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| JANUARY is . . . Chilly Month, March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month, Human Resources Month | ||
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| 1st Week | 2nd Week | |
| Silent Record Week Universal Letter Writing Week "Weeks" Week Braille Literacy Week Universal Week of Prayer National Law Enforcement Training Week Diet Resolution Week Black Nazarene Fiesta (1st 9 days) |
National Bowling Week International Toy Fair Someday We'll Laugh About This Week National Word Processing Transcriptionist Week Cuckoo Dancing Week National Pizza Week Printers Ink Week Healthy Weight Week Manwatcher's Appreciation Week International Printing Week National Book Week Munich Fasching Festival (7th to Shrove Tue) | |
| 3rd Week | 4th Week | International Printing Week Jaycee Week Worldwide Kiwanis Week National Thrift Week |
International Green Week National Activity Professionals Week Celebrity Read A Book Week National Glaucoma Week Mozart Week (Austria) National Handwriting Analysis Week AIDS Awareness Week National Meat Week National Cross Country Skiing Week International Clergy Appreciation Week (begins on last Sun) |
| January Movable Daily Holidays | |
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| Day | Holiday |
| 1st Monday | Handsel Day |
| 1st Workday | Passport Presentation Day (Russia) |
| 1st Friday | Gals Night Out Thermopolis Day (Wyoming) |
| 1st Saturday | Leisure Suit Saturday |
| Saturday before Plough Monday | Straw Bear Day |
| 1st Monday after 6th | Plough Monday |
| 2nd Sunday | Volunteer Fireman's Day Holy Family Day Meitlisunntig (Switzerland) Secret Pal Day |
| 2nd Monday | National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day Show and Tell Day at Work |
| 2nd Tuesday | What You Don't Know Day Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day |
| 2nd Wednesday | Make Your Dreams Come True Day |
| 2nd Thursday | Pharmacists Day Festa do Bonfim begins (Brazil) Family Communications Day Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day |
| 2nd Weekend @ | Bald Eagle Appreciation Days |
| 3rd Sunday | World Religion Day Golden Globe Awards |
| 3rd Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day Human Relations Day Elementary School Teachers Day Junk Food News Alert Day Lee-Jackson Day (Virginia) |
| 3rd Wednesday | Maintenance Day |
| 3rd Thursday | Guys Night Out |
| 3rd Weekend | World Championship Snow Sculpture Contest (Breckenridge, Colorado) |
| 3rd Saturday | Ati-Atihan Festival begins (Philippines) |
| 4th Wednesday | National School Nurse Day |
| Last Sunday | Super Bowl Sunday |
| Last Tuesday | Up-Helly-Aa (Scotland) Backwards Day |
| January Indeterminate Holidays The holidays in this table are either based on calendars other than the Gregorian Calendar or are keyed to natural events such as seasons or cosmological phenomena |
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| Time Period | Holiday |
| 5th of Magha, 11th Hindu month (@ Jan/Feb) | Basant Panchami |
| 15th of Shevat, 5th Jewish month (@Jan/Feb) | Tu Bishvat |
| 23rd Day of 12th moon (@ Jan/Feb) | Chinese Kitchen God Festival |
| Weekends in January | Singapore Kite Festival |
| End of January/early February | Soldag (Sun Day; Norway) |
| 1st of Muharram, 1st Islamic month | Awwal Muharram |
| 10th of Muharram, 1st Islamic month | Ashura |
| Late January to mid-February (every 4 years) | Winter Olympics begin |
| Sometime in January | Fancy Rat & Mouse Annual Show |
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| 1 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| J.D. Salinger B. Kliban Paul Revere Lorenzo d'Medici Betsy Ross E.M. Forester Alfred Stieglitz David Lynch James George Frazier Hank Greenberg John Glenn William Henry Harrison Xavier Cugat De'Medici Joe Orton Anthony Wayne Milt Jackson Ulrich Zwingli Pocahontas Nancy Lopez Dana Andrews Peter Jennings Ben Reitman Helmut Jahn Elliot Janeway Don Novello Pierre de Coubertin Ewell "Doak" Walker Moonhopper (Fairy) Dennis Archer William Fox Country Joe McDonald Frank Langella Barry Goldwater Yuri Grigorovich J. Edgar Hoover Ernest F. Hollings Vladimir Titov Dirk Benedict Charles Bickford Ewell "Doak" Walker Derrick Thomas Frank Minifield LeMarr Hoyt Carole Landis Lamarr Hoyt Terry Moore Shelby Steele Rissa Scusa Martin Niemoller Harold "Kim" Philby Idi Amin |
New Year's Day Season of Chaos begins (Discordian) Day of Universal Brotherhood (Brazil) Feast of St. Odilo Colonial Flag Day (US) St. Basil's Day (Eastern) Goddess Fortuna's Day Jupiter and Juno's Day (Old Roman) Z Day First-Foot Day Polar Swim Day Daddy Frost Day (USSR) Party Party Day Haiti Independence Day Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ Liberation Day (Cuba) Coon Carnival (South Africa Mardi Gras) St. Agatha's Day (protector from starvation, fire) Festival of Fools Sudan Independence Day Kwanzaa, Day 7: Imani (Faith) Western Samoa Independence Day Mummers Day Parade (Philadelphia, PA) Tournament of Roses Parade (Pasadena, CA) Niagra Falls Festival of Lights Kalends of January Apple Gifting Day Circumcision of Christ St. Fulgentius' Day National Bloody Mary Day St. Telemachus' Day Polar Bear Swim Day World Day St. Clarus' Day (patron against myopia) Bonza Bottler Day Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Penguin Plunge (Rhode Island) |
| January 1 Events |
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| Big Bang (@15 billions years ago; Sagan
calendar) Julian Calendar introduced (44 BCE) Gregorian Calendar introduced by German & Swiss states (1538) Bass Pale Ale registered the 1st trademark (1876) 1st Cheese Factory opened Saturn discovered 1st Oral Contraceptive used Gyroscope Compass invented (1911) Emancipation Proclamation issued (1863) Nietszche had a nervous breakdown seeing a horse whipped (1889) 1st Full Page Advertisement Swiss Reformation began (1519) Football nets 1st used in soccer match (Bolton, UK; 1890) 1st Rose Bowl game (1902) Battle of New Orleans US Income Tax established 1st Parcel Post Service Jungle Jim premiered Australia established (1901) 1st Newsreel in color Tasmania named (1858) Dodge Charger debuted (1966) National Environmental Policy Act established (1970) 1st Asteroid discovered (Ceres; 1801) E.E.C. came into being (1958) Samuel Pepys wrote the 1st entry in his diary (166) 1st Fox Hunt Club established Ink patented Old Age Pensions introduced (Germany; 1891) Manchester Ship Canal opened (Liverpool, UK; 1894) Trans-Siberian Railway opened (1905) USSR proclaimed (1923) Flash Gordon comic strip began (1934) P.G. Wodehouse knighted (1975) NAFTA trade agreement took effect (1994) Regular mail service began between New York & Boston (1673) US Calvary established 1st Bowling Tournament held Braham's Violin Concerto premiered Copyright Revision Law began 1st Pro Soccer player knighted (Stanley Matthews; 1965) The Liberator founded by William Lloyd Garrison (1831) Ellis Island opened (1892) Beatles auditioned for Decca Records (1962) 1st US Radio broadcast (1902) Cuban Battista regime collapsed (1955) British East India Company chartered (1600) 1st Batch of Postum Cereal made by C.W. Post in Battle Creek (1895) Romania outlawed death penalty and disbanded secret police (1990) Luna I became the 1st space probe to orbit the sun (1959) 1st Seattle Ferry carried passengers (1889) British Farthing discontinued as legal tender (1961) International Carnivorous Plant Society founded (1990) Traveller's Checks 1st issued (UK; 1772) 1st All-iron bridge, opened (Shropshire, UK; 1781) UN World Trade Organization established (1995) Importing of slaves to US stopped (1808) 1st All-metal camera for sale (Voigtlander; 1841) Haiti became 1st Latin-American country to gain independence (1804) 1st Scheduled airline service began (between Tampa & St. Petersburg, Florida; 1914) Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence reached No. 1 (1960) Banned South African journalist Donald Woods fled to Lesotho (1978) Sultan of Brunei, world's richest man, appointed himself prime minister of Brunei (1984) Ireland joins Great Britain to produce the United Kingdom Daily Universal Register, later The Times 1st published (UK; 1785) US and China re-established diplomatic relations (1979) Marcel Proust dipped a piece of toast in his tea, triggering childhood memories which became Swann's Way and ultimately the basis for the structure of Remembrance of Things Past (1909) Abita Brewing Co. founded (Louisiana; 1986) Bandersnatch Brewing Co. founded (Arizona; 1987) Bear Brewing Co. founded (British Columbia; 1995) Bison Brewing Co. founded (California; 1989) Blackstar/McKenzie River Partners (California/Montana; 1987) Breckenridge Brewery & Pub founded (Colorado; 1990) Bridgeport Brewing Co. founded (Oregon; 1984) Bull City Brewery & Cafe founded (North Carolina; 1988) CEEP Barney's, Ltd. founded (Ontario; 1991) Cervceria India founded (Puerto Rico; 1938) Clark's Crossing Brewpub founded (Saskatchewan; 1990) Cold Springs Brewing Co. founded (Minnesota; 1974) Devil Mountain Brewery founded (California; 1987) Dixie Brewing Co. founded (Louisiana; 1907) Downtown Joe's Brewery & Restaurant founded (California; 1994) Edgefield Brewery founded (Oregon; 1991) Embudo Station/Preston Brewery founded (New Mexico; 1992) F.X. Matt Brewing/Saranac Brewing Co. founded (New York; 1888) Fitzpatrick's Brewing Co. founded (Iowa; 1990) Frontier Brewing Co. founded (Iowa; 1994) Golden Pacific Brewing Co. founded (California; 1987) Granville Island Brewing Co. founded (Vancouver, British Columbia; 1987) Gray Brewing Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1994) Great Lakes Brewing Co. founded (Ontario; 1992) Great Western Brewing Co. founded (Saskatchewan; 1990) Heartland Brewing Co. founded (New York; 1995) Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. founded (Ohio; 1885) Humboldt Brewery founded (California; 1987) Idle Spur Crested Butte Brewery & Restaurant founded (Colorado; 1991) Irish Times Pub & Brewery founded (Florida; 1990) Joseph Huber Brewing Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1848) Kelly's Caribbean Bar & Grill founded (Florida; 1993) Kessler Brewing Co. founded (Montana; 1984) Labatt's Brewery founded (Ontario; 1847) Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe founded (California; 1990) McMenamin's Brewery founded (Oregon; 1990) Miller Brewing Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1955) Oxford Brewing Co. founded (Maryland; 1992) Pacific Northwest Brewing Co. founded (Washington; 1989) Pacific Western Brewing Co. founded (British Columbia; 1990) Pearl Brewing Co. founded (Texas; 1886) Port Arthur Brasserie & Brewpub founded (Ontario; 1988) Prarie Inn Cottage Brewery founded (British Columbia; 1983) Redhook Ale Brewery founded (Washington; 1982) Redwood Coast Brewing Co./Tied House Cafe & Brewery founded (California; 1988) August Schell Brewing Co. founded (Minnesota; 1860) Sprecher Brewing Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1986) Toisnot Brewing Co. founded (North Carolina; 1994) Stevens Point Brewery Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1857) Straub Brewery founded (Pennsylvania; 1972) Stroh Brewery Co. founded (Michigan; 1850) Tracks Brewpub founded (Ontario; 1988) Truckee Brewing Co. founded (California; 1985) Unibroue founded (Quebec; 1992) Union Brewery Co. founded (Nevada; 1987) Vancouver Island Brewing Co. founded (British Columbia; 1985) Widmer Brewing Co. founded (Oregon; 1985) D.G. Yuengling & Sons Brewery founded (Pennsylvania; 1929) |
