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January 2017

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Monthly Events:

Bald Eagle Watch Month
Bath Safety Month
Blended Family Month
Bread Machine Baking Month
Celebrate the Past Month
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Clean Up Your Computer Month
Clinical Trial Awareness Month
Coffee Gourmet International Month
Crime Stoppers Month
Everything's Possible Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Fat Free Living Month
Financial Wellness Month
Fireside Warmth Month
Heavyweight Boxers Month
Home Fire Safety Month
Human Resource Month
Independent Bookstore Month
International Creativity Month
International Get Over It Month
International Life Balance Month
International Quality of Life Month
International Printing Month
It's OK to be Different Month
Jump Out of Bed Month
Learn Spanish Month
Love Yourself Month
Mail Order Gardening Month
March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
Market Ability Month
National Be On-Purpose Month
National Book Blitz Month
National Candy Month
National Careers in Cosmetology Month
National Credit Awareness Month
National Eye Health Care Month
National Facial Tissues Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National High-Tech
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Letter Writing Month
National Lose Weight, Feel Great Month
National Mentoring Month
National Polka Month
National Radio Month
National Radon Action Month
National Retail Bakers Month
National Returns Month
National Save Your Money Day
National Skating Month
National Soup Month
National Stamp Collectors Month
National Staying Healthy Month
National Thank You Month
National Transformation Thinking Month
Oatmeal Month
Personal Self-Defense Month
Poverty in America Month
Prune Breakfast Month
Reaching Your Potential Month
Rising Star Month
Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Yours, Mine & Ours Month

Weekly Events:

Celebration of Life Week- Week On
Lose Weight, Feel Great Week - Week One 
Diet Resolution Week - Week One
Law Enforcement Training Week (Always the first full week of the year)- Week One
New Year's Resolutions Week - Week One
Women's Self Empowerment Week - Week One 
Celebrate the Circus Week - Week Two 
Home Office Safety and Security Week - Week Two
Universal Letter Writing Week- Week Two
National Thank-Your-Customers Week- Week Two
School Crossing Guard Week- Week Two
Special Education Week- Week Three
Cuckoo Dancing Week- Week Three
International Printing Week - Week Three
National Fresh Squeeze Juice Week- Week Three 
National Skating Week - Week Three
Healthy Weight Week- Week Four 
Hunt For Happiness Week - Week Four
National Glaucoma Week- Week Four 
National Creative Frugality Week - Week Four
National Meat Week- Week Four
National Handwriting Analysis Week - Week Four
National Nurse Anesthetists Week - Week Four
Kiss A Shark Week -Week Four (Please don't really kiss a shark.)
Hot Air Balloon Week - Week Four
National Medical Group Practice Week - Week Four
Catholic Schools Week - Jan. 29 thru Feb 4th

Daily Events:

