January is
...National Book Month, National Hobby Month, National Soup Month
, Clean Up Your Computer Month,
Creativity Month, Eye Care Month,
High Tech Month, Hot Tea Month;
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Blank January Calendar Template |
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 Classroom
Connect's January Calendar |
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January at Enchanted Learning
and
January @ Preschool Express |
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 January
at AOK TeacherStuff and
January Internet Hunt |
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 For
a complete list of
January birthdays, click here. |
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 January
Special Days and
January @ A to Z Kids Stuff |
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January
Themes at edHelper.com and
January at Teacher's Corner |
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 Fact
Monster's Daily Feature gives loads
of information about each day. |
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January Calendar
at Read, Write and
Think |
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Special Days to Celebrate in January
and
January Coloring Calendars |
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January 1 |
- New Years Day
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Paul
Revere's birthday (1735)
- The first recorded bowling match took place in 1863.
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Ellis Island
opened in 1892 |
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January 3
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- J.R.R. Tolkein's birthday (1892)
- In 1888, wax paper drinking straws were patented by Marvin Stone. |
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January 4 |
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Sir Isaac Newton's birthday (1642)
- Jacob Grimm's birthday (1785)
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Louis Braille's birthday (1809) |
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January 5 |
- Twelfth Night
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George Washington Carver's birthday (1864) |
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January 6 |
- Feast of the Epiphany and Three Kings Day
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Carl Sandburg's birthday (1878) |
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January 8
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- Elvis Presley's birthday (1935)
- Rock and Roll Day
- Postal Day - The federal Postal Service began in January 1673 with deliveries between New York and Boston. Do something nice for your mailperson today. Learn more about the USPS by visiting their website at www.usps.gov
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Battle of New Orleans (1815) |
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January 9 |
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Richard M. Nixon's birthday (1913)
-The Seeing Eye Company in Nashville Tennessee was begun. This company trained dogs to assist and guide the blind.
- Aviation Day in US - 1st US Balloon Flight in 1793 |
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January 11 |
- International Thank You Day
- National Clean Off Your Desk Day :) |
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January 12 |
- Jack London's birthday (1876)
- Charles Perrault (1628) |
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January 13 |
- Poetry Break Day
- 1957 the first Frisbee was produced by Wham-O
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January 15 |
-
Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s birthday (1929)
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Basketball's official birthday (1892) |
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January 17 |
- Ben Franklin's birthday (1706)
Ben Franklin Scavenger Hunt
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National Hat Day |
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January 18 |
- Alan Alexander "A.A." Milne's birthday (1882)
-
Raymond Briggs'
birthday (1934) |
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January 19 |
- Robert E. Lee's birthday (1807)
- Edgar Allan Poe's birthday (1809)
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Paul Cezanne's birthday (1839) |
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January 21 |
- National Hugging Day |
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January 22 |
- National Popcorn Day
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January 23 |
- National Pie Day
- National School Nurse Day
- National Handwriting Day - John Hancock's birthday (1737) |
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January 25 |
- Opposite Day
- Robert Burns' birthday (1759) |
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January 27 |
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, " Lewis Carroll's" birthday (1832)
- Harry Allard's birthday (1928)
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
birthday (1756)
-
National Geographic Society founded
in 1888 |
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January 29 |
- Bill Peet's birthday (1915)
- Rosemary Wells' birthday (1943)
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January 30 |
-
Lloyd Alexander's birthday (1924) |
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January 31 |
- Jackie Robinson's Birthday (1919) |
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On This Day from the New York Times Learning Network will give you facts about what happened each day in history. |
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The World Almanac E-Newsletter for
January 2008 gives info on January 2006 events, holidays, birthdays, this day in history and much much more. |
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This Day in History at Yahooligans
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This Day in History @ History Channel |
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