JANUARY 2012 Holidays and Events Calendar

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1 – New Year's Day
- Paul Revere's Bday
-Betsy Ross Bday
- Euro Day
- First Foot Day
- St. Basil's Day

2 - Rose Bowl Game
–Georgia Statehood
-55 MPH Speed Limit Day
-Happy Mew Year for Cats

3-National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
-J.R.R. Tolkien Day
-Alaska Statehood
-Drinking Straw Day

4-Tom Thumb Day
-Utah Statehood
-Trivia Day
-World Braille Day
- Jacob Grimm's Bday

5
-National Bird Day
-Bean Day
-Asara B'Tevet

6
- Epiphany
- Dia de Reyes
- N.M. Statehood
- George and Martha Washington marry

7-1^st Train Station Built
- I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
-Millard Fillmore Bday
-Harlem Globetrotter's Day

8
-Elvis' Birthday
-Earth's Rotation Day
-National Joy Germ Day
-War on Poverty Day

9 - Balloon Ascension Day
-  Conn. Statehood
- Nat'l Static Electricity Day
- Richard Nixon's Bday

10 -Nat'l Cut Your Energy Costs Day
- Volunteer Fireman's Day
- United Nations Day
- Bittersweet Chocolate Day

11
- Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day
- John Hancock's Bday
- Milk Day

12
-Nat'l Pharmacist Day

13
-Public Radio Broadcasting Day
-Poetry Break Day
-Friday the 13^th
-Blame Someone Else Day

14
- Dress Up Your Pet Day
- Organize Your Home Day
- Ratification Day

15
- MLK Jr. Bday
- Humanitarian Day

16 – MLK Day (celebrated)
-Religious Freedom Day
- Nat'l Nothing Day
- Robert E. Lee Day

17
- Ben Franklin's Bday
- Kid Inventors' Day
-Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day

18
-Thesaurus Day
-Daniel Webster Bday
 

19
- Tin Can Day
- Women's Healthy Weight Day
- Edgar Allan Poe's Bday
-Popcorn Day

20
- Camcorder Day
- Inauguration Day
- Nat'l Disc Jockey Day
- Basketball Day
- Hat Day

21
-Nat'l Hugging Day
-Thomas Stonewall Jackson's Bday

22
- Answer Your Cat's Questions Day
- Celebration of Life Day (Pro-life Day)
- Roe vs. Wade Day

23
- Chinese New Year
- Nat'l Handwriting Day
- Nat'l Pie Day
- Measure Your Feet Day

24
- Belly Laugh Day
- Nat'l Peanut Butter Day
- Nat'l Compliment Day

25
-Macintosh Computer Day
- Opposite Day

26
- Australia Day
- Michigan Statehood
-Bald Eagle Appreciation Day

27 - Fun at Work Day
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Vietnam Peace Day
- Mozart's Bday
- National Chocolate Cake Day

28
-Thank a Plugin Developer Day
- Data Privacy Day
- Nat'l Kazoo Day

29
- Nat'l Puzzle Day
-Wm McKinley Bday
- Thomas Paine Bday
- Kansas Statehood

30
- Franklin Roosevelt Bday

31
- Backwards Day
- Jackie Robinson's Bday

Note: The 100^th Day of School usually falls during the month of January or February depending on your school calendar.

Weekly Observances

Celebration of Life Week: 1-7

Diet Resolution Week: 1-7

Silent Record Week: 1-7

National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 1-8

Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8

New Year's Resolutions Week: 2-8

Women's Self Empowerment Week: 5-9

Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14

Home Office Safety and Security Week: 8-14

International Consumers Electronics Show: 10-13

Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17

National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 11-15

International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 15-21

Healthy Weight Week: 15-21

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23

Week of Christian Unity: 18-25

Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 21-22

World Leprosy Week: 21-27

National Activity Professionals Week: 22-28

Kid Film Festival: 22-25

National Nurse Anesthetists Week: 22-28

Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 23-27

National Handwriting Analysis Week: 23-29

National Medical Group Practice Week: 23-27

National Nuclear Science Week: 23-27

No Name Calling Week: 23-27

Catholic Schools Week: 29-2/5

Meat Week: 29-2/5

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week: 30-2/4

International Hoof Care Week: 31-2/3

Monthly Observances

Apple and Apricots Month

Artichoke and Asparagus Month

Bath Safety Month

Be Kind to Food Servers Month

Birth Defects Month

Book Blitz Month

California Dried Plum Digestive Month

Carnival Season (1/6 to 2/21/)

Celebration of Life Month

Financial Wellness Month

Get Organized Month

International Change Your Stars Month International Creativity Month

International New Year's Resolutions Month for Businesses

International Quality of Life Month

International Wayfinding Month

International Wealth Mentality Month

National Be On-Purpose Month

National Braille Literacy Month

National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month

National Clean Up Your Computer Month

National Get Organized Month

National Glaucoma Awareness Month

National Hot Tea Month

National Mail Order Gardening Month

National Mentoring Month

National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month

National Polka Music Month

National Poverty in America Awareness Month

National Radon Action Month

National Skating Month

National Soup Month

National Volunteer Blood Donor Month Link

Oatmeal Month

Rising Star Month

Self-help Group Awareness Month

Self-Love Month

Shape Up US Month

Tubers and Dried Fruit Month

Thyroid Awareness Month