| 2 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Isaac Asimov Anna Lee Nathaniel Bacon Sally Rand Mily Balakirev David Bailey Lynda Barry Michael Tippitt Christy Turlington James Wolfe Robert Nathan Christopher Durang Roger Miller Calvin Hill Gino Marchetti Martha Thomas Chick Churchill Kay A. Orr Julius La Rosa Wendy Philips Richard Riley David Bailey Gabrielle Cateris Joanna Pacula Chick Churchill William Crowe Toshiki Kaifu Dan Rotenkowski Vera Zorina Gilbert Murray Bill Madlock Frederick Opper David Cone Jim Bakker Joseph Stalin Boo Boo Bear |
Berchtoldstag (Nut Festival; Switzerland) Run It Up the Flagpole and See If Anybody Salutes It Day Festival of Fetishes Ancestry Day (Haiti) David Letterman Day (North Carolina) Kakizome (First Writing; Japan) Festival of Four Winds and All Sky St. Adelard's Day (patron of gardeners) Good Luck Day (Macedonia) Shigoto Hajime (Beginning of Work Day; Japan) Advent of Isis Granada Day (Spain) Port Arthur Day St. Macarius' Day (patron of pastry cooks) National Science Fiction Day Feast of the Martyrs for the Holy Scripture St. Gregory of Nazianzus' Day Revolution Day (Cuba) St. Bercholt's Day (patron of Switzerland) Nativity of Our Lady Inanna (Sumerian Goddess) St. Basil's Day (Western; patron of hospital administrators, Russia) Miniature Golf Day Good Luck Day (Macedonia) St. Seraphim of of Sarov's Day National Cream Puff Day St. Macarius of Alexandria's Day (patron of pastry cooks) |
| January 2 Events |
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| 1st Photograph of the Moon taken (1839) Password debuted 1st Human Heart transplanted George Washington raised the 1st US flag (1776) Drinking Straw patented (1888) British Royal Academy of Art opened (1769) 1st High School opened Georgia became the 4th state (1788) Burt Parks fired from Miss America Pageant 1st Commemorative Stamp issued (1893) Grizzly Bear declared endangered species Bob Cummings Show debuted (1955) Calcutta captured by Clive (1757) Ovid died in Rome (17 CE) 1st No-fault divorce law passed (1971) Free Black Community of Philadelphia petitioned Congress to abolish slavery (South Carolina buried it in committee; 1800) 1st Electric Omnibus ran (NYC; 1900) Religious service 1st broadcast on radio (1921) Cardinal Richelieu established the Academie Francasie (1635) 1st State Liquor Store opened (Pennsylvania) Federal Law lowering speed limit to 55 signed (1974) Helicopters 1st used in war (1944) Muslims ousted from Spain (1492) 1st spacecraft from earth orbited sun (Luna 1, which missed the moon; 1959) Queen Victoria wrote her "we are not amused" line (1900) British Royal Academy opened (1769) Indonesia quit the UN (1965) Cigarette ads banned from TV (1971) National Woman's Party formed (US; 1913) Rockefeller & 7 other oil companies joined forces to create a "trust" (1882) Hamilton County, Ohio founded (home of Cincinnati; 1797) Pope Pius XII declared TV a threat to family life (1952) Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson divorced (1942) 1st Black became President of a white university (Michigan State; 1970) 66 soccer fans trampled to death at Ibrox Park stadium, Glasgow (1971) Trial of Bruno Hauptmann for kidnap of Lindbergh baby began (1935) Publishers of Enid Blyton's Noddy books agreed to transform Golliwogs into sanitized, neutral, PC Gnomes (1987) NYC Accountant waited 45 days before claiming $3 million lottery ticket to save on taxes (1988) President Rossevelt closed a Missouri post office for refusing to employ a black woman (1903) Heavenly Daze Brewery & Grill founded (Colorado; 1993) Olde Hickory Brewing Co. founded (North Carolina; 1995) |
| 3 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Cicero Isiah George Martin J.R.R. Tolkein Victor Borge Bob Roberts Larkin Goldsmith Anna Pavlova Juan Cabrillo Zazu Pitts John Paul Jones August Macke Melody Anderson Lucretia Mott Carla Hills Bobby Hull Ray Milland Mel Gibson Douglas William Jerrold Robert Whitehead Father Damien William Tucker Marion Davies Jack Levine Anna Pavolva Van Dyke Parks Clement Attlee Joan Walsh Anglund Stephen Stills Hank Stram George Pierce Jim Everett Anna May Wong Mara Corday (Pb 10/58) Dabney Coleman Betty Furness Vernon A. Walters Robert Loggia David Lloyd Willie Ribbs Betty Rollin John Sturges Maxine Andrews Bill Travers Jesse White Millard Fuller John Thaw Gary Lavelle Herbert Morrison Victoria Principal |
St. Genevieve's Day (patron of Paris, secretaries,
actors, lawyers; against drought, fever, floods, plague) Riddle of the Year Festival of Sleep Icing Morning (Fairy) Gensh-Sai (Japan) Hero's Day (Haiti) Congress Assemby Day (US) Tom Sawyer's Cat's Birthday National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day |
| January 3 Events |
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| Atom 1st split (1918) Rene Magritte's work 1st shown in US (1936) 1st Electric Watch made (1957) Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole (1958) Wax Paper Drinking Straws patented (1888) March of Dimes established (1938) Alaska became the 49th state (1959) Margarine patented (Oleo; 1871) Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro (1962) Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge (1870) Martin Luther excommunicated (1521) Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco (1847) Battle of Princeton (1777) Chevrolet introduced the air-cooled engine (1923) Apple Computers incorporated (1977) Super Soakers 1st for sale (1991) Dragnet debuted (1952) Longest Strike ended (33 years; Denmark) 1st Black child born in US (William Tucker; 1624) US severed diplomatic ties with Cuba (1961) B.J. Thomas' Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head reached No. 1 (1969) Trial of Tom Mooney began in San Francisco (1917) Lord Haw-Haw hanged for treason (1946) Jack Ruby died in a hospital (1967) Millionth Morris Minor automobile manufactured (1961) 450,000 public school children went on strike in New York City (1964) Siege of Sydney Street began (London; 1911) Emperor Meiji seized power from Tokugawa Shogun, ending 700 years of military rule (Japan; 1868) Mitford Girl, Unity Mitford, returned to UK from Germany, having failed to commit suicide (1940) 1st Ads appeared in a Russian newspaper (1988) US House of Representatives 1st televised (1947) Tomb of Tutankhamen discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings (1924) Roberts Owens bought land for utopian community experiment of "New Harmony" (1825) US broke diplomatic relations with Cuba (1961) Oscar Wilde declared "nothing but my genius" to US customs when entering America (1882) Joy Adamson, author of Born Free murdered in game park (Kenya; 1980) Bay City Rollers' Saturday Night reached No. 1 (1976) In south Florida, Filberto Cardenas was abducted by aliens & reappeared 90 minutes later 16 miles away (1979) 30,000 of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Two Virgins, with nude album cover, confiscated in New Jersey for pornography (1969) Calhoun's Barbeque & Brewery founded (Tennessee; 1995) Karl Strauss Brewery Gardens founded (California; 1994) |
| 4 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Isaac Newton Cary Grant Michael Stipe Jacob Grimm Matt Frewer Shun Hi-Lee George Washington Carver Louis Braille Ann Magnuson William Bendix Marsden Hartley A.E. Coppard Tom Thumb Augustus John Giovanni Pergolesi Sterling Holloway Julia Ormond Isaac Pitman Max Eastman C.L.R. James Wilhelm Beer James Vowell Don Shula Bernie Albrecht Floyd Patterson Sorrell Booke Tito Fuentes Charlie Hough Joe Kleine Cliff Levingston Patty Loveless Dyan Cannon Jane Wyman Lauro F. Cavazos Don McMahon Barbara Ann Carter Russ Columbo John Lujack Grace Bumbry Barney Summer Maureen Reagan Barbara Rush Norman Bengerter Dan Quayle |
Trivia Day Lichtenstein Day of Rest Tennis Day Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1st US-born Saint) Burma Independence Day Humiliation Day Festival of Fufluns (Etruscan God of Wine) St.Titus' Day Martyr's Day (Zaire) Flower Basket Day St. Angela of Foligno's Day Myanmar Independence Day Frost Fair on the Thames (London) Braille Day Day to Honor Freyja (Norse) Get Out Your Boxer Shorts Day St. Pharaildis' Day (patron against childhood illness) Old Christmas Frights (North Carolina) National Spaghetti Day |
| January 4 Events |
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| 1st Global Bicycle Trip completed (1887) Blender invented (1910) Fender 1st made guitars 1st Billboard Pop Chart published (1936) Whooping Crane declared extinct Hollywood Palace debuted (1964) 1st Female Governor inaugurated (Wyoming; 1925) Blondie debuted G.E. College Bowl debuted (1959) 1st Appendix removed successfully (1885) Utah became the 45th state (1896) Rose Heilbron became 1st female judge at the Old Bailey (UK; 1972) 1st Veterinary College established Albert Camus died in an automobile accident (1960) Fabian Society founded (1884) US Outer Space nation of "Celestia" formed (1949) Men At Work's Down Under reached No. 1 (1983) 1st Road Signs appeared on major roads (1901) Elvis Presley passed his military physical (1957) 1st Chess Column appeared in a newspaper (1835) General Electric announced plans to market an electric car (1995) Alfred Dreyfus rutually degraded on Military Academy parade grounds (1895) Gandhi's National Congress of India declared illegal by UK (1932) Seoul, Korea captured by communist troops (Korean War; 1951) Musical version of Frankensten opened, and closed, on Broadway (1981) Bobby Vinton's There I've Said It Again reached No. 1 (1964) Erika Rowe streaked naked during England v. Australia rugby match (1982) Marlene Dietrich became a US citizen (1941) Saint-Seans arrested for spying (hotel maid saw music score & thought it was code) 1st Installment of William Dean Howells' Life and Letters published in Harper's Weekly (1898) George Orwell signed the Breton/Rivera manifesto, "Towards a Free Revolutionary Art" (1939) Apprentice Barbers ended the longest-running strike, which began in 1938 (Copenhagen, Denmark; 1961) |
