Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances
January is named for the Roman
god Janus, protector of gates and doorways. Janus is depecited with two faces,
one looking into the past, the other into the future.
Stone = Garnet Flower
= Carnation
How Holidays Begin and How
to Start One.
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January 2024 Monthly Holidays
Adopt A Rescued Bird Month
Link
Bath Safety Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Birth Defects Month
Link
Black Diamond Month
Link
Book Blitz
Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
LinkCarnival Season: Jan. 6-
March 1
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
LinkChildren Impacted By Parent's
Cancer Month
Clap 4 Health Month
Financial Wellness Month
Get A Balanced
Life Month
Get Organized Month
Ginuary
Link
LinkInternational Brain Teaser Month
International
Change Your Stars Month
LinkInternational Child-Centered Divorce Month
International Creativity
Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International
Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth
Mentality Month
Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
LinkManuary
Menudo Month
LinkNational Be On-Purpose Month
National Braille Literacy Month
LinkNational Cheesy Sock Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Codependency Awareness Month
Link
National Conscience Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot
Tea Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Mentoring Month
LinkNational
Opticians Month
LinkNational Personal
Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Personal Trainer Awareness Month
LinkNational Polka Music Month
Link
Link
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Soup Month
Link
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
LinkNational Stalking Awareness Month
LinkNational Sunday Supper Month
LinkNational Volunteer Blood Donor Month
LinkOatmeal Month
LinkSelf-help Group Awareness Month
Self-Love Month
Shape Up US
Month
Teen Driving Awareness Month
Train Your Dog Month
Link
Link
Thyroid Awareness Month
Link
Unchain A
Dog Month
Link
Walk Your Pet Month
Link
Link
World Introvert Month
Link
Worldwide Rising Star Month
January 2024 Weekly Holidays
*Diet Resolution Week: 1-7
No Tillage Week: 1-5
*Silent Record Week: 1-7
*Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8
Carnival: 6-2/13
National Folic Acid Awareness Week: 6-12
(First Full Wk.)
LinkNational Personal
Trainer Awareness Week: 6-13 (Starts first Saturday
Dating &
Life Coaches Recognition Week: 7-13
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week:
7-13
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 7-13
(Note: Usually week of his birthday on Jan. 8.)
Home Office Safety and
Security Week: 7-13 (2nd Full Wk.)
National Mocktail Week: 7-13 (Second
Week)
International Consummer Electronics Show: 9-12
National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 10-14
Link*Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 13-21
Link
(Starts 2nd Saturday through following Sunday.)
Healthy Weight Week:
14-20
(Third Week)
Hunt For Happiness Week: 14-20
(Third Full Week)
Idiom Week: 14-20
Sugar Awareness Week: 14-20 (3rd Work Week)
No Name Calling Week:
15-19
Link
*National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23
*Week of Christian
Unity: 18-25
Sundance Film Festival: 18-28
Clean Out Your Inbox Week:
21-27 (Last Business Week)
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthetists) Week: 21-27 (Last
Full Week)
National Handwriting Analysis Week: 21-27
(Always has John Hancock's birthday 1/23)
National School Choice Week: 21-27
Link (Last
Full Week)
Snowcare for Troops Week: 21-27
National Activity Professionals
Week: 21-27 (Fourth Full Week)
Link
National Medical Group Practice Week: 22-27 (Starts 4th Monday)
International Hoof-Care Week: 23-26
Link
National Mentoring Summit: 24-26
Link
Angouleme International Comics Festival: 25-28
Link
Cordova Ice Worm Days: 27-2/3
Link
Catholic Schools Week: 28-2/3 (Begins on Last Sunday)
Data Privacy Week: 28-2/3
Link
(Always has 28th in it. Data Privacy Day)
Meat Week: 28-2/3 (Begins on Last Sunday)
National Anesthesiologists Week: 28-2/3
Link
January 2024 Daily Holidays
*Copyright Law Day: 1
Divorce Monday: 1
Link (First Monday of year which is when most feel
that divorces are filed.)
