Calendar
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New Year's Day
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5
6
7
8
Inventor Louis
Braille's Birthday
(1809)
National Bird Day
Telegraph First
Demonstrated
(1838)
U.S. Hydrogen
Bomb Revealed
(1953)
Elvis Presley's
Birthday
(1935)
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3
J.R.R. Tolkien's
Birthday
(1892)
Science Fiction Day
9
Static Electricity Day
10
Oil Discovered
in Texas
(1901)
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12
13
14
15
16
17
Amelia Earhart
Flew Solo Across
Pacific
(1935)
Clean Off Your
Desk Day
Author James
Joyce Died
(1941)
Revolutionary
War Ended
(1784)
Hat Day
Martin Luther
King's Birthday
(1929)
Operation Desert
Storm Announced
(1991)
Ben Franklin's
Birthday
(1706)
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20
21
22
23
24
World Religion Day
Martin Luther King Day
MLK Day
Celebrated as
Federal Holiday
(1986)
First Atomic
Submarine
Launched
(1954)
Madeleine Albright
becomes first
female Secretary
of State (1997)
Handwriting
Day
Compliment
Day
Popcorn Day (Jan. 19-23)
No Name-Calling Week
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29
30
31
First Winter
Olympics
(1924)
Australia
Day
Composer
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart's
Birthday (1756)
Challenger Shuttle
Exploded
(1986)
Puzzle Day
"Blue Suede Shoes"
Recorded
(1956)
Jackie
Robinson's
Birthday
(1919)
Observances & Fun Facts
Fruit & Vegies for the Month of January:
January 2015 is Observed as:
• National Mentoring Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness
• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• Birth Defects Prevention Month
Birthstone: Garnet
• Tangerines
• Dried Cranberries
• Sun Dried Tomatoes
• Raisins
• Yucca Root
• Jicama
• Sunchoke
• Taro Root
• Water Chestnut
January Flower:
Carnation
Astrological Signs :
Capricorn (till 19th) & Aquarius (20th)