January is ...National Book
Month, National Hobby Month,
National Soup Month ,
National Health Month, Clean
Up Your Computer Month,
Creativity Month, Eye Care
Month, High Tech Month, Hot Tea
Month, Oatmeal Month;
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January at Enchanted Learning
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 January
at AOK TeacherStuff |
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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
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January Coloring Calendars |
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January 1 |
- New Years Day
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Say "Happy New Year" in Many Languages
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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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Betsy Ross' birthday (1752) |
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January 2
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- Georgia became the 4th U.S. state
(1788) |
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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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Alaska became 49th state (1959) |
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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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Utah became the 45th state (1896)
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January 5 |
- Twelfth Night
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George Washington Carver
day (1864)
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National Bird Day |
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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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Joan of Arc's birthday (1412)
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New Mexico became the 47th state
(1912) |
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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
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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.
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Aviation Day in US - 1st US Balloon Flight in 1793
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Connecticut became the 5th state
(1788)
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January 11 |
- International Thank You Day
- National Clean Off Your Desk Day :)
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Milk Day - Milk was delivered in
bottles for the first time on Jan 11,
1878.
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January 12 |
- Jack London's birthday (1876)
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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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Rubber Duckie's Birthday |
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January 15 |
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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)
- Pooh Day
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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 |
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National Popcorn Day
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January 23 |
- National Pie Day
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National School Nurse Day
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National Handwriting Day - John Hancock's birthday (1737)
- Chinese New
Year begins (Year of the Dragon) |
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January 24 |
- National
Compliment Day |
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January 25 |
- Opposite Day
- Robert Burns' birthday (1759) |
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January 26 |
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Michigan became the 26th state
(1837) |
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January 27 |
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, " Lewis Carroll's" birthday (1832)
- Harry Allard's birthday (1928)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
birthday (1756)
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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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National Puzzle Day
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Kansas became the 34th state (1861)
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January 30 |
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Lloyd Alexander's birthday (1924)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday
(1882) |
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January 31 |
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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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This Day in History @ History Channel |
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