*Ellis Island Day: 1
*Euro Day: 1
*First Foot
Day: 1 Link
*Global
Family Day: 1 Link
Handsel Day: 1
Link (First Monday)
*Humane Day: 1 Link
*Mummer's
Parade: 1
National "Thank God It's Monday" Day: 1 (First Monday of the year.)
*New Years Day: 1
*New Year's Dishonor List Day: 1
*Polar Bear
Plunge or Swim Day: 1
Link
(Cony Island NY & Vancouver, BC)
*Public
Domain Day: 1 Link
Rose Bowl Game:
1
Tournament of Roses Parade Day: 1
*World Day of Peace: 1
Link
*Z Day: 1
*55-MPH Speed Limit Day: 2
Earth at Perhelion: 2 @ 7:38 pm
Link
*Happy Mew Year for
Cats Day: 2 Link
*National Buffet Day: 2
Link
*National Motivation and Inspiration Day: 2
Link
*National Personal Trainer Awareness Day: 2
*National Science Fiction Day: 2
Link
National Weigh-In Day: 2 (Always First Monday
after New Years)
*Pet Travel and Safety Day: 2
St. Basil's Day: 2
*Stop Spam Day: 2
Link
*World Introvert Day: 2
Link
*Drinking Straw Day: 3
*Festival of Sleep Day: 3
Link
*J.R.R. Tolkien Day: 3
*Memento Mori "Remember You Die" Day: 3
Link
*National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day: 3
Link
Congress Assembles: 4 (Unless it's on a weekend,
then following Monday)
*Dimpled Chad Day: 4
Link
*Pop Music Chart Day: 4
*Tom Thumb Day: 4
*Trivia Day: 4
*World Braille Day: 4
Link
*World Hypnotism
Day: 4 Link
*Kappa Alpha Psi Day: 5
*National Bird Day: 5 Link
*National Keto Day: 5
Link
*National Screenwriters
Day: 5
*Monopoly
Game Day: 5
Link
(See also Feb. 6)
*Twelfth Night: 5
*Whipped
Cream Day: 5
Link
*Armenian Christmas: 6
*Bean Day: 6
*Epiphany: 6
*I Am A Mentor Day: 6
Link
*National Bean Day: 6
Link
National Play Outside Day: 6 Link
(First Saturday)
*National Shortbread Day: 6
Link
*National Technology Day: 6
Link
*Three
Kings Day: 6
*Harlem Globetrotter's Day: 7
*I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day:
7
*International Programmers Day: 7
*Invisible Pain Day: 7
*Old Rock Day: 7
Link
*Orthodox Christmas: 7
*National Bobblehead Day: 7
Link
*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 Career Coach Day: 8
Link
National Clean Off Your Desk Day:
8
(2nd Monday)
*National Joy Germ Day: 8
*National Winter Skin Relief Day: 8
Link
Plough Monday: 8
Link (First Monday After Jan. 6)
*Show and Tell Day at Work: 8 Link
*War on Poverty Day: 8
*World Typing
Day: 8 Link
*Balloon Ascension Day: 9
Link
*Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: 9
Link
Link
*National Cassoulet Day: 9
National Poetry at Work Day: 9 (2nd Tuesday)
*National Static Electricity
Day: 9 Link
No Pants Subway Ride Day: 9
Link
*Panama's Martyr Day: 9
Link
*Phi
Beta Sigma Day: 9
*Play God Day: 9
Link (Do something nice for someone)
National Shop For Travel Day: 9 (2nd Tuesday)
Link
*Houseplant Appreciation Day: 10
Link ( International Plant Appreciation Day is April 13)
*League of Nations Day: 10
*National Booch (Kombucha) Day: 10
Link
*National Cut Your Energy Costs Day: 10
*National Oysters Rockefeller Day: 10
Link
*National Save The Eagles Day: 10
Link
*Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day: 11
*Girl Hug Boy
Day: 11
*Heritage Treasures Day: 11
Link
*Learn Your Name
in Morse Code Day: 11 Link
*National
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: 11
Link
*National Milk Day: 11
Link (Note: World Milk Day is June 1)
*World Sketchnote Day: 11
Link
Data Innovation Day: 12 Link
*Kiss A Ginger Day: 12
Link (Red Heads)
*National Hot Tea Day:
12
*National Pharmacist Day: 12
Link (Note: World Pharmacists Day is September 25)
*Delta Sigma Theta Day: 13
Eagle Day: 13 (2nd
Saturday)
*Korean American Day: 13
Link
*Make Your
Dream Come True Day: 13 Link
*National Sticker Day: 13
Link
National Vision Board Day:
13 (2nd Saturday)
*Public Radio Broadcasting Day: 13
*Rubber Ducky Day: 13
(According to a 1973 Calendar, this is Rubber Ducky's
Birthday. But, others say it's February 25, the date Rubber Ducky first appeared
on Sesame Street. I also have it
below on Jan. 28 for Ernie's birthday.