| 5 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Umberto Eco Alvin Ailey John Burke Walter Mondale Zebulon Montgomery Pike George Washington Carver Eusebio W.D. Snodgrass Stephen Decatur Jean-Pierre Aumont Pamela Sue Martin Charlie Rose Suzy Amis Kathleen Kenyon Jeanette Ridlon Piccard Thomas Nuttall K.C. Gilette Joseph Erlanger Pamela Sue Martin Edmund Ruffin Yves Tanguey Nicolas de Stael Alfred Brendel Robert Duvall Stella Gibbons Frederick Converse Robert Bernstein Sam Phillips Jeanne Dixon Diane Keaton Chris Stein Ted Lange Jeannette Piccard Rosemarie Hillcrest (Pb 10/64) Conrad Adenauer Alex English Sam Wyche Yves Tanguy Friedrich Durrenmatt Charles Hough Jim Otto Ron Kittle Clifford Grey Alfred Brendel Chuck Noll Konrad Adenauer Raisa Gorbachev King Juan Carlos of Spain Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg |
Eve of Wonder Mungday (aka Hung Mung's Day; Discordian) Festival of Pyrotechnics Twelfth Night Bird Day Glastonbury Thorn Night of Increase (Syria) Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria) Carnival begins (Old Bohemia) Fair Deal Day Nones of January St. Simeon Stylites (patron of shepherds) Apple Howling Day National Whipped Cream Day Discordian Festival of Blssed St. Hung Mung Old Christmas Eve Epiphany Fair (Italy) St. John Nepomucene Neumann's Day (1st male US Saint) |
| January 5 Events |
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| Captain John Smith captured by indians Landlord's Game patented (original Monopoly) Beatles topped Merseybeat poll 1st Subway turnstiles appeared Red Cross established National Association of Audubon Societies founded 1st FM broadcast demonstration (1940) All My Children debuted (1970) Fellowship entered Moria (Hobbit) Mr. Ed debuted FDR gave his "Four Freedoms" speech (1941) Billie Holiday's When You're Smiling released 1st Woman Governor inaugurated (Wyoming; 1925) Longest Monopoly game ended (264 hours) X-Rays 1st publicly demonstrated (1896) US Jet shot down 2 Libyan fighter planes (1989) Yellow Kid 1st appeared in yellow (1896) Ford began paying $5.00 per day minimum wage (1914) Yorkshire Ripper arrested (1981) French became only language allowed in French ads (1976) US Airports began inspecting passengers and luggage (1973) Alexandre Dumas fought his 1st duel, in which his trousers fell down (1825) Billie Holiday recorded When You're Smiling (1938) Oldest Railway in the World, Mumbles Railway, made its last trip (Wales; 1960) Kramer's 1st name revealed to be Cosmo (Seinfeld; 1995) Connie Chung airs Kathleen Gingrich's opinion that Hilary Clinton is "a bitch" (1995) Munich Plumber, Anton Drexler, founded the German Workers Party, which Hitler later turned into the Nazi Party (1919) |
| 6 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Richard I Carl Sandburg Andy Partridge Rowan Atkinson Joan of Arc (1412) Sherlock Holmes (1854) Alexander Scriabin Max Bruch Charles Addams Alan Watts Gustave Dore P.J. Kavanagh Kahlil Gibran E.L. Doctorow John Singleton Heinrich Schliemann Scott Bryce John DeLorean Margy Rochlin Jacques Etienne Montgolfier Danny Thomas Haym Solomon Loretta Young Terry Venables Barry John Kathy Sledge Bonnie Franklin Nancy Lopez Syd Barrett Joey Adams Earl Scruggs Nancy Lopez Haym Salomon Sun Myung Moon Lou Holtz Charles Haley Jedidiah Smith Sylvia Sims Mark O'Toole Early Wynn Lou Harris Howie Long Malcolm Young Joey Adams Capucine Kapil Dev Tom Mix Richard II (1367) Charles Haley Vic Tayback |
Twelfth Day (aka Twelfthtide) Epiphany Blessing of the Waters (Turkey) Swap Day King of the Bean (aka Bean Day) Apple Tree Day La Befana (Italy) Maroon Festival (Jamaica) Greek Cross Day Three King's Day Feast of Aesculapius (Greek God of Healing) Perch Tenlauf (Austria) Take a Poet to Lunch Day Children's Day (Uruguay) St. Peter Baptist's Day (patron of Japan) Army Day (Iraq) St. Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchoir's Day (patron of travelers) Old Christmas Day St. Macra's Day (patron against breast disease) National Shortbread Day |
| January 6 Events |
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| FDR gave his Four Freedoms speech (1941) Iron patented New Mexico became the 47th state (1912) George & Martha Washington married Zinc patented Dorm Room Refrigerator patented (1956) Pizarro discovered Lima, Peru Jimmy Carter saw a UFO (1969) 1st Commercial Global flight completed (1942) Halls of Montezuma premiered Santa Fe County, New Mexico founded (1852) 1st Underwater telephone coversation (1898) Telegraph 1st demonstrated by Morse (1838) Lufthansa, German National Airline, founded (1926) Henry VIII and Anne of Cleaves married (1540) Pepe Le Pew debuted in Warner Bros. cartoon (1945) Stanley Steamer Rocket achived speed of 127 mph (1906) King Alfred defeated the Dames at the Battle of Ashdown (871 CE) Harold II crowned King of England (1066) Sigmund Freud fled Vienna to London (1938) EMI Records fired the Sex Pistols for misbehaving in a TV interview (1977) Paris brasserie, La Coupole, sold for 6 million pounds (1988) Danny & the Juniors' At the Hop reached No. 1 (1958) Skater Nancy Kerrigan whacked in the knees (1994) A man fell out of an bi-plane and then fell back into it at a lower altitude Brazilian naval ship Almirante Saldanha photographed a metallic, Saturn-shaped UFO (1958) |
| 7 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Millard Fillmore Charles Addams Nicolas Cage Jean-Pierre Rampal Nicholson Baker Francis Poulenc David Bowie Mike McGear Jacques Montgolfier Butterfly McQueen Charles Peguy Zora Neale Hurston Adolf Zuker Louis II Jennifer Le Roy (Pb 2/93) Albert Bierstadt Noah Beery Vincent Gardenia Paul Revere Victor Lasky William Blatty Jann Wenner Douglas Kiker Kenny Loggins Erin Gray Maury Povich Johnny Mize Carl Laemmie Eilhard Mitscherlich Gerald Durrell Joseph Bonaparte Marie-Bernard Soubirous (St. Bernadette) Katie Couric |
Old Rock Day Sekhmet (Ancient Egyptian New Year's Day) Nanakusa (7 Plants Festival; Japan) St. Distaff's Day Eastern Orthodox Old Christmas National Tempura Day Ganna (Ethiopian Christmas; aka Leddat) Pioneers Day (Liberia) St. Aldric's Day (patron against asthma) Usokae (Bullfinch Exchange Day; Japan) St. Lucian of Antioch's Day Panama Canal Day St. Reinhold's Day (patron of stone masons) Celebration of the 1st Week of Moonhopper (Fairy) St. Cedda's Day National Pass Gas Day Bear Mt. Ski Festival (@) St. Raymond of Penafort's Day (patron of medical record librarians, lawyers) |
| January 7 Events |
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| Typewriter patented 1st US Presidential Election held (1789) 4 Moons of Jupiter discovered 1st Transatlantic telephone call made (1927) George Burns & Gracie Allen married (1926) Chrysler's 1st car introduced (1924) 1st Handball tournament held Harlem Globetrotters established (1927) Panama Canal 1st crossed (1914) 1st Balloon went across the English Channel (1785) Paul Klee's paintings 1st exhibited in US (1924) Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom debuted French recaptured Calais from the English (1558) 1st Modern US Microbrewery opened (Grant's; 1982) Glasgow University founded (1450) Buck Rogers comic strip began (1929) Hal Foster's Tarzan comic strip began (1929) Ant Farm 1st for sale (1958) Coca-Cola's "Thirst Knows No Season" ad campaign launched (1922) Fannie Farmer Cookbook published (1896) 1st US Railroad Station opened (Baltimore; 1830) Galilleo discovered the 4 moons of Jupiter (1610) Francis Bacon became Lord Chancellor of England (1618) 1st Benefit Play peformance given CQD distress call introduced (1904; replaced 2 years later by SOS) Flying V Guitar patented Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to the public (1990) Princess Julianna of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard (1937) OPEC raised crude oil prices 10% (1975) 1st Commercial Bank in US opened (Philadelphia; 1782) Victor Hugo is elected to the Academie Francaise (1841) Coldest temperature reached in a laboratory (12 millionths of a degree above absolute zero; 1988) Poet John Berryman committed suicide by junping off a bridge into the Mississippi River (1972) USAF Pilot, Capt. Thomas Mantell Jr., chased a UFO near Mayville, Kentucky up to 25,000 feet where 1 minute later his plane plummeted to Earth & exploded (1948) |
| 8 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Robert Schumann Gallelei Gallileo Elvis Presley Stephen Hawking Frank Doubleday Alfred R. Wallace William Wilkie Collins Fernand Petiot Giotto Jolanda Egger (Pb 6/83) Lawrence Alma-Tadema Ami Dolenz Shirley Bassey David Bowie Yvette Mimieux Jose Ferrer Dennis Wheatley Vladimir Feltsman Noble Drew Ali Peter Arno Bill Graham Robbie Krieger Charles Osgood Butterfly McQueen Alexandria Ripley Bruce Sutter Giorgio Tozzi Soupy Sales Dwight Clark Slade Gorton John Curtin Ron Moody Solomon Bandaranaike Georgi Malenkov Hans Von Bulow Larry Storch |
World Literacy Day Redistribution of Wealth Day Man Watcher's Day Justitia (Roman Goddess of Justice) Kassada (Indonesia @) Midwife's Day (aka Women's Day; Greece) National Joygerm Day Old Hickory Day Feast of St. Gudula (patron of Brussels; against toothaches) St. Severinus' Day Rock 'n' Roll Day Postal Day Jackson Day (Louisiana) St. Amalburga's Day (patron against bruises) National English Toffee Day St. Atticus' Day Pennsylvania Farm Show (@) |
| January 8 Events |
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| Thomas Paine's Common Sense published Mona Lisa 1st exhibited in US (1963) 1st Computer patented (1889) Norton I, Emperor of United States, died in San Francisco (1880) Woodrow Wilson gave his 14 Points Speech 1st State of the Union Address AT&T divested ending its telephone monopoly (1982) Borax discovered 1st US Music School opened Knights of the Round Table premiered Loch Ness Monster photographed (1974) Battle of New Orleans (1815) 11st US Amendment ratified (1798) Pontiac's 1st car introduced (1926) 1st Dot-Dash telegraph message transmitted (1838) Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island (794) 1st Corporation formed Gallipoli evacuated (1916) LBJ declared a "War on Poverty" (1964) Beatles' We Can Work It Out reached No. 1 (1966) 1st All-Women state Supreme Court (1925) National Retail Merchants Association established Seinfeld's The Subway episode aired (1992) 1st Sup Kitchen for the poor opened (1800) Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh (1979) Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen (1904) Ibn Saud became King of the Hejaz, which he renamed Saudia Arabia (1926) Fire in the Empire State Building damaged 7 floors (1963) John Galworthy's The Forsythe Saga debuted on BBC-TV (1967) Spain ended its siege on Gibralter and reopened the frontier (1982) UK Ambassador to Uruguay kidnapped by Tupamaros guerrillas (1971) David Lloyd George became 1st Prime Minister to occupy the Buckinghamshire country mansion, Chequers (UK; 1921) London's Poetry Bookshop opened, where Robert Frost and Ezra Pound 1st met (1913) Dr. Herman Hollerith patented an electrically operated computer to process data, forming a company to market it which later became IBM (1889) A UFO landed in Trans-en-Provence, France (1981) |
