January Holidays and Activities

Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for January. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books or activity card sets. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links.

1	New Year's Day Betsy Ross’ Birthday (1752); she sewed first American flag.
2	Science Fiction Day
3	Author J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday (1892) Festival of Sleep Day Drinking Straw Day
4	Scientist Isaac Newton's Birthday (1643) Birthday of Louis Braille, inventor of Braille alphabet for the blind (1809) Trivia Day Spaghetti Day Flower Basket Day
5	Bird Day
6	Fictional character Sherlock Holmes Birthday (1854) Cuddle Up Day Bean Day
7	Old Rock Day
8	Postal Day A Friend Gives Love Day Musician Elvis Presley's Birthday (1935)
9	Step-Father's Day Dance Day Campbell’s Soup trademark registered (1975)
10	Volunteer Firefighter Day
11	International Thank You Day Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day Milk Day (milk delivered in bottles for first time in 1878)
12	Working Women's Appreciation Day
13	Door-to-Door Salespeople Day Blame Someone Else Day
14	Debt Day Doctor Doolittle author Hugh Lofting’s Birthday (1886) Dress Up Your Pet Day
15	Humanitarian Day Fresh-Squeezed Juice Day
16	Hot and Spicy Food International Day Nothing Day
17	Statesman/inventor Benjamin Franklin's Birthday (1706) Spiritual/social leader Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (1929; officially observed Federal holiday – 3rd Monday in January)
18	Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne's Birthday (1882)
19	Popcorn Day Tin Can Day Penguin Awareness Day
20	Presidential Inauguration Day Cheese Day Stay Young Forever Day
21	Hugging Day School Teacher's Day Squirrel Appreciation Day
22	Celebration of Life Day Answer Your Cat's Question Day
23	Compliment Day Measure Your Feet Day Handwriting Day
24	Peanut Butter Day Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson (1922) Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill (1848)
25	Fun at Work Day Opposite Day
26	Australia Day (Sydney, Australia settled in 1778)
27	Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll’s Birthday (1832) Chocolate Cake Day Classical musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Birthday (1756)
28	Sesame Street's Ernie's Birthday Blueberry Pancake Day Daisy Day Kazoo Day Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
29	Puzzle Day Corn Chip Day
30	President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday (1882) Escape Day
31	Jackie Robinson's Birthday (1919), first African American in major-league baseball

Floating Holidays: Bald Eagle Day (2nd weekend) Secret Pal Day (2nd Sunday) Clean Off Your Desk Day (2nd Monday) Make Your Dreams Come True Day (2nd Wednesday) Family Communication Day (2nd Thursday) Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (officially observed Federal holiday - 3rd Monday) Elementary School Teachers Day (3rd Monday) Hat Day (3rd Friday) Backwards Day (last Tuesday) School Nurse Day (4th Wednesday) Chinese New Year – 1/29/06, 2/18/07, 2/7/08 (first day of the first moon of the Chinese calendar) Specialty Weeks: 1st week: Celebration of Life Week Braille Literacy Week 2nd week: Book Week Bowling Week International Toy Fair Pizza Week Universal Letter Writing Week 3rd week: Healthy Weight Week Special Education Week 4th week: AIDS Awareness Week Appreciation Week (begins on last Sunday) Celebrity Read a Book Week Mozart Week (celebrated in Austria) Specialty Months: Autism Awareness Month Bald Eagle Watch Month Book Blitz Month Celebrate the Past Month Eye Care Month Hi Neighbor Month Hobby Month It's Okay to Be Different Month Love Yourself Month March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month Meat Month Oatmeal Month Soup Month Staying Healthy Month Thank You Month Volunteer Blood Donor Month Whale Watching Month Wheat Bread Month

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