January Events Calendar for Educators

January Events 2013

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January 2013
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		New Year's Day Betsy Ross born, 1752 Paul Revere born 1735. Ellis Island Opened, 1892 1	Isaac Asimov born 1920 (Astronomer) Crosby Bonsall born, 1921 Boo Boo Bear's Birthday (Yogi the Bear's little buddy) 2	Drinking Straw Patented, 1888. Festival Of Sleep Day J.R.R. Tolkien born, 1892. 3	Trivia Day Isaac Newton born, 1643 Jakob Grimm born, 1785. Louis Braille born, 1809. 4	First Woman Governor Inaugurated 1925. (Nellie Ross, Wyoming's Governor) George Washington Carver Recognition Day National Bird Day 5
Bean Day Poet Carl Sandburg born, 1878 Epiphany (Christian Holiday) Sherlock Holmes born, 1854 6	First U.S. Presidential Election held, 1789 Old Rock Day 7	Elvis Presley born, 1935 8	Make Your Dreams Come True Day First iPhone introduced in 2007 Clyde Robert Bulla born, 1914 1st U.S. Balloon Flight (1793) National Apricot Day National Static Electricity Day 9	Remy Charlip born, 1929 First Meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 10	Milk Day Milk delivered in bottles for the first time, 1878. Amelia Earhart, adventurer, flew solo across the Pacific Ocean, 1935 11	Work Harder Day Author Jack London born, 1876 12
Secret Pal Day Poetry Break Day Rubber Duckie's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) Author Horatio Alger born, 1832 Michael Bond born, 1926 13	National Dress Up Your Pet Day The Revolutionary War ended (1784) 14	First Super Bowl Played in 1967. Green Bay (35) defeated Kansas City (10). Hat Day The first top hat was worn (1797) 15	Prohibition began in 1920 National Nothing Day 16	Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) born, 1942 Benjamin Franklin born, 1706 Shari Lewis born, 1934 17	Author A.A. Milne born, 1882 Raymond Briggs born, 1934 Marks the beginning of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. 18	Artist Paul Cezanne born, 1839 Popcorn Day 19
Inauguration Day (Every 4 years: 2013, 2017, 2021) Cheese Day First traffic rules published (1900) 20	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Born in 1929 (Observed Third Monday in January) National Hugging Day First flight of the Supersonic Concorde (1976) 21	Brian Wildsmith born, 1930 National Blonde Brownie Day 22	Measure Your Feet Day National Handwriting Day National Pie Day 23	Eskimo Pie Patented by Christian Nelson in 1922. Gold Discovered in California At Sutter's Mill in 1848 by John Marshall 24	Opposite Day First Winter Olympics held, 1924 25	Australia Day (first settled, 1788) 26
Lewis Carroll National Geographic Society Founded (1888) Julius Lester born, 1939 27	Jackson Pollock born, 1912 (Artist) National Kazoo Day 28	Baseball Hall of Fame established (1936) National Puzzle Day 29	Franklin D. Roosevelt born, 1882 (23rd President) 30	Backwards Day Jackie Robinson born, 1919 (Baseball Great) 31

Also see our other January Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities

Special Goings-On
National Eye Health Care Month
National Hobby Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Soup Month
National Staying Healthy Month
National Thank You Month
Prune Breakfast Month
Universal Letter Writing Week (Jan. 8th - 14th)

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New Year's Day

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Chinese New Year

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