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January Dates & Facts

By Eloise Graham

Some famous Birthdays in January
January 1 – Paul Revere, 1735; Betsy Ross, 1752
January 2 – J.R.R. Tolkien, 1892
January 4 – Isaac Newton, 1643; Jakob Grimm, 1785; Louis Braille, 1809
January 8 – Elvis Presley, 1935
January 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929
January 17 – Benjamin Franklin, 1706
January 19 – Robert E. Lee, 1807
January 21 – Stonewall Jackson, 1804
January 27 – Lewis Carroll, 1832
January 30 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882
January 31- Jackie Robinson, 1919

Some strange days
January 2- Run up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day
January 3 – Festival of Sleep Day & Fruitcake Toss Day
January 6 – Cuddle Up Day
January 8 – Bubble Bath Day
January 9 – National Static Electricity Day
January 10 – Peculiar People Day
January 13 – International Skeptics Day & Make Your Dream Come True Day
January 16 – National Nothing Day
January 17 –Ditch “New Year’s Resolution” Day
January 20 – Penguin Awareness Day
January 21- Squirrel Appreciation Day
January 24 – Beer Can Appreciation Day
January 28 – National Kazoo Day
January 30 – National Inane Answering Message Day

Some historical days
January 1, 1892 – Ellis Island Anniversary
January 5, 1925 – Nellie Ross of Wyoming inaugurated first woman governor January 10, 1946 – First meeting of the United Nations in London
January 15, 1967 – First Super Bowl — Green Bay (35) Kansas City (10)
January 24, 1922 – Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson
January 26, 1778 – Australia Day – Sydney, Australia was settled