S. secretary of state Baker and Iraqi foreign minister Aziz met for 61/2 hours in Geneva, but failed to reach any agreement that would forestall war in the Persian Gulf.

1995 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakov, 51, completed his 366th day in outer space aboard the Mir space station, breaking the record for the longest continuous time spent in outer space.

1997 – Tamil rebels attacked a military base in Sri Lanka. 200 soldiers and 140 rebels were killed.

2000 – ABC-TV began airing “The Mole.”

2002 – The U.S. Justice Department announced that it was pursuing a criminal investigation of Enron Corp. The company had filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001.

2003 – Archaeologists announced that they had found five more chambers in the tomb of Qin Shihuang, China’s first emperor. The rooms were believed to cover about 750,000 square feet.

2006 – Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a dual ceremony.

2007 – Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.’s CEO, announced the first generation iPhone.

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