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2010 January

MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES 

Bath Safety Month
Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Celebration of Life Month
Eye Care Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Financial Wellness Month
International Creativity Month
International Quality of Life Month
National Be on Purpose Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Cervical Cancer Screening Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Mentoring Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Skating Month
National Soup Month
National Staying Healthy Month
National Thank You Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Rising Star Month
Self-Health Group Awareness Month
 
WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week
Diet Resolution Week
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
Silent Record Week
Universal Letter Writing Week
 
Second Week
Elvis Presley Week
Home Office Safety and Security Week
Kid Film Week
Law Enforcement Training Week
National Soccer Coaches Week
National Thank Your Customers Week
School Crossing Guard Week
Someday We’ll Laugh About This Week
Women’s Self-Empowerment Week
 
Third Week
Christian Unity Week
Cuckoo Dancing Week
National Book Week
National No Tillage Week
Slam Dance Week
Special Education Week
 
Fourth Week
Health Awareness Week
Healthy Weight Week
Hunt for Happiness Week
International Printing Week
Junior Achievement Week
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
National Medical Practice Week
No Name Calling Week
Women in Blue Jeans Week
 
Fifth Week
Catholic Schools Week
National Take Back Your Time Week
World Leprosy Week
 
January 1st
Betsy Ross’s Birthday (1752)
Bonza Bottler Day (1/1)
Ellis Island Aniversary (opened in 1892)
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary (1863)
J.D. Salinger’s Birthday (1919)
J. Edgar Hoover’s Birthday (1895)
Le Jour de l’An – French New Year
New Year’s Day
Paul Revere’s Birthday (1735)
Rose Bowl
Saint Basil’s Day
Z Day
 
January 2nd
Boo Boo Bear’s Birthday (Yogi’s little buddy)
Drinking Straw Patented in 1888
55 MPH Speed Limit Day
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
Run Up The Flagpole, See if Anyone Salutes Day
Science Fiction Day
 
January 3rd
Drinking Straw Day
Festival Of Sleep Day
Humiliation Day
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday (1892)
National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day
Victor Borge’s Birthday (1909)
 
January 4th
Dimpled Chad Day
Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Birthday (1774)
Isaac Newton’s Birthday
Jakob Grimm’s Birthday (1785)
Louis Braille’s Birthday (1809)
Michael Stipe’s Birthday (1960)
Phyllis Naylor’s Birthday (1933)
Pop Music Chart Day
Spaghetti Day
Sterling Holloway’s Birthday (1905)
Thank God It’s Monday Day
Trivia Day
World Hypnosis Day
 
January 5th
Bean Day
First Woman Governor Inaugurated (1925-WY)
Jill Stuart’s Birthday (1965)
National Bird Day
Robert Duvall’s Birthday (1931)
 
January 6th
Carl Sandburg’s Birthday (1878)
Cuddle Up Day
Epiphany or 12th Night
Joan of Arc’s Birthday (1412)
Rowan Atkinson’s Birthday (1955)
Sherlock Holmes’ Birthday (1854)
 
January 7th
Harlem Globetrotter’s Day
I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore Day
International Programmers Day
Kenny Loggins’ Birthday (1948)
Old Rock Day
 
January 8th
Bubble Bath Day
Carolina Herrera’s Birthday (1939)
David Bowie’s Birthday (1947)
Elvis Presley’s Birthday (1935)
Learn to Ski Day
Male Watcher’s Day
Midwife’s Day
National English Toffee Day
National Joy Germ Day
Rock N Roll Day
Show and Tell at Work Day
 
January 9th
Balloon Ascension Day
Dave Matthews’ Birthday (1967)
Fruitcake Toss Day
National Apricot Day
National Static Electricity Day
Play God Day
Positively Penguins Day
Stepfather’s Day
 
January 10th
First Meeting of United Nations (London-1946)
Jim Croce’s Birthday (1943)
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
Peculiar People Day
Stephen Foster Day
Where’s the Beef Day
 
January 11th
Alexander Hamilton’s Birthday (1755)
National Clean Off Your Desk Day
Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
 
January 12th
Charles Perrault’s Birthday (1628)
Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
Jack London’s Birthday (1876)
John Singer Sargent’s Birthday (1856)
John Winthrop’s Birthday (1588)
National Pharmacist Day
Penguin Awareness Day
Rush Limbaugh’s Birthday (1951)
Secret Pal Day
Work Harder Day
 
January 13th
International Skeptics Day
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss’ Birthday (1961)
Make Your Dreams Come True Day
Michael Bond’s Birthday (1926)
Poetry Break Day
Rubber Duckie Day
 
