{"id":939,"date":"2009-12-27T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2009\/12\/planning-your-january-2010--a-day-for-every-occasion-and-an-occasion-for-every-day.html"},"modified":"2009-12-27T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T15:41:22","slug":"planning-your-january-2010-a-day-for-every-occasion-and-an-occasion-for-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2009\/12\/planning-your-january-2010-a-day-for-every-occasion-and-an-occasion-for-every-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Planning your January 2010– a Day for Every Occasion and an Occasion for Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For a moment I thought the email I had received was a prank. I knew we had a reason for celebrating every day of living, but I didn’t know we had these many reasons— in January of all months!  Three days I am definitely adding to my party down list are January 2, 6 and 16– what could be more worthy of a celebration that National Nothing Day!!!  See what you think…..<\/p>\n

January 2010 Special
\nDays<\/span><\/u> –  <\/b><\/p>\n

For more monthly\/weekly\/daily observances plus celeb
\nbirthdays in January, check this site http:\/\/www.butlerwebs.com\/holidays\/january.htm<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

 <\/b><\/p>\n

January
\n1st<\/p>\n

    * Betsy Ross’s Birthday, Born in 1752.<\/p>\n

    * Ellis Island Aniversary, opened on this day in 1892.<\/p>\n

    * Le Jour de l’An, French New Year<\/p>\n

    * New Year’s Day<\/p>\n

    * Paul Revere’s Birthday, Born in 1735.<\/p>\n

January 2nd<\/p>\n

    * Run it up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day<\/p>\n

January 3rd<\/p>\n

    * Festival Of Sleep Day<\/p>\n

    * Fruitcake Toss Day<\/p>\n

    * Humiliation Day<\/p>\n

    * J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday, Born in 1892.<\/p>\n

January 4th<\/p>\n

    * Isaac Newton’s Birthday<\/p>\n

    * Jakob Grimm’s Birthday, Born in 1785.<\/p>\n

    * Louis Braille’s Birthday, Born in 1809.<\/p>\n

    * Trivia Day<\/p>\n

January 5th<\/p>\n

    * First Woman Governor Inaugurated, 1925 inauguration of
\nNellie Ross as Wyoming’s Governor.<\/p>\n

    * National Bird Day<\/p>\n

January 6th<\/p>\n

    * Bean Day<\/p>\n

    * Cuddle Up Day<\/p>\n

    * Dia de Reyes, Celebrated in Mexico and Latin America<\/p>\n

    * Epiphany<\/p>\n

    * Sherlock Holmes’ Birthday<\/p>\n

January 7th<\/p>\n

    * Old Rock Day<\/p>\n

January 8th<\/p>\n

    * Bubble Bath Day<\/p>\n

    * Elvis Presley’s Birthday, Born in 1935.<\/p>\n

January 9th<\/p>\n

    * National Apricot Day<\/p>\n

    * National Static Electricity Day<\/p>\n

January 10th<\/p>\n

    * First Meeting of United Nations, In London in 1946.<\/p>\n

    * Peculiar People Day<\/p>\n

January 11th<\/p>\n

    * Milk Day, Milk delivered in bottles for the first time in
\n1878.<\/p>\n

    * Secret Pal Day<\/p>\n

January 12th<\/p>\n

    * National Pharmacist Day<\/p>\n

    * Work Harder Day<\/p>\n

January 13th<\/p>\n

    * Make Your Dreams Come True Day<\/p>\n

    * Poetry Break Day<\/p>\n

January 14th<\/p>\n

    * Coming -of-Age Day, Celebrated in Japan on the second
\nMonday of January.<\/p>\n

    * National Dress Up Your Pet Day<\/p>\n

January 15th<\/p>\n

    * First Super Bowl, Played in 1967. Green Bay (35) defeated
\nKansas City (10).<\/p>\n

January 16th<\/p>\n

    * National Nothing Day<\/p>\n

January 17th<\/p>\n

    * Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday, Born in 1706.<\/p>\n

    * Shari Lewis’ Birthday. Born in 1934.<\/p>\n

January 18th<\/p>\n

    * Hat Day, Third Friday in January.<\/p>\n

    * Thesaurus Day<\/p>\n

    * Winnie the Pooh Day, A.A. Milne’s Birthday. Born in 1882.<\/p>\n

January 19th<\/p>\n

    * Popcorn Day<\/p>\n

January 20th<\/p>\n

    * Cheese Day<\/p>\n

    * Inauguration Day<\/p>\n

    * Penguin Awareness Day<\/p>\n

January 21st<\/p>\n

    * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
\n      Honoring his birthday (born in 1929). It is
\nobserved on the Third Monday in January.<\/p>\n

    * National Hugging Day<\/p>\n

    * Squirrel Appreciation Day<\/p>\n

January 22nd<\/p>\n

    * National Blonde Brownie Day<\/p>\n

January 23rd<\/p>\n

    * Measure Your Feet Day<\/p>\n

    * National Handwriting Day<\/p>\n

January 24th<\/p>\n

    * Compliment Day<\/p>\n

    * Eskimo Pie Patented
\n      By Christian Nelson in 1922.<\/p>\n

    * Gold Discovered in California
\n      At Sutter’s Mill in 1848.<\/p>\n

January 25th<\/p>\n

    * Burns Night, Celebrated in Scotland.<\/p>\n

    * Opposite Day<\/p>\n

January 26th<\/p>\n

    * Australia Day
\n      The day Sydney Australia was settled in
\n1778. <\/p>\n

January 27th<\/p>\n

    * Chocolate Cake Day<\/p>\n

    * Holocaust Memorial Day
\n      Celebrated in the UK.<\/p>\n

    * Lewis Carroll’s Birthday
\n      Born in 1832.<\/p>\n

January 28th<\/p>\n

    * Ernie’s Birthday
\n      Sesame Street Character.<\/p>\n

January 29th<\/p>\n

    * National Puzzle Day<\/p>\n

January 30th<\/p>\n

    * Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Birthday
\n      Born in 1882.<\/p>\n

January 31st<\/p>\n

    * Backwards Day<\/p>\n

    * Jackie Robinson’s Birthday
\n      Born in 1919.<\/p>\n

    * National Kazoo Day
\n      Usually celebrated on the last Thursday of
\nJanuary.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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