| 9 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Bart Starr Simone De Beauvoir Chic Young Les Paul Richard M. Nixon Carrie L.C. Catt Soren Sorensen Bill Cowsil John Broadus Watson Gypsy Lee Rose Bob Denver Jimmy Page Lee Van Cleef Susannah York Vilma Banky Joan Baez Rudolf Bing Karel Capek Brian Friel George Balanchine David Johansen Crystal Gayle K. Callan Dick Enberg Muggsy Bougues Earl Graves Gracie Fields Scott Engel Herbert Lom Clive Dunn John Jervis Robert P. Casey Fernando Lamas Judith Krantz |
Virgin Sacrifice Day Play God Day Show and Tell Day At Work Day Feast of the Black Nazarene St. Philip of Moscow National Static Electricity Day Feast of St. Julian Martyr's Day (Panama) St. Hadrian the African's Day Dotty Day Feast of All Fairies (Fairy) Balloon Ascension Day Stepfather's Day National Apricot Day Choreographers Day St. Basilissa's Day (patron against breast-feeding problems) Bash-a-Pom Day |
| January 9 Events |
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| Captain Nice debuted 1st Seeing Eye Dog trained Peter Minoit set sail for New York Connecticut became the 5th state (1788) 1st Women's Golf Tournament held (1811) Mr. Terrific debuted Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premiered (1951) Fellowship reached Lorien (Hobbit) 1st Telephone Switchboard operated Income Tax introduced in UK (1799) Zoom debuted (1972) 1st Balloon Flight in US (1793) Plastic Tombstone patented (UK; 1988) Fantastic Four 1st met the Skrulls Autogyro 1st flew (1923) Income Tax 1st imposed (UK; 1799) Columbus sights a Mantee and thinks its a mermaid 1st Society Ball held (Patriarch's Ball; 1882) Queen Elizabeth luxury liner destroyed by fire (Hong Kong; 1972) Admiral Nelson buried at St. Paul's Cathedral (London; 1806) Mississippi seceded from the Union (1861) Penicillin broth soup used to successfully treat infection (1929) 1st British X Certificate given to a film (Life Begins Tomorrow; 1951) Virginia Woolf bought the lease to 52 Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury (1924) New York legislature introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public (1902) Concorde supersonic airliner 1st test flight (1969) Bolsheviks defeated the last of the White Russians (1920) Teddy Roosevelt declared Muir Woods a national monument (1908) Jets Quarterback Joe Namath "guaranteed" a win in Super Bowl 3, and then delivered beating the Colts 16-7 (1969) K-Mart banned the sale of Steve Martin's comedy album Let's Get Small, obviously missing the point Israeli rabbi revoked the kosher food license of a Tiberias hotel because they allowed a couple to have sex in a helicopter while hovering above the hotel pool during a party (1989) University of Colorado UFO Project released its report entitled Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects which was hailed as debunking UFOs despite the fact that 1/3 of the 1,645 cases detailed remain unexplained (1969) |
| 10 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Ethan Allen Pat Benatar George Washington Carver Ray Bolger Linda Lovelace Maurice Sendak Robinson Jeffers Paul Henreid Nicolaus Steno Barbara Hepworth George Foreman Jim Croce Willie McCovey Sal Mineo Donald Fagen Noah Beery Jr. Frank James Johnny Ray Trini Alvarado Bob Lang Francis X. Bushman Gisele Mackenzie Donald Brooks Galina Ulanova Meyer Davis Sherrill Milnes Glen Robinson Michael Ney Gustav Husak Cyril Neville Grock Rod Stewart |
Peculiar People Day Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony @ Volunteer Fireman's Day Geraint (Wales) Hockey Night (Letterman) St. Agatho's Day Foreign Agents' Day Speck Day League of Nations Day Texas Citrus Fiesta (@) St. Marcian's Day Fairy Lunch (Fairy) Black Scientist Day National Bittersweet Chocolate Day |
| January 10 Events |
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| Herge's Tintin 1st published (1929) Arsenic & Old Lace premiered Order of the Golden Fleece established League of Nations founded (1920) Single-lens film camera patented (1888) 1st Telegram sent UN General Assembly 1st met (London; 1946) 1st Children's Library opened Charles Ives' Three Places in New England premiered Vinyl Record debuted by RCA & Columbia (1949) That Was the Week That Was debuted 1st Photo taken from an airplane Tea from India 1st arrived in UK (1839) Penny Postage began (UK; 1840) London's 1st Subway opened (1863) Skeezix got a new job Oil 1st discovered in Texas (1901) Wendy's "Where's the Beef?" ad campaign debuted (1984) Barbed Wire patented C5 Electric Car 1st demonstrated (1985) Thomas Paine's Common Sense published (1776) Wake of the Red Witch premiered Standard Oil incorporated (1870) Little Annie Rooney comic strip began (1929) Women's Suffrage Amendment introduced (1878) Florida seceded from the Union (1861) US House of Representatives voted in favor of women's suffrage (1918) Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford divorced (1935) White House picketed by women demanding the vote (1917) Criticizing her novels, Cardinal Newman states "Jane Austen has no romance" (1837) Hazel Dobkins killed her husband and children (1965; in the film Basic Instinct, 1994) Elizabeth Barret received her 1st love letter from future husband Robert Browning (1845) Pineer aviators Hood and Moncrieff lost over the Tasman Sea flying from Australia to New Zealand (1928) |
| 11 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Reinhold Gliere Alexander Hamilton Ben Crenshaw Manford Lepofsky Eugenio Maria de Hostos William James Ezra Cornell Domenico Ghirlandajo Alice Paul John MacDonald Phillip von Ferrary Aldo Leopold William James Rod Taylor Echo Johnson (Pb 1/93) Clarence Clemmons Slim Harpo Vicki Peterson Paddy Driscoll Grant Tinker Eva La Gallienne Max Carey Lourdes Estores (Pb 6/82) John Alexander Monte Blue Darryl Dawkins Eugenio De Hostos Mary J. Blige Vicki Peterson Neville Duke Alan Paton Cris Ford David Wolper Naomi Judd Juanita Kreps Henry Gordon Selfridge Daniel Dancer Fred Archer William "Intrepid" Stephenson George Nathaniel Curzon |
National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend
Day Carmentalia (Old Roman Festival to 9 Muses) Unity Day (Nepal) International Thank You Day Burning of the Cavie (Tar Barrel; Burghead, Scotland) Juturna (Prophetic Waters Festival) Banquet of Fairies, Goblins, Pixies, and Elves (Fairy) Use More of Your Mind Day St. Vitalis of Gaza's Day Giant Day Unlucky Day Banana Boat Day Art Deco Festival St. Hiliary's Day Pharmacists Day Kagami-Biraki (Rice Cakes Festival; Japan) Buy Defense Stamps Day Albania Anniversary Day Send a Dollar to the Treasury Day National Hot Toddy Day Smoking May Be Hazardous To Your Health Day |
| January 11 Events |
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| Whisky-A-Go-Go, 1st US Discotheque, opened (LA;
1963) 1st Lottery (England; 1569) Mt. Etna erupted Francium, Element 87, discovered (1939) Milk Bottles 1st delivered (1878) 1st Sedan automobile Woman's Club established Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (1922) 1st Life Insurance Company began cheating people Paul Gauguin married a 13-year-old Tahitian girl (1892) Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett 1st met (1936) US Surgeon General 1st said "stop smoking" (1964) 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK (1971) Bread and Roses Strike began (1912) Charing Cross Station opened in London (1864) Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles (1949) King Zog of Albania deposed (1946) 1st Sextuplets born (South Africa; 1974) Salvador Dali lectured on surrealism at MOMA (1935) Nassau County, New York founded (1899) Alabama seceded from the Union (1861) Pretenders' eponymous album released King of Naples deserted Napoleon and joined the Allies (1813) Amelia Earhart became 1st woman to fly solo across the Pacific (1935) Native Americans still being sold as slaves (Los Angeles; 1869) Biafran leader, General Ojukwe, fled Biafra as Nigerian troops entered Owerri (1970) 25 Motorists publicly lashed for staging a car race in Saudia Arabia (1987) Mexican President Benito Juarez returned to Mexico City after Maximilian's execution (1867) Dozens watched UFOs melt holes in the ice at Wanaque Reservoir, New Jersey (1966) Fremont Brewing Co. founded (California; 1994) Denison's Brewing Co. founded (Ontario; 1989) Thompson Brewery & Public House founded (Oregon; 1990) |
| 12 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| John Singer Sargent Edmund Burke Charles Perrault Jack London Thomas Moran Glenda Jackson Kirstie Alley Vendela Kirsebom HAL Kreskin Joe E. Lewis Ira Hayes Angela Davis Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Tex Ritter John Winthrop Vivekanada Dominique Wilkins Henny Youngman Joe Frazier Luise Rainer Glenn Yarborough James Farmer Ray Price Long John Baldry Anthony Andrews Patsy Kelly Judi Monterey (Pb 1/63) Des O'Connor Ricky Van Shelton Luise Rainer Ray Price Cynthia Robinson Paul Hermann Muller Jean Baptiste van Helmont Per Gessie William Lee Golden P.W. Botha Joseph Joffre Hermann Goering Rush Limbaugh Howard Stern |
Compitalia (Old Roman Slave Festival to Household
Gods) Printing Ink Day Working Woman's Appreciation Day Festival of Sarasyati (Hindu Goddess of Wisdom) National Pharmacist Day Goblin Gala (Fairies not invited) Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) St. Ailred's Day Ullr Festival (Mythical God of Winter) Feast of Fabulous Wild Men St. Allan's Day National Marzipan Day Lift Every Voice and Sing Day Work Harder Day St. Benedict Biscop's Day (patron of architects, glass workers, musicians, painters, speleologists) Runic half-month of Eoh ends |
| January 12 Events |
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| HAL became operational (1997; in 2001: A Space