It's boggling.)
*Stephen Foster Day: 13
*Caesarean Section Day: 14
*Dress Up Your Pet Day: 14
Link
*International Kite Day: 14
National Sunday Supper Day: 14 Link (2nd
Sunday)
*Organize Your Home Day: 14
Link
*Ratification Day: 14
*World Logic Day: 14
*Alpha Kappa Alpha Day: 15
Blue Monday: 15
(3rd Monday)
Link
*Humanitarian Day: 15
(Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. Started in 2009)
by a committee for King Days of Respect. Different than World Humanitarian Day
in August.)
Martin Luther King Day: 15 (3rd Monday)
National
Crowd Feed Day: 15 (Always on Martin Luther
King Day)
National Day of Service: 15
Link
(3rd Monday)
*National Bagel Day: 15
Link
(Note: Bagelfest Day is July 26)
*National
Hat Day: 15
*National Kombucha Day: 15
Link (Note: World Kombucha Day is February 21)
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day: 15 (3rd
Monday)
Robert E. Lee Day: 15
Link
(3rd Monday)
*Thank Your Mentor Day: 15
Link
*Appreciate A Dragon Day: 16
*Civil Service Day: 16
*Fig Newton Day: 16
Link
Link
*National Nothing Day: 16
*National Quinoa Day: 16
*Religious Freedom Day: 16 Link
*Without A Scalpel Day: 16
Link
Link
*Zeta Phi Beta Day: 16
*Cable Car Day: 17
*Hot Heads
Chili Days: 17-18
*International Mentoring Day: 17
Link (Muhammad Ali's birthday)
*Judgment Day: 17 Link
*Kid Inventors' Day: 17
*National Bootleggers
Day: 17
*Popeye Day: 17
*National Rye Whiskey Day: 17
Link
Get
to Know Your Customers Day: 18 ( January 18, April 18, July 18 and October 17 = 3rd Thurs. of Each Quarter)
*Pooh (Winnie
The) Day: 18
*Thesaurus Day: 18
Link
Women's Healthy Weight Day: 18 ( Thursday
of 3rd Full Week aka Healthy Weight Week)
Hat Day: 19 (3rd Friday)
International Fetish Day: 19
(3rd Friday)
*Popcorn Day: 19 Link
(Alternate date: Super Bowl Sunday)
*Tin
Can Day: 19
*World Day of Migrants
and Refugees: 19
*World Quark Day: 19 Link
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 20-22
*Camcorder Day:
20
*Inauguration Day: 20
*International Day of Acceptances: 20
Link
*National Cheese Lovers Day: 20
*National Disc Jockey
Day: 20 Link Link
National Use Your Gift Card Day: 20 (3rd
Saturday) Link
*Penguin Awareness Day: 20
Link
*Tech Day: 20
Link
Celebration of Life Day: 21
(Sunday of Last Full Wk.)
