2012
Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances

Stone= Garnet        Flower= Carnation

The History of New Years Eve and New Year's Day The History of the Mummers Parade + Cartoon Fun   History of the Tournament of Roses Parade & Cartoon Fun   History of the Rose Bowl Game & Cartoon Fun The History of Twelfth Night & Cartoon Fun The History of Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday & Cartoon Fun Miss America Pageant History and Cartoon Fun The History of the Hopi ( Bean Sprout) Powamu Festival The History of the Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony & Cartoon Fun   If you want "On This Day" in History information, go to The History Channel!  They've got the best resource on the net. Want to know if anyone famous was born today? Visit Famous Birthdays! A great source of  past Song Hit of The Day is Bob Dearborn's Disc Jockey site. Just log in any day on a search engine, and Wikipedia tells you both birthdays, events, etc. for it. Because dates are tentative and also change a lot, I'm not going to  list the Indian Tribal Gatherings per month.  But, here's a link to all the Indian  PowWows for the entire year! Special thanks to Chris Sodini for letting me know about No Name Calling Week. Special thanks to Pam Hennessy for letting me know about Bird Day. Special thanks to Sonjia Bradshaw for letting me know about A LOT of observances! Special thanks to Eric Cornell for letting me know about Nat'l Activity Professional Week. Special thanks to Elaine Carter for letting me know about Celebration of Life Week and Universal Letter Writing Week Thanks to Liesl Anderson for letting me know about World Hypnotism Day. Thanks to Dan Loomis for letting me  know about International Programmers' Day Thanks to Nicole Dooley for letting me know about Panama Martyr Day. Thanks to Kimberly Adkins for letting me know about "National Activity Professionals Week." Thanks to Kit Singleton for letting me know about "Thank a Plugin Developer Day." Thanks to Jeff Veverka for letting me know about National Polka Music Month. Thanks to Dawn Weyde for letting me know about Popcorn Day. Thanks to Chris Jepsen for letting me know about "Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day." Thanks to Scott Heiner for letting me know about Kazoo Day. Thanks to Roger W. Hancock for letting me know about Robert E. Lee Day. Thanks to Holly Craw for letting me know about Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month and Awareness Day. Thanks to Lisa Nusbaum for letting me know about Squirrel Appreciation Day.

 

January Monthly Observances

Apple and Apricots Month Link
Artichoke and Asparagus Month Link
Bath Safety Month Link
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Birth Defects Month Link
Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Carnival Season (1/6 to 2/21/)
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Cancer Screening Month Link
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
International Change Your Stars Month
International Creativity Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
National Be On-Purpose Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Mentoring Month  Link
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Link
National Stalking Awareness Month Link
National Polka Music Month Link
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Soup Month Link
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month Link
Oatmeal Month
Rising Star Month Link
Self-help Group Awareness Month
Self-Love Month
Shape Up US Month
Tubers and Dried Fruit Month Link
Thyroid Awareness Month Link

January Weekly Observances

Celebration of Life Week: 1-7 Link
*Diet Resolution Week: 1-7 
*Silent Record Week: 1-7
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 1-8
*Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8
New Year's Resolutions Week: 2-8
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 5-8 (Note: This is at Graceland. His birthday is officially Jan. 8.)
Women's Self Empowerment Week: 5-9
*Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14 Link
Home Office Safety and Security Week: 8-14
National Vocation Awareness Week: 9-15 (?) Link
International Consumers Electronics Show: 10-13
*Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17
National No-Tillage Week Conference: 11-14
National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 11-15
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 15-21 Link
Healthy Weight Week: 15-21
International Printing Week: 16-22 (?)
*National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23
*Week of Christian Unity: 18-25
Sundance Film Festival: 20-30
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 21-22
World Leprosy Week: 21-27 Link
National Activity Professionals Week: 22-28  Link
KidFilm Festival: 22-25
National Nurse Anesthetists Week: 22-28
Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 23-27
*National Handwriting Analysis Week: 23-29
National Medical Group Practice Week: 23-27
National Nuclear Science Week: 23-27
No Name Calling Week: 23-27 Link
National Take Back Your Time Week: 25-29 (?)
Catholic Schools Week: 29-2/5
Meat Week: 29-2/5
Intimate Apparel Week: 29-2/2
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week: 30-2/4
International Hoof Care Week: 31-2/3

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.