Odyssey) 1st Public Museum opened (Charleston, SC; 1773) His Girl Friday premiered 1st X-Ray taken Batman debuted Freeland Colony founded in US (1900) Santa Clara Mission founded (1777) How To Stuff a Wild Bikini premiered All in the Family debuted (1971) 1st Sale at Saks 5th Avenue Biafran War ended (1970) 1st Supermarket in UK opened (1948) Zulu-British War began (1879) Boeing 747 completed its 1st atlantic flight (1970) Sultan of Zanzibar banished (1964) Aeronautical Society of Great Britain founded (1866) 2 Earth-size planet discovered orbiting pulsar PSR1257812 (1992) Boeing 747 made its maiden voyage (1970) Steve Miller's The Joker reached No. 1 (1974) 1st Woman elected to the US Senate (1932) Queen of England opened the New Zealand Parliament (1954) Lift Every Voice and Sing, Negro National Anthem, 1st performed (1900) Idi Amin expelled from Zaire (1989) Franfurter temporarily renamed "Victory Sausage" US House of Representatives rejected proposal to allow women to vote (1915) A Luminous pancake-shaped UFO landed in NOrth Bergen, New Jersey & took soil samples (1975) Sharkey's Brew Club founded (Colorado; 1995) |
| 13 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Tabita Stevens (Bewitched) Salmon P. Chase Wyatt Earp Sam Woolworth Anna-Marie Goddard (Pb 1/94) Patrick Dempsey Horatio Alger Jr. Gwen Verdon John Dos Passos Suggs Penelope Ann Miller Frank Gallo Jay McInerney Michael Bond Robert Stack Don Snow Vicki McCarty (Pb 9/79) Julia Louis-Dreyfus Kevin Anderson Charlie "Swamp Baby" Wilson Robert "Squirrel" Lester Graham McPherson Richard Moll Frances Sternhagen Sandra Church Potter Stewart Wilhelm Wien Ralph Edwards William B. Davis Alfred Carl Fuller Kevin Mitchell Gary Moore Johannes Bjelke-Petersen Ted Willis Harry Worth Brandon Tartikoff Sophie Tucker Charles Nelson Reilly Rubber Duckie (Sesame Street) |
Old New Year's Day (Wales; Julian Calendar) Change of Style Day Silvesterklause (Switzerland) Blame Someone Else Day Festival of the Body of Habits Zero Birth Day Recuperation Fortnight begins (Fairy) Tiugunde Day (Old England) Midvintersblot (Norse Midwinter Festival) Liberation Day (Togo) St. Hilary of Poitiers' Day (patron of backward children, lawyers; against insanity, snakebites) Tyvendedagen (Norway) Stephen Foster Memorial Day Door-to-Door Salespeople Day Strive and Succeed Day Runic half-month of Peorth (womb, dice cup) begins St. Knute's Day National Tractor Pull (@) Stephen Foster Memorial Day National Peach Melba Day |
| January 13 Events |
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| Frisbee invented Accordian patented (1854) Duke appointed Governor of Samoa (Doonesbury) 1st Plastic Car made Yellow Submarine released Lifeboat premiered 1st Dynamite Factory built British Labour Party formed (1893) 1st Public Radio Broadcast (1910) Mickey Mouse comic strip began (1930) 1st Woman conducted the Metropolitan Opera (1976) Friday the 13th Computer Virus supposedly actived (1989) Jayne Mansfield married Mickey Hargitay (1958) 1st Ad for a radio appeared (in Scientific American; 1906) Jonathan Swift was ordained an Anglican priest (Ireland; 1695) NASA selcted 1st US Women Astronauts (1978) 1st Black played in NBA All-Star basketball game (1953) Canadian radical William Lyon Mackenzie fled to the US (1838) Independent British Labour Party formed (1893) Capitol Records reluctantly released 1st Beatles record in US (I Wanna Hold Your Hand; 1964) Emile Zola sent an open letter to French President, reprinted in L'Aurore newspaper as J'accuse (1898) Chubby Checker's The Twist reached No. 1 (1962) Darrin and Samatha Stevens give birth to Tabitha (Bewitched; 1966) French newspaper, La Liberation published list of 32 CIA agents operation undercover in Paris (1976) London Appeals Court ruled mere possession of cannibis not an offense under English Law Clubhaus Brewpub founded (Minnesota; 1995) |
| 14 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Albert Schweitzer Humphrey Bogart Andy Rooney Steven Soderbergh Hal Roach Susan Smith (Pb 9/81) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Richard Outcault Henri Fantin-Latour Berthe Morisot John dos Passos Andy Rooney William Whipple Lawrence Kasdan Yukio Mishima L.L. Cool J. Faye Dunaway Cecil Beaton Hugh Lofting Art Young Kim Llewellyn Allen Toussaint Benedict Arnold Allen Toussaint Carl Weathers Jack Jones William Bendix Morihiro Hosokawa Thomas Tryson Jason Bateman Mehmed VI Julian Bond Marjoe Gortner Launch Faircloth Ricochet Rabbit Magilla Gorilla |
Feast of Fools Debt Day Vinegrower's Day (Bulgaria) Narcissus Festival Cakes and Ale Day (UK) Pongal (India) Mallard Day (Oxford, UK) St. Kentigern's Day National Dress Up Your Pet Day Take a Missionary to Lunch Day St. Sava's Day (patron of Serbia) Paul Bunyan Sled Dog Races begin (@) Julian Calendar New Year St. Felix of Nola's Day (patron against perjury) National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day All Souls College Mallard (Oxford) Traitor's Day Celebration of 2nd Week of Moonhopper (Fairy) |
| January 14 Events |
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| 1st Human Be-In (San Francisco; 1967) Celluloid invented Simpsons debuted (1990) 1st Publication made using US made paper Caesarian Section 1st performed in US (1794) Euthanasia Society founded 1:00 a.m. Curfew set for bowlers International Dogsled Mail Service 1st established 1st US Assembly Line started (Ford; 1914) Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio married (1954) Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden (1814) 1st Moving assembly line began running (1913) Today Show debuted (1952) Puccini's Tosca premiered (1900) 1st Hootennany held at the White House (1964) Treaty of Paris ratified ending American Revolution (1784) British Muslims burned copies of Rushdie's Satanic Verses (1989) Massachusetts Bay Colony held a day of fasting in protest of wrongly convcted witches (1699) CIA secretly held a 5-scientist meeting in Washington, DC to review UFO data, after 3 days they recommended the Gov't institute a "debunking" policy (1953) Box Office Brewery & Restaurant founded (Illinois; 1994) Lang Creek Brewery founded (Montana; 1994) Santa Clarita Brewing Co. founded (California; 1994) |
| 15 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Moliere Edward Teller Martin Luther King Jr. Gene Krupa Matthew Brady Franz Grillparzer Sonya Kovalevski Osip Mandelstam Martin Agronsky Chuck Berry Mazo de la Roche St. Paul the Hermit Don Van Vliet Lloyd Bridges Captain Beefheart Philip Livingston Ace Goodman Margaret O'Brien Julian Sands Edwin Sherin Aristotle Onasis Rod MacLeish Matha Davis Gamal Nassar Peter Trewavas Kenny Easley Stuart Eizenstat Ernest Gaines Mario Van Peebles Chad Lowe Andrea Martin Randy "The Monster" White Maria Schell Charo John O'Connor |
Ivy Day Feast of the Abbot of Unreason Hermit Day Procrastinator's New Year Craft-Brew Day (Berkeley, California) Feast of the Ass Dia Del Maestro (Teacher's Day; Venezuela) Seijn-No-Hi (Adult's Day; Japan) Humanitarian Day Pioneer Day (Idaho) Hat Day St. Paul of Thebes' Day (aka Paul the Hermit; patron of weavers) Moliere Day (France) Coming of Age Day (Japan) Massage Parlor Day St. Maurus' Day (patron against colds) Iroquois White Dog Feast National Strawberry Ice Cream Day St. Macarius of Egypt's Day Top Junk-Food News Stories Day Feast of Christ of Esquipulas (Black Christ Festival; Guatemala) |
| January 15 Events |
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| London Beer Shortage began Pentagon building completed (1943) 1st Super Bowl (1967; Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10) Basketball Rules 1st published (1892) 1st Telephone Directory published British Museum opened (1759) Disney's Sleeping Beauty premiered 1st All-glass building completed Cable Street Car patented Happy Days debuted (1974) 1st Top Hat worn Moliere baptized in Paris (1622) Radioactivity discovered 1st Ski Club formed Hill St. Blues debuted Irish Free State established (1919) Aswan Dam opened (1971) 1st Gold dental inlay used (1907) Otis patented the Steam Elevator (1861) Fletcher Christian & other Bounty mutineers arrived on Pitcairn Island (1790) Democratic "Donkey" symbol 1st appeared (1870) Nixon ordered halting of bombing in Vietnam (1973) Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England (1559) National Academy of Design founded (1826) Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty premiered (1890) 21 People died in Great Boston Molasses Flood (1919) Honore de Balzac signed his 1st publishing contract (1829) Don McLean's American Pie reached No. 1 (1972) 1st Propaganda leaflets dropped from an airplane Pyramid Brewery's Berkeley, California brewpub opened (1997) Cook County, Illinois founded (home of Chicago; 1831) James Hetherington fined in London for wearing the 1st Bowler Hat (1797) Blue Water Brewing Co. founded (California; 1994) Legend Brewery founded (Virginia; 1994) Mill Creek Brewery & Restaurant founded (Missouri; 1994) Saskatoon Brewing Co. founded (Saskatchewan; 1991) Ship Inn Brewery founded (New Jersey; 1995) |
| 16 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Andre Michelin Jay "Dizzy" Dean Kate Moss Eartha Kitt Ma Barker Robert W. Service Samuel McIntyre Marilyn Horne Carol Lombard Robert W. Service Sade Ethel Merman John Carpenter Guy Chamberlin Daniella A.J. Foyt Jim Stafford Paul Webb Alexander Knox Francesco Scavullo Debbie Allen Bob Bogle Ronnie Milsap Jack Burns McDowell Bill Francis Michael Wilding Jr. Stirling Silliphant William Kennedy |
Religious Freedom Day National Nothing Day Dies Electricia (Aurora Borealis) Concordia (Old Roman Goddess of Harmonious Relations) Festival of All Fairies (Fairy) Book Publishers Day National Good Teen Day There's No Business Like Show Business Day National Fig Newton Day St. Honoratus' Day Haru-No-Yabuiri (Day of No Work for the Overworked; Japan) Angola Independence Day St. Priscilla's Day (patron of widows) Lee-Jackson Day (Virginia) |
| January 16 Events |
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| Scout Handbook published 1st Monk, St. Anthony, took the pledge France 1st recognized the US Sandwich Islands discovered Ivan the Terrible crowned Tsar (1547) Nylon patented (1937) Prohibition began (1920) Cavern nightclub opened in Liverpool 1st US Female Astronauts selected (1978) Pendleton Act passed creating Civil Service (1883) Electric Organ patented Hormones discovered US Civil Service established (1883) Love a Mystery debuted on radio (1939) Gulf War began (1991) Battle of Burma (1942) Edmund Spenser died (1599) Cavern Club opened in Liverpool (1957) Winnebago County, Illinois founded (1836) Dodge Omni & Plymouth Horizon debuted (1977) 1st Non-stop flight around the world (1957) George Harrison's Got My Mind Set on You reached No. 1 (1988) Pago Pago Commerce Treaty signed (Samoa) 1st Photofinish camera installed at a racetrack (1936) Banny Goodman & friends played 1st jazz concert in Carnegie Hall (1938) Eisenhower appointed Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Erope (WW 2) Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing recorded (1932) Clamp-on Roller Skates patented 1st Native American college in 400 years opened (Navajo Community College; 1969) BBC radio hoax of an anarchy uprising caused rioting and widespread panic in London (1926) San Francisco Brewing Co. founded (California; 1986) |
