Month Long Observances

Eye Care Month

National Hobby Month

National Soup Month

National Staying Healthy Month

National Thank You Month

National Oatmeal Month

January 1st

Betsy Ross's Birthday
Born 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

Paul Revere's Birthday
Born in 1735.

January 2nd

Boo Boo Bear's Birthday
Yogi the Bear's little buddy.

Drinking Straw Patented on this day in 1888.

January 3rd

Festival Of Sleep Day

J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday
Born in 1892.

January 4th

Isaac Newton's Birthday

Jakob Grimm's Birthday
Born in 1785.

Louis Braille's Birthday
Born in 1809.

Trivia Day

January 5th

First Woman Governor Inaugurated
1925 inauguration of Nellie Ross as Wyoming's Governor.

National Bird Day

January 6th

Bean Day

Dia de Reyes
Celebrate in Mexico.

Epiphany

Sherlock Holmes' Birthday

January 7th

Old Rock Day

January 8th

Elvis Presley's Birthday
Born in 1935.

January 9th

National Apricot Day

National Static Electricity Day

January 10th

First Meeting of United Nations in London in 1946.

January 11th

Milk Day
Milk delivered in bottles for the first time in 1878.

Secret Pal Day

January 12th

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 17th

Benjamin Franklin's Birthday
Born in 1706.

Shari Lewis' Birthday
Born in 1934.

January 18th

Hat Day
Third Friday in January.

Winnie the Pooh Day

A.A. Milne's Birthday.
Born in 1882.

January 19th

Popcorn Day

January 20th

Cheese Day

Inauguration 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

January 22nd

National Blonde Brownie Day

January 23rd

Measure Your Feet Day

National Handwriting Day

January 24th

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

Holocaust Memorial Day
Celebrated in the UK.

Lewis Carroll's Birthday
Born in 1832.

January 28th

Ernie's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.

January 29th

National Puzzle Day

January 30th

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday
Born in 1882.

January 31st

Backwards Day

Jackie Robinson's Birthday
Born in 1919.

National Kazoo Day
Usually celebrated on the last Thursday of January.

• healthy [´helθi] a.健康的 (初中英语单词)
• governor [´gʌvənə] n.总督；州长 (初中英语单词)
• celebrate [´selibreit] vt.庆祝；表扬；赞美 (初中英语单词)
• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)
• celebrated [´selibreitid] a.著名的 (初中英语单词)
• handwriting [´hænd,raitiŋ] n.笔迹；书法 (初中英语单词)
• california [,kæli´fɔ:njə] n.加利福尼亚 (初中英语单词)
• puzzle [´pʌzl] n.迷(惑) v.(使)迷惑 (初中英语单词)
• electricity [i,lek´trisiti] n.电；电学；电流 (高中英语单词)
• kansas [´kænzəs] n.堪萨斯(州) (高中英语单词)
• memorial [mi´mɔ:riəl] a.纪念的 n.纪念物 (高中英语单词)
• apricot [´eiprikɔt] n.杏(树)；杏黄色 (英语四级单词)
• brownie [´brauni] n.小精灵 (英语四级单词)
• oatmeal [´əutmi:l] n.燕麦片；燕麦粥 (英语六级单词)
• inauguration [inɔ:gju´reiʃ(ə)n] n.开幕仪式；就职典礼 (英语六级单词)
• sydney [´sidni] n.悉尼 (英语六级单词)