1- New Year's Day
1- Betsy Ross's Birthday Born in 1752.
1- Z Day Let anyone whose name starts with a Z go first!
1- Paul Revere's Birthday Born in 1735.
1- Baby Boom Birthday (officially began, 1946) 
1- Ellis Island Birthday
1- Far Side Cartoon Birthday
1- History Channel Birthday (1995)
1- Credence Clearwater Revival's Birthday (1968)
1- Snake Eyes Day
1- Traveler's Check Birthday 1772
1- U.S. Fire Engine Day 1853
1- U.S. Bowling Day ( 1840 First Bowling Match)
2- Boo Boo Bear's Birthday (Yogi Bear's Friend)
2- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Day (recorded in 1941)
2- National Science Fiction Day
2- National Cream Puff Day
2- Positive Postcard Day
2- Working Women in the White House Day (1890 Alice Sanger became the first female White House staffer.)
2- Night Vision Birthday (1936)
2- Swiss Cheese Day
2- National Woman's Party Day (founded in 1913 to take a direct action approach to getting women the right to vote.)
3- Brooklyn Bridge Birthday (1870 Work Began on the bridge)
3- National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
3- Festival Of Sleep Day
3- J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday (Born in 1892.)
3- Drinking Straw Birthday (Patented 1888)
3- Humiliation Day
3- Electric Watch Birthday (1957  introduced in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by the Hamilton Watch Company.)
3- March of Dimes Birthday
3- Missing Persons Day (1943, New York television stations broadcast the first missing persons report)
3- Super Soakers Birthday 1991
3- Women Rock! Day (1987, Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.)
4- Appendectomy Day (1885 First Appendectomy preformed)
4- Birthday of the Blender in 1910
4- Trivia Day
4- Bicycle Around the World Day (1887, Thomas Stevens became the first person to complete a bicycle trip around the world.)
4- National Spaghetti Day
4- Louis Braille's Birthday Born in 1809.
4- Jakob Grimm's Birthday Born in 1785.
4- Isaac Newton's Birthday
4- Birthday of the Blender (1910)
4- Heckle & Jeckle Birthday (1946)
4- Humiliation Day
4- Tom Thumb's Birthday (1838)
4- National Negro Baseball League Birthday (1920)
4- Trivia Day
4- Roller Skates Birthday (1863)
5- Bozo the Clown's Birthday (1959)
5- Chrysler Birthday (1924)
5- American Divorce Day (1643, Anne Clark was granted the first legal divorce in North America.)
5- National Bird Day
5- Hamburger Birthday (1889)
5- National Whipped Cream Day
5- Mr. Ed's Birthday (TV Show 1961)
5- First Woman Governor Inaugurated (1925 inauguration of Nellie Ross as Wyoming's Governor.)
5- Twelfth Night
5- FM Radio Birthday (1940)
6- Sherlock Holme's Birthday
6- National Bean Day
6- Cuddle Up Day
6- National Technology Day 
6- National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
6- National Shortbread Day
6- Epiphany
6- National Smith Day
6- Pepe Le Pew's Birthday
6- Schoolhouse Rock Birthday (1973)
7- Blizzard of '96 (East Coast Of US)
7- Flash Gordon's Birthday (1934)
7- Buck Rogers's Birthday (1929)
7- Great Fruitcake Toss (First Saturday After New Years.)
7- Old Rock Day
7- National Pass Gas Day
7- I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore Day
7- Organize your home day
8- Bubble Bath Day
8- Elvis Presley's Birthday Born in 1935.
8- National English Toffee Day
8- National Show and Tell Day at Work
8- Secret Pal Day (Second Sunday In January)
8- Milk Carton Birthday (1929)
9- National Rape Survivor Day
9- National Static Electricity Day
9- Word Nerd Day
9- National Apricot Day
9- Aviation in America Day
10- Jeep Grand Cherokee Birthday (1992)
10- First Meeting of United Nations in London in 1946.
10- Peculiar People Day
10- National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
10- Houseplant Appreciation Day
10- National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
10- Where's the Beef Day (Anniversary of the first time Wendy's Restaurant's commercial aired in 1984 with Clara Peller asking "Where's The Beef?")
11- International Thank You Day
11- Milk Day Milk delivered in bottles for the first time in 1878.
11- Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day
11- Rhubarb Day (1770, John Bartram of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received the first shipment of rhubarb sent to the United States)
12- National Pharmacist Day
12- International Kiss a Ginger Day
12- Stick to Your New Year's Resolution Day
12- John Hancock's Birthday (National Handwriting Day)
12- Batman TV Day (1966)
13- Rubber Duckie's Birthday (Sesame Street Character.)
13- National Rubber Duck Day
13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day
13- Blame Somebody Else
14- Caesarean Section Birthday (1794 First Successful)
14- Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
14- National Clean off your Desk Day
14- National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
14- National Dress Up Your Pet Day
15- National Humanitarian Day
15- Organize Your Home Day
15- National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
15- Super Bowl Birthday (1967)
15- Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Born in 1929.
15- Krusty the Clown's Birthday (1989)
15- National Hat Day
15- Humanitarian Day
16- National Nothing Day