| 17 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Benjamin Franklin Anton Chekov James Earl Jones Vidal Sasson Thomas Crapper Mack Sennett Ann Bronte David Lloyd George Muhammed Ali (Cassius Clay) Jim Carrey Andy Kaufman Jerome Kern Mick Taylor Joe Frazier Darnell Walker Moira Shearer David Caruso Susanna Hoffs Troy Donahue Sheree North Maury Povich Clyde Walcott Paul Young Stanislaw II Don Zimmer Chili Davis Buzz Feitshans Steve Earle Billy R. Moses John Crawford Douglas Wilder Betty White Al Capone Shari Lewis |
Straying Toward the Path Day World Religion Day Business Day National Feedback Day Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day Felcitas (Old Roman Goddess of Good Luck) San Antonio Abad (Mexico) National Public Employees Appreciation Day Carnivale begins (Italy) St. Anthony's Day (patron of basket weavers, brush makers, butchers, domestic animals, grave diggers, herdsmen, swine; against eczema, ergotism) National Printing Ink Day Pig Day Thomas Crapper Day Constitution Day (Philippines) St. Devota's Day (patron of Corsica, Monaco) Fire From the Sky Day National Hot Buttered Rum Day Professional Boxers Day |
| January 17 Events |
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| Brink's Bank robbed of $3,000,000 Gandalf died (Hobbit) Eisenhower warned US people about military-industrial complex (1961) Battle of Cowpens (1781) 1st Baby born in the White House (Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter; 1806) Automatic Film Developing patented Cable Car patented (1871) Gary Gillmore executed (1977) Ford stock went public (1956) 1st International Exhibition of Surrealism opened in Paris (1938) Howard the Duck comic book published Led Zeppelin released their 1st album (1969) 2nd Myst date needed to raise the ship (1207) Chang & Eng, siamese twins, died (1874) Poland liberated from the Nazis (WW2; 1945) Southern California Northridge Earthquake (6.6; 1994) Duke of Wellington appointed Commander-in-Chief of British Army (1827) 2 Jupiter-size planets discovered orbiting sunlike stars (1996) Kobe earthquake, Japan (7.2; 1995) James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle (1773) Barry Manilow's I Write the Songs reached No. 1 (1976) Volstead Act and US Prohibition (18th Amendment) formally began (1920) Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III and permitted to practice medicine (1536) Mid-air collision of B-52 with refueling tanker plane over Palomares, Spain accidently drops 4 Hydrogen Bombs causing massive contamination (1966) |
| 18 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| A.A. Milne Jacob Bronowski Daniel Webster Cary Grant Peter Mark Roget Danny Kaye John Boorman Sharon Mitchell Emmanuel Chabrier Thomas Sopwith Charles de Montesquieu Byron Werner Ray Dolby Antoine Pevsner Oliver Hardy Ruben Dario David Ruffin Joseph Glidden Kevin Costner Pedro Rodriguez Daniel Hale Williams Andrei Gromyko Constance Moore Evelyn Lear Larry Smith Pat Sullivan Mark Mesier Bobby Goldsboro "Legs" Larry Moore Curt Flood Steven L. DeBerg Curt Flood |
Winnie the Pooh Day Jazz Day Wellington Day (New Zealand) Santa Prisca Day (Taxco, Mexico) Thesaurus Day Four an' Twenty Day (Scotland) Old Twelfth Day Carrot Festival (Holtville, CA) St. Ulfrid's Day Revolution Day (Tunisia) National Peking Duck Day |
| January 18 Events |
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| German Empire founded 1st Jazz Concert at the Met Dark Side of the Moon released 1st Speakeasy opened (50-50 Club, NYC; 1920) Hawaii discovered 1st White Bear in US X-Ray Machine 1st exhibited (1896) Pilgrims saw a UFO Versailles Peace Conference held Wilhelm of Prussia crowned 1st German Emperor (1871) Quinine 1st used to treat malaria (1538) Pulsars 1st identified (1969) Vacuum Tube developed (1903) 1st Launch & landing of a plane from a ship (1911) Auschwitz Death March began (WW2; 1945) Frederic Brown's What Mad Universe? published Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and republican comrades captured Dublin's Rotunda (1922) American William Walker declared himself President of Sonora (consisting of 2 Mexican states; 1854) Houses of Lancaster & York united by marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward IV (1485) UK's House of Lords debated the existence of UFOs (1979) |
| 19 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Paul Cezanne Edgar Allen Poe James Watt Copernicus Richard Lester Tom Yeates Robert MacNeil Alexander Woollcott Thomas Isiah Henry Bessemer Janis Joplin Kevin Costner Robert E. Lee Nina Bawden Robert Palmer Phil Everly Jean Stapleton Lance Rasbridge Christopher Sabo Simon Rattle Patricia Highsmith Frtiz Weaver Stefan Edberg Roy Leonard Guy Madison Dewey Bunnell Shelly Fabraes Edgar J. Helms Oveta Culp Hobby Desi Arnez Jr. Harvey Hinsley John Raitt Dan Reeves Tippi Hedren Junior Seau Mickey Virtue O.J. Anderson Dolly Parton Michael Crawford |
Champagne Day Brew A Potion Day Archery Day Tenderness Toward Existence Day Artist As Outlaw Day Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day Greek Cross Day National Popcorn Day St. Canute's Day (patron of Denmark) Confederate Heroes Day (Texas) St. Henry of Uppsala's Day (patron of Finland) National Sporting Goods Convention begins (@) St. Wulfstan's Day Capricorn zodiac sign ends St. Fillian's Day (patron against insanity) |
| January 19 Events |
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| Water discovered outside our galaxy Technicolor patented Charles I trial for Treason began (1649) 1st Neon sign lit Leon Trotsky went into exile (1929) Canning patented President Ford pardoned "Tokyo Rose" (1977) New Jersey Turnpike completed (1952) DC Mayor Marion Barry filmed smoking crack (1990) Japan invaded Burma (1942) 1st Tour de France bicycle race began (1903) Lucille Ball gave birth to "Little Ricky" on TV (1953) Disney's So Dear to My Heart premiered (1949) Susan B. Anthony elected head of American Equal Rights Association (1869) Richard Steele's The Crisis published (1714) Georgia seceded from the Union (1861) Charles Wilkes sighted Antarctica and claimed her for US (1840) |
| 20 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Richard Henry Lee Ernest Chausson Robert Morris Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin David Lynch Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter DeForrest Kelly Bill Maher Federico Fellini Walter Piston George Burns Johannes Vilhelm Jensen Andre Marie Ampere Frederico Fellini Nathaniel P. Willis Harold Gray Yevgeniy Zamyatin Aristotle Onasis Charles III (1760) Jay Adamson Leon Ames Patricia Neal Slim Whitman Arte Johnson Paul D. Cloverdale John Michael Montgomery Anatoly Scharansky Ron Harper Paul Stanley Eric Stewart Ron Towson Bruce Sundlun Ozzie Guilen Ely Landau Joan Rivers Lorenzo Lamas |
Babin Den (Grandmother's Day; Bulgaria) St. Sebastian's Day (patron of archers, soldiers, athletes, Rio De Janeiro) Aquarius zodiac sign begins Basketball Day Heroes Day (Cape Verde) Celtic tree month of Beth ends Hat Day St. Sebastian's Day (patron of Rio de Janiero, archers, athletes, hardware, lace makers, the military, pin makers, potters, police officers; against plague) Mali Army Day St. Fabian's Day (patron of lead founders, potters) Heroes Day (Guinea-Bissau) US Presidential Inauguration Day (every 4 years) Lesotho Army Day Take A Walk Outdoors Day St. Euthymius' Day National Buttercrunch Day |
| January 20 Events |
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| Dennis Miller Show debuted 1st Basketball game played (1892) Roller Coaster patented 1st Baseball game played (1892) UK recognized US (1873) American Hostages released by Iran Meet the Beatles released Sartre's On Being and Nothingness published (1943) John Marshall appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1801) Where the Boys Are premiered British Parliament 1st met (1265) US Hostages in Iran released (1981) Hong Kong ceded to UK by China (1841) London Docks opened (1805) US Navy leased Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1887) Robert Frost read his poem The Gift Outright at JFK's inauguration (1961) World's Largest Cheese made (34,591 lbs.; cheddar) Citizens in Varginha, Brazil witnessed authorities capture huminoid creatures and drive away (1996) Left Hand Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1994) Master's Brasserie & Brewpub founded (Ontario; 1988) |
| 21 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| John Fitch Christian Dior Roger Baldwin Jack Nicklaus Duncan Grant Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson John Charles "the Pathfinder" Fremont Sam Peckinpah Robert E. Howard Lynn Thomas (Pb 5/97) Charles V (the Wise; 1338) Geena Davis J. Carrol Nash Richard P. Blackmur John Cabell Breckinridge "Wolfman" Jack Hakeem Olajuwon Karina Lombard Barney Clark Telly Savalas Richie Havens John Moses Browning Alice Denham (Pb 7/56) Placido Domingo Mac Davis Steve Reeves Benny Hill Jill Eikenberry Wolfgang Kohler Paul Scofield Detlef Schrempf George Conner Johnny Oates Robby Benson Billy Ocean |
Own Your Own Home Day National Hugging Day Winterskol St. Agnes' Day (patron of virgins, Girl Scouts) Feast of Jolly Roger Celtic tree month of Luis (Rowan) begins St. Meinrad's Day Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic) Quebec International Bonspiel begins (Canada) National Granola Bar Day Anniversary of the Elf Wars (Fairy) Tie-Up Town USA Ice Festival Hot and Spicy Food International Day |
| January 21 Events |
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| Medal of Honor 1st awarded 1st American Novel published (The Power of Sympathy; 1789) New York City declares pinball machines illegal (1942) Buck Rogers comic strip debuted Guillotine 1st demonstrated (1790) Columbus discovered St. Vincent Louis XVI executed (1793) 1st Monte Carlo Car Rally held (1911) George Harrison married Patti Boyd (1966) Kiwanis Club founded (1915) New York Garment Workers' Strike held (1919) 1st Television Cooking Show aired Zulus massacred Bristish troops in Natal (1879) Taxis officially recognized in UK (1907) USS Nautilus, 1st nuclear submarine, launched (1954) Vietnam War draft dodgers pardoned (1977) 1st Commercial SST flight began (1976) Atomic Bombs 1st tested in Nevada (1951) General Motors 1st displayed a turbine-powered car (1953) Yazoo County, Mississippi founded (1823) US Hostages in Iran arrived safely in Algiers (1981) John Wesley Harding's 1st recording session with a band (1989) Difford & Tilbrook of Squeeze performed on the 1st MTV's Unplugged (1980) New York City ordinance made public smoking for women illegal (1908) William Shawn replaced Harold Ross as editor of The New Yorker (1952) Terry Waite kidnapped by Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine (1987) Hugh Hefner and Kimberly Conrad announced their separation (1998) |