*Copyright Law Day: 1
*Ellis Island Day: 1
*Euro Day: 1
*Global Family Day: 1 Link
*First Foot Day: 1 Link
*Mummer's Parade: 1
*New Years Day: 1
*New Year's Dishonor List Day: 1
*Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day: 1 Link
*Saint Basil's Day: 1
*Z Day: 1
*National Buffet Day: 2 Link
Rose Bowl Game: 2
National Weigh-In Day: 2 (Always First Monday after New Years)  Link
"Thank God It's Monday" Day: 2
*Tournament of Roses Parade Day: 2
*Happy Mew Year for Cats Day: 2
National Motivation and Inspiration Day: 2 Link
*National Personal Trainer Awareness Day: 2 Link
*55-MPH Speed Limit Day: 2
*Drinking Straw Day: 3
*J.R.R. Tolkien Day: 3
*Memento Mori "Remember You Die" Day: 3
*National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day: 3 Link
*Dimpled Chad Day: 4
Earth at Perihelion: 4
*Pop Music Chart Day: 4
*Tom Thumb Day: 4
*Trivia Day: 4
*World Braille Day: 4  Link
*World Hypnotism Day: 4  Link
Asara B'Tevet: 5
*Bean Day:  5 Link
*Bird Day: 5 Link
*Epiphany or Twelfth Night: 6
*Three Kings Day: 6
*Harlem Globetrotter's Day: 7
*I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day: 7
*International Programmers' Day: 7 Link
Orthodox Christmas: 7
*National Tempura Day: 7 Link
Argyle Day: 8
*Bubble Bath Day: 8 Link
*Earth's Rotation Day: 8
*National English Toffee Day: 8  Link
*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 Link
National Clean Off Your Desk Day: 9 (2nd Monday)
*National Static Electricity Day: 9 Link
*Panama's Martyr Day: 9 Link
*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 Link
*National Human Trafficking Awareness Day: 11 Link
Blame Someone Else Day: 13 (Always on the first Friday the 13th of the year.)
Friday the 13th: 13
*Public Radio Broadcasting Day: 13
*Rubber Duckie Day: 13 Link
*Caesarean Section Day: 14
*Dress Up Your Pet Day: 14 Link
*Organize Your Home Day: 14 Link
*Ratification Day: 14
Miss America Pageant: 14
*Humanitarian Day: 15
World Religion Day: 15 Link
*Appreciate A Dragon Day: 16
Martin Luther King Day: 16 (Observed)
*Nothing Day: 16
Robert E. Lee Day: 16  (3rd Monday) Link
*Religious Freedom Day: 16 Link
*Cable Car Day: 17
*Hot Heads Chili Days: 17-18
*Judgment Day: 17
*Kid Inventors' Day:  17
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day: 17
Do Dah Parade Day: 18
*Pooh (Winnie The) Day: 18
*Thesaurus Day: 18 Link
*National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day): 18  Link
*Popcorn Day: 19 Link  (Alternate date: Super Bowl Sunday)
*Tin Can Day: 19
Get to Know Your Customers Day: 19 (also April 19, July 19 and October 18)
Women in Blue Jeans Day: 19-20 Link
Women's Healthy Weight Day: 19
*Camcorder Day: 20
*Inauguration Day: 20
*National Disc Jockey Day: 20 Link  or Link (Go to 1958)
International Fetish Day: 20
*National Hugging Day: 21 Link
AFRMA Fancy Rat & Mouse Day: 21
*Squirrel Appreciation Day: 21 Link (Different than Squirrel Awareness Month in October)
*Answer Your Cat's Questions Day: 22
*Celebration of Life Day: 22
*Roe vs. Wade Day: 22
Chinese New Year: 23 Link
*National Handwriting Day: 23
*National Pie Day: 23 Link
*Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day: 23
*Belly Laugh Day: 24 Link
*Beer Can Day: 24  Link
*National Compliment Day: 24
Rabi'I: 24
*Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day: 24  Link
*A Room of One's Own Day: 25
*Macintosh Computer Day: 25
World Leprosy Day: 25 Link
*Lotus 1-2-3 Day: 26
*National Peanut Brittle Day: 26 Link
*Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26
*Auschwitz Liberation Day: 27 Link
*Holocaust Memorial Day: 27 Link
*International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust: 27 Link
National Pre-school Fitness Day: 27 (Last Friday) Link
*Thomas Crapper Day: 27
*Viet Nam Peace Day: 27
Fun at Work Day: 27 (Last Friday)
*Data Privacy Day: 28 Link
*National Kazoo Day: 28 Link
National Seed Swap Day: 28 (Last Saturday)
*Thank A Plugin Developer Day: 28 Link
*Curmudgeons Day: 29
*Freethinkers Day: 29
*National Puzzle Day: 29 Link
*Seeing Eye Dog Day: 29
*Thomas Paine Day: 29
*Inane Answering Message Day: 30
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: 30 (Always Last Monday) Link and Link
*Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day: 31
*Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31

Full Moon on  the 9th  is called "Wolf Moon" by Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes
because at this time of the year, the wolves howl in hunger.

Moon Animation Credit

 

 

 
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