January 14th
Albert Schweitzer’s Birthday (1875)
Coming -of-Age Day (Japan)
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
Nina Ricci (1883)
Organize Your Home Day
 
January 15th
First Super Bowl 1967-won by Green Bay Packers
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Humanitarian Day
Margaret O’ Brien’s Birthday (1937)
National Hat Day
Women in Blue Jeans Day
 
January 16th
Appreciate a Dragon Day
National Nothing Day
Religious Freedom Day
Sade’s Birthday (1959)
 
January 17th
Anne Bronte’s Birthday (1820)
Bald Eagle Appreciation Day
Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday (1706)
Customer Service Day
Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day
Hot Heads Chili Days
Judgment Day
Kid Inventors Day
Shari Lewis’ Birthday (1934)
Vidal Sassoon’s Birthday (1928)
World Religion Day
 
January 18th
Cary Grant’s Birthday (1904)
Daniel Webster’s Birthday (1782)
Do Dah Parade Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1929)
Jane Horrocks’ Birthday (1964)
Peter Roget’s Birthday (1779)
Thesaurus Day
Winnie the Pooh Day – A.A. Milne’s Birthday (1882)
 
January 19th
Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday (1809)
National Popcorn Day
Paul Cezanne’s Birthday (1839)
Paula Deen’s Birthday (1947)
Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
Robert Palmer’s Birthday (1949)
Shelley Fabares’ Birthday (1944)
Thomas Kinkade’s Birthday (1958)
 
January 20th
Camcorder Day
Cheese Day
Inauguration Day
National Buttercrunch Day
National Disc Jockey Day
Penguin Awareness Day
 
January 21st
Christian Dior’s Birthday (1905)
Ethan Allen’s Birthday (1738)
Get to Know Your Customers Day
National Hugging Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Steven Hignite’s Birthday (My Son)
Women’s Healthy Weight Day
Women in Blue Jeans Day
 
January 22nd
Answer Your Cat’s Question Day
Bill Bixby’s Birthday (1934)
Celebration of Life Day
Diane Lane’s Birthday (1965)
National Blonde Brownie Day
Sir Francis Bacon’s Birthday (1561)
 
January 23rd
Edouard Manet’s Birthday (1832)
John Hancock’s Birthday (1737)
Measure Your Feet Day
National Handwriting Day
National Pie Day
Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
 
January 24th
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Belly Laugh Day
Edith Wharton’s Birthday (1862)
Ice Cream Bar/Eskimo Pie Day
Mary Lou Retton’s Birthday (1968)
National Compliment Day
Square Dance Day
TV Game Show Day
Warren Zevon’s Birthday (1942)
 
January 25th
A Room of One’s Own Day
Better Business Communication Day
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Dean Jones’ Birthday (1931)
Etta James’ Birthday (1938)
Macintosh Computer Day
Opposite Day
Robert Burns’ Birthday (1759)
Virginia Woolf’s Birthday (1882)
 
January 26th
Anita Baker’s Birthday (1958)
Australia Day
Bob Uecker’s Birthday (1935) Voice of the Brewers
Chinese New Year
Lotus 1-2-3 Day
National Peanut Brittle Day
National Seed Swap Day
Paul Newman’s Birthday (1925)
Spouse’s Day
Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement  
 
January 27th
Chocolate Cake Day
Donna Reed’s Birthday (1921)
Holocaust Memorial Day
Jerome Kern’s Birthday (1885)
Lewis Carroll’s Birthday (1832)
Mikhail Barysknikov’s Birthday (1948)
Punch the Clock Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Birthday (1756)
 
January 28th
Arthur Rubenstein’s Birthday (1860)
Bill Peet’s Birthday (1915)
Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Anniversary (1986)
Colette’s Birthday (1873)
Fun at Work Day
Jackson Pollack’s Birthday (1912)
National Kazoo Day
Rosemary Wells’ Birthday (1943)
 
January 29th
Carnation Day
Freethinker’s Day
Fun at Work Day
Katharine Ross’ Birthday (1942)
National Cornchip Day
National Puzzle Day
World Leprosy Day
 
January 30th
Dick Cheney’s Birthday (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Birthday (1882)
National Inane Answering Machine Message Day
National Write to Congress Day
Thomas Paine’s Birthday (1937)
 
January 31st
Backwards Day
Inspire Your Heart With The Arts Day
Jean Simmons’ Birthday (1929)
Minnie Driver’s Birthday (1971)
National Seed Swap Day
Suzanne Pleshette’s Birthday (1937)
Zane Grey’s Birthday (1872)