| 22 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Lord Byron Francis Bacon J.J. Johnson Sam Cooke Fred M. Vinson Andre Ampere Joseph Wambaugh Bud Bundy Robert Young Timothy Dexter Christina Marie Leardini (Pb 4/91) John Wesley Shipp Christy Turlington Diane Lane August Strindberg Willi Baumeister John Hurt August Strindberg Piper Laurie Linda Blair Benjamin Bannekar U. Thant Conrad Veidt Michael Hutchence George "Chuck" Seifert Joe Perry Bill Bixby Richard Upjohn Ann Sothern Chris Lemmon D.W. Griffith Benjamin Chavis William Warfield Ivan III (the Great) Jeff Smith Ross Barnett Birch Bayh Quintin Dailey Teddy Gentry Lester Hayes Steve Perry Balthazar Getty Samantha T. Mulder |
Erotic Festival Day Festival of the Orgone St. Vincent's Day (patron of winegrowers, schoolgirls, vinegar makers) Dance of the 7 Veils Day Festival of Invoking & Banishing Answer Your Cat's Question Day Ukranian Day Saints Day National Blond Brownie Day St. Timothy's Day (Greek) Goddess Month of Hestia ends Munich Ballet Festival begins (@) Hong Kong Arts Festival begins (@) |
| January 22 Events |
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| 1st American Novel published Atom 1st split (Columbia University; 1939) Zulus massacred British troops at Isandlwana (1879) Asante Army massacred British troops in the Gold Coast (1824) Battle of Anzio (WW 2; 1944) Laugh-In debuted 1st Argentine Grand Prix held (1953) Coca-Cola incorporated (1892) UK, Denmark, and Irish Republic joined the EEC (1972) Richard Strauss' Salome premiered (1907) Dr. Strangelove premiered 1st Commercial 747 flew Mad Bomber captured (1957) Roe v. Wade abortion decision reached (1973) Spain ceded Falkland Islands to UK (1771) Amsterdam's Schipol Airport opened a departure lounge for cattle (1988) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton film their 1st scene together in Cleopatra (1962) Queen Elizabeth granted William Byrd exclusive right to print and sell music paper John Martin saw a UFO fly over his Denison, Texas farm describing it as a "large saucer" (1878) Capitol City Brewing Co. founded (Illinois; 1994) Steelhead Brewery & Cafe founded (Oregon; 1991) |
| 23 January | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Bob Fosse Edouard Manet John Hancock Stendahl Jerry Kramer Lorraine Michaels (Pb 4/81) Sergei Eisenstein Paul Langevin Joseph Hewes Stewart Potter Rutger Hauer Sergei Eisenstein Django Reinhardt George McManus Antonio Gramsci Sondra Gatewood Bob Paisley Princess Caroline Ernie Kovacs Bill Gibb Jeanne Moreau Randolph Scott Gil Gerard Sharon Tate Pat Haden Tom Carper Franklin Pangborn David Douglas Duncan Bob Steele Richard Dean Anderson Bill Cunningham Earl Falconer Dan Dureya Frank R. Lautenberg Chita Rivera Bonkers |
New Year of the Trees (Palestine) Handwriting Day Lichtenstein Foundation Day National Pie Day One-Tooth Rhee Landing Day Goddess Month of Bridhe begins St. Ildephonsus' Day Grandmother's Day (Bulgaria) Measure Your Feet Day Birthday of the Grand Duchess (Luxembourg) Ragwort Dance (Pixies only) Quebec International Bonspiel (Curling Tournament @) St. Emerentiana's Day (patron against stomachaches) National Rhubarb Pie Day One-Tooth Rhee Landing Day |
| January 23 Events |
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| USS Pueblo seized by North Korea Lichtenstein founded (1719) US Poll-taxes declared illegal by passage of 24th Amendment (1964) Terry Kath accidently shot himself Sinbad the Sailor premiered Georgetown University founded (1789) Deepest Ocean Dive X-Rays discovered (1896) Roots debuted (1977) 1st Woman Doctor in US qualified (1849) British captured Tripoli (WW 2; 1943) Shanxi Earthquake killed 830,000 (China; 1556) Envelope Making Machine patented Royal Exchange opened (London; 1571) 1st Archery Club formed Volvo P1800 1st shown (1960) Petula Clark's Downtown reached No. 1 (1965) Barney Miller debuted John Wesley Harding's 1st recording session (1986) London and India 1st linked by telegraph (1908) Iraq destroyed Kuwait oil fields, causing the world's largest oil spill (1991) 1400 Varieties of European Grapevines arrived in Sonoma Valley, California (1862) |
| 24 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Jools Holland Edith Wharton John Belushi Frederick the Great Nastassia Kinski A.M. Cassandre Emperor Hadrian Mark Goodson Pierre De Beaumarchais Elisabeth Achelis Desmond Morris John Romita Roger Baldwin Debbie Hooper (Pb 8/69) Jerry Burns Bobby Beathard Mark Eaton Robert Motherwell Ernest Borgnine Vicki Baum Neil Diamond Warren Zevon Barry Bostwick Doug Kershaw Michael Ontkean Tatyana M. Ali Maria Tallchief Robert Keith Dribble Julian Krainin Mary Lou Retton Ray Stevens Jack Brickhouse Estelle Winwood Leonard Goldstein Bernard Kroger Yakov Smirnoff Oral Roberts Gustav III |
National Peanut Butter Day Alactis Fair begins (Aymara Indians, Bolivia) Tricknology Day St. Babylas' Day Kill-A-Cat Day Clash Day Fairy-Four Paganalia Paul Pitcher Day Economic Liberation Day (Togo) St. Francis de Sales' Day (patron of journalists, editors, writers; against deafness) |
| January 24 Events |
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| Beer Can introduced (Richmond, VA; 1935) 1st Boy Scout troop organized (UK; 1908) Eskimo Pie patented (1922) Caligula assassinated (41 CE) Rubber Heel patented Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California (1848) Yellow Kid, 1st Newspaper Comic Strip, appeared (1897) 1st Typewriter Ribbon made Apple Computers introduced the Macintosh (1984) Cape Horn 1st rounded (Willem Schouten; 1616) Henry III of England married Eleanor of Provence (1236) Fundamental Orders, 1st Constitution in US, adopted (Connecticut; 1639) Diana Ross' Theme From Mahogany reached No. 1 (1976) Operation Haylift began, saving millions of isolated cows and sheep (1949) American Psychological Ass'n stated homosexuality was not a mental illness (1975) Franz Kafka stopped working on Amerika, which he never finished (1913) O.J. Simpson's murder trial began (1995) After a few seconds, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe asked to stopped playing the piano at Utah Claim Jumper restaurant by moronic bartender telling him "customers are forbidden to play the bar's piano" (1997) |
| 25 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| W. Somerset Maugham Robert Burns Virginia Woolf Joe Strummer Ernst Alexanderson William Colgate Robert Boyle Martha Elizabeth Thomsen (Pb 5/80) Hal Gurnee Sleepy John Estes Edwin Newman John Leslie Don Maynard Etta James Morgan Russell Dean Jones Carl Eller Lou Groza Ernie Harwell Andy Cox Larry Kramer Richard Finch Charles Curtis Elizabeth Allen Dinah Manoff Conrad Burns Ernie Harwell Mark "Super" Duper Corazon Aquino Gloria Naylor Leigh Taylor-Young Eduard Shevardnadze Mildred Dunnock Kenneth P. Crane Leo IV (the Khazar) Corazon Aquino |
A Room of One's Own Day Observe the Weather Day Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul Old Disting (Norse) Festival of Constructive Energy Dinner Party Day Opposite Day St. Dwyn's Day (patron of lovers, against sickness in animals) Aukland Day (New Zealand) National Irish Coffee Day St. Gregory of Nazianzus' Day (Eastern) Robert Burns' Night (Scotland, Newfoundland) Scots Fest begins |
| January 25 Events |
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| Disney's 101 Dalmations premiered (1961) King James Bible published Nellie Bly outdid Phileas Fogg (72 days, 6 hrs, 11 min.) Transcontinental phone service began (1915) 1st Chess match by telephone Seeding Machine patented Guiding Light debuted on radio 1st Person killed by a robot (1979) Charles Manson found guilty (1971) Shay's Rebellion (1787) 1st Winter Olympics began (1924) Torpedo 1st used in war (1878) US bought Virgin Islands from Holland for 25 million (1917) 1st Anglican Woman Priest ordained (1944) Mendelssohn's Wedding March 1st performed at a wedding (1858) Edward III crorwnd King of England (1327) Super Flush Sunday (1987) Oakland Raiders became 1st wild card team to win a Super Bowl (1981) 1st US City added Fluoride to its drinking water (Grand Rapids, Michigan) NY Court ruled Bernard Goetz would not stand trial for murder (1985) Ronald Reagan married Jane Wyman (1940) US Domestic jet passenger service 1st began (1959) Paul McCartney deported from Japan for possession of marijuana (1980) 1st Televised US Presidential News Conference held (JFK; 1961) Henry VIII secretly married a pregnant Anne Boylen (1533) Israeli submarine "Dakar" disappeared in Mediterranean Sea (1968) Bushwakker Brewing Co. founded (Saskatchewan; 1991) |
| 26 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Jules Feiffer Paul Newman Senna Matsuda Eddie Van Halen Philip Jose Farmer Joan Leslie Claude Helveticus Sal Buscema Gene Siskel Henry Jordan Wayne Gretzky Sean MacBride Jimmy Van Heusen Roy Chapman Andrews Scott Glenn Andrew Ridgley Mary Mapes Dodge Stephane Grappelli Roger Vadim Eartha Kitt Roy Andrews Bob Uecker Merissa Mathes (Pb 6/62) Angela Davis Jack Youngblood Douglas MacArthur Charles XIV Julia Dent Grant George Howard Clements C. William Verity David Allen Pothier Nicolae Ceausescu |
Spike the Punch Day Uphellyaa Day (Scotland) Australia Day St. Timothy's Day (patron against stomachaches) Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) Republic Day (India) St. Titus' Day (patron of Crete; against freethinking) National Popcorn Day St. Paula's Day (patron of widows) Gone To Croatan Festival Smeltania (Boyne City, Michigan) National Peanut Brittle Day St. Polycarp's Day Fond du Lac Winter Celebration (Lake Winebago @) St. Xenophon's Day (Eastern) End of the Fifth Quarter of the Ninth Dozen of the Thirteenth Set (Fairy) |
| January 26 Events |
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| 1st Boy Scout Troop organized Brazil discovered (1500) Worker's Compensation established 1st Hydrplane flew Khartoum fell (1885) Michigan became the 26th state (1836) 1st Convicts arrived in Australia Black Knight 1st appeared Virginia readmitted to the Union (1870) Internal Combustion Engine patented by Karl Benz (1886) 1st State Temperance Law passed (Tennessee, naturally; 1838) Rugby Football Union established (UK; 1871) 1st Demonstration of television Fortean Society founded (1931) Rocky Mountain National Park founded Louisiana seceded from the Union (1861) 1st Electric Dental Drill built Peru declared independence from Chile (1827) 55 mph US National Speed Limit adopted (1974) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1st held (1925) August Tappan Wright's Islandia published J.M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World premiered at Dublin's Abbey Theatre (1907) Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire filming a Pepsi commercial (1984) British Surgeon General linked smoking with cancer (1926; 40 years before US) Hoover 1st calls for "meatless" and wheatless" days to deal with war shortages |
