January 20

Scroll down for the world's holidays, annual events and a few anniversaries on January 20.

See also:  January,  Today in History,  movable January holidays,  possible January holidays

     spotlight on:  

•  Basketball Day
•  2002: Golden Globe Awards presented
•  Hat Day
•  International Life Day - celebration of creation and life
•  Lesotho Army Day
•  2003: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - US federal holiday; the third Monday in January
•  National Buttercrunch Day
•  National Sanctity of Human Life Day - Presidential Proclamation, 2008
•  Take A Walk Outdoors Day
•  2004:  US Presidential Inauguration Day - every 4 years

Christian holidays

•  Calendar of Saints - January 20

anniversaries

directories

January holidays & events by location

•  Africa
•  Asia & Middle East
•  Europe
•  North & