Events in January: Fun Days and Historical Remembrances
This page gives a list of some Holidays and other events that occur in January. Some of the events are fun days. Others are for remembering only. Information is attached to many of the events. Have fun reading, learning, and/ or celebrating.
New Year’s Day: celebrated on January 1, marks the beginning of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It follows the festivities of New Year’s Eve and offers a moment for reflection and new beginnings.
- The Children’s Six Minutes: HAPPY NEW YEAR
- McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 27: The New Year
World Braille Day: World Braille Day is annually celebrated on January 4, the birthday of Braille inventor, Louis Braille. The day recognizes the contributions of Louis Braille in helping blind and visually impaired people to read and write.
Epiphany: commonly known as Three Kings’ Day in the United States, is on January 6. It celebrates the three wise men’s visit to baby Jesus and also remembers his baptism, according to the Christian Bible’s events.
Battle of New Orleans: January 8th is celebrated as Battle of New Orleans day in the state of Louisiana.
Benjamin Franklin Day: January 17 is celebrated worldwide as Benjamin Franklin Day.
- YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- Boyhood of Franklin
- Great Stories for Little Americans: FRANKLIN’S WHISTLE
- Great Stories for Little Americans: How Benjamin Franklin Found Out Things
- Great Stories for Little Americans: FRANKLIN AND THE KITE
- Great Stories for Little Americans: FRANKLIN ASKS THE SUNSHINE SOMETHING
- Great Stories for Little Americans: Benjamin Franklin – His Own Teacher
- Franklin, the Printer
- The Great Doctor Franklin
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. “I have a Dream Speech”
Robert E. Lee’s Birthday: also known as Robert E. Lee Day, is a state holiday in some parts of the United States. In some states it is an annual shared state holiday with Martin Luther King’s birthday on the third Monday of January.
- Something about the Great Civil War
Civil Rights Day: is a state holiday in Arizona and New Hampshire, in the United States, on the third Monday of January. It honors civil rights activists and is combined with Martin Luther King Day.
World Leprosy Day: World Leprosy Day is annually observed around the world on the last Sunday of January. The day was initiated in 1954 by French philanthropist and writer Raoul Follereau, as a way to raise global awareness of this deadly ancient disease and call attention to the fact that it can be prevented, treated, and cured.
- The little Captive Maid: This talks about Naaman and his leprosy.
World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day: On January 27 each year, the United Nations (UN) remembers the Holocaust that affected many people of Jewish origin during World War II. This day is called the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. It also commemorates when the Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on January 27, 1945.
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