| 27 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lewis Carroll Frank Miller Edouard Lalo Jerome Kern William Randolph Hearst Akiko Hinagata David Seville Samuel Gompers Mimi Rogers Harry Ruby Charlotte J. Kemp (Pb 12/82) Mordecai Richler Skitch Henderson Troy Donohue Karen Velez (Pb 12/84) Mikhail Baryshnikov Donna Reed Nedra Talley Art Rooney Bobby "Blue" Bland Hymen G. Rickover David Seville Jean Bertrand Aristide Kaiser William II of Germany |
Punch the Clock Day National Chocolate Cake Day Birth of Uncanny Conjunctures Festival of Root Vibrations Kalamazoo Snowflakes & Spirits Festival Runic half-month of Peorth ends St. Angela Merici's Day Thomas Crapper Day National Activity Professionals Day Brussels Lace Day St. John Chrysostom's Day |
| January 27 Events |
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| Henry M. Stanley found Dr. Livingstone, he presumed
(1868) National Geographic Society founded (1888) 1st Magnetic Tape Recorder made Apollo I fire on the launchpad (1967) Vietnam War ended (1973) Fighting 69th premiered Lime invented Terramycin antibiotic introduced (1950) How To Murder Your Wife premiered Incandescent Light Bulb patented 1st US University, University of Georgia at Athens, founded (1785) Sub-Mariner attacked New York City Carter pardoned Vietnam draft dodgers 1st Public demonstration of television Standardization of Weights & Measures Howdy Doody debuted Auschwitz freed by allied troops (WW2; 1945) Dante exiled from Florence for his politics (1302) French submarine "Minerse" disappeared in Mediterranean Sea (1968) 1st Woman announced she would seek nomination for US President for a majot party (Margret Chase Smith; 1964) |
| 28 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Jackson Pollock Barbie Benton William Burroughs Colette Henry M. Stanley Artur Rubinstein Claes Oldenberg Alan Alda Susan Sontag Alexander MacKenzie Luanne L. Lee (Pb 1/87) Johannes Hevelius Acker Bilk Ernst Lubitsch Henry VII Jose Marti Auguste & Jean Felix Piccard Susan Howard Ernie (Sesame Street) |
Serendipity Day Daisy Day National Kazoo Day Hall of Fame Day St. Thomas Aquinas's Day (patron of students, pencil makers, theologians) National Spieling Day Love Among the Nations Day Runic half-month of Elhaz (elk) begins St. Charlemagne's Day Rwanda Independence Day Bald Eagle Day Smeltana (Betters Homes & Shanties Contest @) National Blueberry Pancake Day St. Ephraem Syrus' Day Rattlesnake Round-Up (@) Fond du Lac Winter Celebration St. Paulinus of Nola's Day Rinkydinks Annual Snowball Fight (@) |
| January 28 Events |
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| Great Seal of the US established 1st Emmy Awards presented Burma Road opened Gunga Din premiered Iceland became 1st country to legalize abortion (1935) 1st Streelights turned on (London; 1807) Shuttle Challenger exploded during ascent (1986) 12 O'Clock High premiered Nuclear Fission discovered (1939) Charlemagne died (814) 1st Telephone Switchboard in service (1878) US Coast Guard established Japanese troops took Shanghai (1932) Panama Railroad completed (1855) GM announced Saturn small-car project (1985) Vince Lombardi resigned as Packers head coach (1968) We Are the World recorded (1985) O.J. Simpson trial began (1995) Stendahl's 1st book published (1814) Trans-Panama Railroad completed (1855) Paris captured by Prussians (Franco-Prussian War; 1871) Derek Bentley hanged at age 19 for murdering a policeman (UK; 1953) Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campenella paralyzed in car accident (1958) Hubcap Brewery & Kitchen founded (Colorado; 1991) Yegua Creek Brewing Co. founded (Texas; 1994) Swiss citizen Billy Meier 1st abducted by aliens from the Pleiades star system (1975) |
| 29 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Thomas Paine Frederick Delius Paddy Chayevsky Anton Chekov Daniel Bernoulli William McKinley John Riatt W.C. Fields Bernard Hermann Emmanuel Sweednbourg Tom Selleck Robin Morgan Greg Louganis John Forsythe Sara Gilbert Victor Mature Ann Jillian Violette N. Anderson Stacey "Ronald" King Louis Perez Abdus Salam Oprah Winfrey Germaine Greer Allen B. DuMont Claudine Longet Katherine Ross David Byron Henry "Light Horse" Lee "Professor" Irwin Corey Judy Norton Taylor Nicholas Turturro Steve Sax Martha Wright Griffiths Irlene Mandrell |
Feast of Overdue Expectations Carnation Day National Puzzle Day Holiday of the Three Hierarchs (Greece) National Corn Chip Day St. Gilda the Wise's Day (patron against dog bites, rabies) NFL Pro-Bowl Game (@) Blue and Pink Day (Fairy) Weisse Beer Day NBA All-Star Game (@) |
| January 29 Events |
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| Disney's Sleeping Beauty premiered (1959) Internal Combustion Engine patented (1886) Victoria Cross instituted (1856) CIA established (1946) Kansas became the 34th state (1861) Baseball's American League organized (1900) 1st Caravan Holiday taken Baseball Hall of Fame established (1936) Ice Cream Cone Rolling Machine patented Emily Warner became 1st US woman airline pilot (1973) Sweden banned use of aerosol cans (1978) Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward married (1958) Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven published (1845) Rose Royce's Car Wash reached No. 1 (1977) Elkhart County, Indiana founded (1830) Character Newman debuted on Seinfeld (1992) Patty Hearst released from jail after being pardoned by Jimmy Carter (1979) 1st 5 men elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame (Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson) |
| 30 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Mohammed Franklin D. Roosevelt Boris Spassky Julie McCullough (Pb 2/86) Yuki Maiko Harold Prince Richard Greene Maiko Yuki Philip Glass Vanessa Redgrave Gene Hackman Saul Alinsky Tammy Grimes Dorothy Malone Victoria Principal Dick Martin John Profumo Barbara Tuchman Marty Balin Georg Dionysius Asa Gray Boris III John Henry Towers Curtis Strange Jody Watley Snagglepuss |
Festival Of Peace National Croissant Day Escape Day St. Martina's Day (patron of nursing mothers) Bloody Sunday (Northern Ireland) St. Charles' Day Puce and Ochre Day (Fairy) St. Adelelm's Day (patron of menservants) Bon Soo Winter Carnival (Ontario, Canada) St. Aldegund's Day (patron against cancer, childhood illness, fever, eye disease, sudden death, wounds) Three Archbishops Day St. Bathild's Day (patron of children) Yodel For Your Neighbors Day |
| January 30 Events |
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| Beatles played in public for the last time (London;
1969) King Charles I beheaded by order of Cromwell (1649) Gandhi assassinated (1948) 1st Jazz Record cut (1917) Pnematic Hammed patented 1st Science Association established USS Monitor launched Dr. Strangelove premiered (1964) Lone Ranger debuted on radio (1933) Highest rated TV show, Roots, Pt. 8, aired (1977) 1st Automobile Race Track built Halle Orchestra founded (1858) Yves St. Laurent's 1st fashion show held (1958) Contraceptive "Pill" 1st for sale in UK (1961) American Motors Rambler debuted (1958) Jay County, Indiana founded (1837) Tet offensive began (Vietnam War; 1968) Charles I beheaded by order of Oliver Cromwell (1649) 1st Fight broke out on the floor of the US House of Representatives Mid-Atlantic collision sank the passenger liner Elbe (1895) 5 Black Pharaonic figures dating from 1470 BCE found in Luxor, Egypt (1989) 1st Assassination attempted on US President (the gunshots missed Andrew Jackson; 1835) Beatles' played their last live performance on top of Apple Records building in London (1969) US Library of Congress re-established after the gift of Jefferson's 6,457-book library (1815) Reinheitsgebot, German beer purity law, enacted (1516) Ezra Pound met Mussolini and read him from her Cantos (1935) Queen Elizabeth II broke precedent by becoming the 1st reigning monarch to attend a commoner's funeral (Winston Churchill; 1965) Hitler named "Chancellor of the Third Reich" by President Hindenburg (1933) Bow Valley Brewing Co. founded (Alberta; 1995) |
| 31 January | |
|---|---|
| Birthdays | Holidays & Observances |
| Franz Schubert Terry Kath John O'Hara Rudolph Wurlitzer Phil Collins Zane Grey Robert Morris Jackie Robinson Irving Langmuir Don Hutson Philip Glass Ernie Banks Suzanne Pleshette Jean Simmons Rachel Jean Marteen (Pb 8/95) Thomas Merton Carol Channing James Franciscus Norman Mailer Anna Pavlova Mario Lanza Joanne Dru Eddie Cantor Jessica Walters Nolan Ryan Johnny Rotten Theodore Richards Wayne Milner Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands James Watt |
Feast of Great Typos Festival of Brigantia begins Up Helly AA (Viking Festival) Festival of Imbolc begins Nauru Independence Day Festival of Trasmission Errors Child Labor Day St. John Bosco's Day (patron of editors, apprentices) Phlegm-Green, Moldy-Grey, and Gazzard Day (Goblin) Valkyries' Day (Norse) St. Marcella's Day Kitchen God Visits Heaven (China) National Brandy Alexander Day St. Tryphena's Day (patron of nursing mothers) |
| January 31 Events |
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| Automobile 1st reached 100 mph 1st VD Clinic opened (1747) Green Hornet debuted on radio 1st Lifeboat made Bonnie Prince Charlie died in exile (1788) US Launched Explorer, its 1st satellite (1958) Leon Trotsky expelled from USSR (1929) US entered World War 1 (1917) Coca-Cola trademarked (1893) Explorer I, 1st US Satellite, launched into orbit (1958) RCA introduced 1st Musical Synthesizer (1955) Gandhi assassinated (1947) 1st Miss Albania crowned (1992) War in El Salvador officially ended (1992) Harry S. Truman approved development of Hydrogen Bomb (1950) J.D. Salinger's A Perfect Day for Banana Fish published in The New Yorker (1948) All American Indians ordered onto reservations (1876) Jackson 5's I Want You Back reached No. 1 (1970) Truman publicly denounced Senator Joseph McCarthy (1952) Anton Chekov's Three Sisters premiered in Moscow (1901) Terrorists killed 73 people in Sri Lanka (1995) Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare (WW1; 1917) Crescent City Brewhouse founded (Louisiana; 1991) Joe's Brewing Co. founded (Illinois; 1992) |
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