*International Sweatpants Day: 21
*National Cheesy Socks
Day: 21
*National Hugging Day: 21
Link
(also May 27)
*National Hug Your Puppy
Day: 21
*National Hyalluronic Acid Day: 21
Link
National Sanctity of
Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day): 21
(3rd Sunday) Link
World Religion Day: 21
Link
(3rd Sunday)
World Snow Day: 21
Link (3rd
Sunday)
*Answer Your Cat's Questions Day:
Link
*National Polka Dot Day: 22
Link
*Roe vs. Wade
Day: 22
*Sanctity of Human Life Day: 22
Link
World Scotch Pie Day: 22 ? Link
*Maternal Health Awareness Day: 23
Link
*National Handwriting Day: 23
Link
*National Pie Day: 23 Link
Link (Not to be confused with Pi Day on March
14)
*Paul Pitcher Day: 23
Link
*Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day: 23
Link
*Beer Can Day: 24
Link
Link
*Belly Laugh Day: 24
*International Day of Education: 24
*International Mobile Phone Recycling Day: 24
Link
Library Shelfie Day: 24 Link
(4th Wednesday)
*National Compliment Day: 24
*National Peanut Butter Day: 24
Link
*Talk Like A Grizzled
Prospector Day: 24
Link
Tu B'Shavat: 24-25
*World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture: 24
*A Room of One's Own Day: 25 Link
*Macintosh Computer Day: 25
Link
(Note: On Jan. 22, 1984 in a Super
Bowl ad the Macintosh got introduced. Steve Jobs then presented it to the world
on Jan. 24, 1984 and it went on sale to the public the next day on Jan. 25, 1984.
There is a big 30th Anniversary event on Jan. 25, 2014. Since Apple considers
Jan. 25 the anniversary day for celebration, this is why I am listing
it on the 25th also and not the other dates. )
*National Irish Coffee Day:
25 (Also observed on March 17)
*Opposite
Day: 25 Link
*Robert
Burns Day: 25
Link Link
*Clashing Clothes Day: 26
*Dental Drill Appreciation Day: 26
Fun at Work Day: 26
(Last Friday)
*International Customs Day: 26
Link
*Lotus 1-2-3 Day: 26
National Big Wig Day: 26
Link
(Last Friday)
*National Green
Juice Day: 26
Link
*National Peanut Brittle Day: 26 Link
National Pre-school Fitness Day: 26 (Last Friday)
Link
*Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26
*Auschwitz Liberation Day: 27
Fruitcake
Toss Day: 27
(Last Saturday)
Link
*Holocaust Memorial Day: 27
*International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust:
27 Link
*International Port
Wine Day: 27
Link
Local Quilt Shop Day: 27
(4th Saturday)
*National Geographic Day: 27
National Seed Swap Day:
27 (Last Saturday)
*Thomas Crapper Day: 27
*Viet Nam Peace Day: 27
*World Breast Pumping Day: 27
Link
*Data Privacy Day: 28
Link
*Global Community Engagement Day: 28
Link
National Bible
Sunday: 28 (4th Sunday)
*National Kazoo Day: 28
Link
*National Pediatrician
Day: 28
*National Gift of The Lady Bug Day: 28
Link
*Rubber Ducky Day: 28
Link Link
(Also here due to Sesame Street saying it's
on the 28th. Because the general belief is that this is on Ernie's birthday.
So, there are 3 dates for this. Rather boggling.)
*Thank A Plugin
Developer Day: 28
Link
World Leprosy Day: 28
(Last Sunday)
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: 29 (Always Last Monday)
Link
*Curmudgeons Day: 29
*Freethinkers Day:
29
*National Puzzle Day: 29
*Seeing Eye Dog Day:
29
*Thomas Paine Day: 29
A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day: 30 (Last Tuesday)
*Croissant Day: 30 Link
*National Inane Answering Message Day: 30
Link
National Plan For A Vacation Day: 30
Link (Last
Tuesday)
*Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day: 31
*Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31
*Street
Children Day: 31 Link
Link
(Note: Different than one on April 12)
January 2024 Moon
Phases
Current Moon View
as of today
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133
NFuLast Qtr.
10:32 pm EST
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11 FNNew Moon
6:58 am EST
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17 NFirst Qtr.
10:53 pm EST
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25
Full Moon 12:54
pm EST
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Full Moon on the 25th 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.
January 3-4: The
Quadrantids Meteor Shower is suppose to produce about 40 meteors per hour.
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