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holidays & events
  •  Festival of Fetishes
  •  Festival of Four Winds and All Sky
  •  Miniature Golf Day
  •  National Cream Puff Day
  •  National Science Fiction Day
  •  Port Arthur Day
  •  Run It Up the Flagpole and See If Anybody Salutes It Day

Christian holidays

  •  Calendar of Saints - January 02
  •  Feast of the Martyrs for the Holy Scripture
  •  Advent of Isis
  •  Nativity of Our Lady Inanna (Sumerian Goddess)
  •  St. Adelard's Day (patron of gardeners)
  •  St. Gregory of Nazianzus' Day
  •  St. Macarius of Alexandria's Day (patron of pastry cooks)
  •  St. Seraphim of of Sarov's Day
  •  Feasts & Saints of the Orthodox Church

anniversaries


directories


January holidays & events by location

 
Africa

Africa

 
Asia & the Middle East

Asia

  •  Shigoto Hajime (Beginning of Work Day) - in Japan
  •  Shogatsu (New Year) continues - the most important holiday in Japan
  •  Kakizome (First Writing) - in Japan; the first strokes of the year are made on paper with the traditional brushes
  •  St. Basil's Day - in Russia; Western; patron of hospital administrators
  •  2004:  Passport Presentation - in Russia; 16-year-olds are recognized as citizens

Middle East

 
Australia & Oceania

Australia and Oceania

 
Europe

Europe

  •  Good Luck Day - in Macedonia
  •  Granada Day - in Spain
  •  Berchtoldstag (Nut Festival) - in Switzerland
  •  St. Bercholt's Day - in Switzerland
  •  bank holiday in Scotland (New Year's)
 
North & Central America

North America

  •  New Year's Bluegrass Festival begins in Jekyll Island - in Georgia
  •  Ratification Day - in Georgia; the 4th state to ratify the Constitution (1788)
  •  David Letterman Day - in North Carolina

Caribbean

  •  Revolution Day - in Cuba
  •  Ancestry Day (or Hero’s Day) - in Haiti; public holiday

Central America

 
South America

South America

 
calendar & zodiac

Gregorian calendar

  •  Day 2, with 363 days remaining in the year
  •  2001 A. D.: Tuesday
  •  2002 A. D.:  Wednesday
  •  2003 A. D.:  Thursday
  •  2004 A. D.:  Saturday
  •  2005 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2006 A. D.:  Monday
  •  2007 A. D.:  Tuesday
  •  2008 A. D.:  Thursday
  •  2009 A. D.:  Friday
  •  2010 A. D.:  Saturday
  •  2011 A. D.:  Sunday

other calendars


season

  •  Northern hemisphere:  Winter
  •  Southern hemisphere:  Summer

zodiac


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