16- National Religious Freedom Day
16- Apprentices Day
16- National Good Teen Day (Founded by an Ohio school teacher, this day has been approved by Congress.)
16- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday Observed. It is observed on the Third Monday in January
16- Elementary School Teacher Day (Third Monday in January)
16- Appreciate a Dragon Day
16- U.S. Prohibition Day
16- Junk Food News Alert Day (Third Monday in January)
16- National Fig Newton Day
16- International Hot & Spicy Food Day
17- A Friend Picks You Up Day
17- Shari Lewis' Birthday Born in 1934.
17- Cable Car Day (patented 1871)
17- Professional Boxers Day
17- National Hot Buttered Rum Day
17- National Kid Inventors Day
17- Ben Franklin's Birthday Born in 1706. (Ben Franklin Day)
17- Customer Service Day
17- Popeye's Birthday (1929)
18- Maintenance Day
18- Get to Know Your Customers Day
18- Polygraph Birthday (1951)
18- Employee Appreciation Day (Third Wednesday In January)
18- Maintenance Day (Third Wednesday In January)
18- National Gourmet Coffee Day
18- Thesaurus Day (1779 birthday of Peter Roget, author of the major thesaurus)
18- Winnie The Pooh Day (A.A. Milne's Birthday) Born in 1882.
19- Little Ricky's Birthday (1953, Lucille Ball gave birth to Little Ricky on her "I Love Lucy" TV show)
19- A Friend Raises Your Spirits Day
19- Good Memory Day
19- Gun Appreciation Day
19- Tin Can Day (patented 1825)
19- Popcorn Day
19- National Penguin Awareness Day
19- International Sing-Out Day
19- New Friends Day. Make a new friend Today.
20- National Cheese Lover’s Day
20- National Buttercrunch Day
20- Take a Walk Outdoors Day
20- National Cheese Day
20- Inauguration Day - (every 4 years unless falls on weekend)
20- Roller Coaster Patent Day (1885)
21- Squirrel Appreciation Day
21- Granola Bar Day
21- One-Liners Day
21- Learn to Ski Day (Observed the third Saturday in January)
21- Hot and Spicy Food International Day (third Saturday in January)
21- National Hugging Day
22- National Blonde Brownie Day
22- Roe vs Wade Anniversary (1973)
22- National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day
22-
Celebration of Life Day
22- National Polka Dot Day
23- Spouse's Day
23- National Reading Day
23- Measure Your Feet Day
23- Find Your Roots Day
23- National Handwriting Day
23- Pie Day
23- National Archery Association Birthday (1879)
23- Cold Cold Cold Day (The coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States was at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska, in 1971: -79.8 Degrees F)
24- "Just Do It" Day
24- Eskimo Pie Patented By Christian Nelson in 1919.
24- Compliment Day
24- Beer Can Appreciation Day
24- National Peanut Butter Day
24- Gold Discovered in California At Sutter's Mill in 1848.
24- Women's Healthy Weight Day
25- National Opposite Day
25- National Irish Coffee Day
25- Fluoride Day
25- National School Nurse Day (Fourth Wednesday of January since 1977)
25- 101 Dalmatian's Birthday 1961
25- Fun At Work Day
26- Television's Birthday 1926
26- Rocky Mountain National Park Birthday 1915
26- Disneyland Groundbreaking Ceremony 1954
26- National Peanut Brittle Day
26- National Kazoo Day (Last Thursday of January) *This has two dates listed. It is not known which is correct. Jan 28th or the last Thursday of January, so both are celebrated.
26- Spouse Day
26- Clashing Clothes Day (observed the fourth Thursday in January)
26- Sydney, Australia Settled In 1778.
27- Mozart's Birthday 1756
27- Mad Tea Party Day (Lewis Carroll author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's Birthday)
27- Lewis Carroll's Birthday Born in 1832.
27- Chocolate Cake Day
27- National Activity Professionals Day
27- National Toilet Day
28- National Blueberry Pancake Day
28- Daisy Day
28- Pop Art Day (Birthday of Jackson Pollack 1912)
28- We Are the World Day (1985, 30 music superstars gathered together to record "We Are the World")
28- National Kazoo Day (Last Thursday of January) *This has two dates listed. It is not known which is correct. Jan 28th or the last Thursday of January, so both are celebrated.
28- Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
28- Ernie's Birthday (Sesame Street Character.)
28- Ski Tow Birthday (1938 in Woodstock, Vermont. Robert Royce invented the ski tow)
28- Serendipity Day
28- U.S. Coast Guard Birthday (1915)
28- Live Your Fantasies Day (Fantasy Island premiered 1978)
28- Christa McAuliffe Day. Challenger exploded January 28, 1986
29- Seeing Eye Guide Dog Birthday (1929)
29- American League Birthday (1900)
29- National Corn Chip Day
29- Curmudgeons Day
29- Carnation Day
29- National Puzzle Day
30- Snagglepuss's Birthday 1960
30- National Croissant Day
30- Yodel for Your Neighbors Day
30- Yakky Doodle's Birthday 1960
30- KISS Birthday 1973
30- National Escape Day
30- Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday Born in 1882.
30- National Inane Answering Message Day
31- Eat Brussel Sprouts Day
31- National Hot Chocolate Day
31- Green Hornet's Birthday 1936
31- Backwards Day
31- Child Labor Day
31- Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
31- Scotch Tape Day
31- Jackie Robinson's Birthday Born in 1919.


 



 

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