Category: Anniversaries & Historic Events

Angel Island Day, Ntl. (1910): January 21

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Today marks the anniversary of the opening of the immigration center on Angel Island, January 21, 1910. Located in the San Francisco Bay, Angel Island is the 2nd largest island in the bay with views of S...

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Asarah B'Tevet (J)(597 BC): January 7

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Asarah B'Tevet is a minor Jewish fasting day commemorating the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II beginning in 597 BC.

January

Australia Day (AU)(1788): January 26

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Australia Day is a national holiday marking the official proclamation by the British government on January 26, 1788 of sovereignty over the Australian continent. It was on this day in history that the B...

January

Australia Day Holiday (AU): January 27

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As the anniversary falls on the weekend, today is the workday holiday. Australia Day is a national holiday marking the official proclamation by the British government on January 26, 1788 of sovereignty ov...

January

Bean Day (1884): January 6

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Today marks the anniversary of the death of Austrian scientist Gregor Mendel in 1884. Mendel is the founder of the modern field of Genetics and performed his work through the study of beans and legumes. H...

January

Beer Can Appreciation Day (1935): January...

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It was on January 24, 1935 that the beer can we know today, a radical change from glass bottles, went on sale. Beer Can Appreciation Day marks this anniversary. The packaging concept was created by Krue...

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Bodhi Day (B)(CN)(532 BC): January 13

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Bodhi Day celebrates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Japan celebrates this event annually on December 8th. People following the Chinese religious calendar celebrate it on...

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Bootlegger's Day, Ntl.(1899/1920): January...

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Bootleggers are smugglers, sometimes distillers, who bring in alcoholic beverages where they are either taxed or prohibited. National Bootlegger's Day marks two distinct anniversaries on January 17th. T...

January

Braille Day, World (1809): January 4

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Promoted by multiple organizations including the World Blind Union, World Braille Day celebrates the birth of Louis Braille on January 4, 1809. Braille was a Frenchman who lost his sight at a very early...

January

Braille Literacy Month, Ntl. (1809): Janua...

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January is the National Braille Literacy Month in the U.S. and it marks the anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille January 4, 1809. Inventing the Braille code at the age of 15, Braille has changed th...

January

Burns Night Supper (UK) (1759): January 25

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Burns Night Supper is celebrated every year on January 25 by Scotland and poetry lovers worldwide. On this night people honor the birth, the life and the art of Robert Burns who is considered one of gre...

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Cable Car Day (1873): January 17

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National Cable Car Day marks the anniversary of the use of the first cable cars created by Andrew Hallidie in San Francisco in 1873. Hallidie was born in England and moved in the U.S. in 1852. Once state...

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Caesarean Section Day (1794): January 14

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Caesarean Section Day marks the anniversary of the first successful Caesarean Section, performed in America by Dr. Jesse Bennett January 14, 1794. This first procedure, done in the patients home in Virgi...

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Camcorder Day, Ntl. (1982): January 20

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National Camcorder Day marks the anniversary of the marketing of the first camcorder by Sony electronics in 1982. This professional version led the way to the first consumer version which premiered in 19...

January

Child Inventor's Day (1706): January 17

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Child Inventor’s Day marks the anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth January 17, 1706. Franklin completed his first invention at the age of 11 in 1717, (a set of swimming fins for the hands). By the...

January

Christian Unity Week, Intl. (Northern Hemi...

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At least once a year (January in the Northern Hemisphere, June in the Southern Hemisphere), Christians are reminded of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples that “they may be one so that the world may believe”...

January

Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Da...

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Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day marks the anniversary of Surgeon General Luther L. Terry's issuance of a report on January 11, 1964 that declared cigarettes to be hazardous to health. In his o...

January

Citizen United Decision by Supreme Court (...

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Today is the 10th anniversary of the landmark Citizens United decision, which was upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2010. The court stated, in 2010 that corporations, like people, have a constitutional...

January

Confederate Heroes Day (US-TX)(1807): Janu...

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Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated in most of the former states of The Confederacy on different days of the year. In some cases like Georgia, it is no longer referred to as Confederate Memorial Day, r...

January

Curmudgeon's Day (1880): January 29

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Curmudgeon's Day celebrates the anniversary of the birth of satirist, actor and writer William Claude Dukenfield, better known as WC Fields, who was born on this day in 1880. He was famous for his portray...

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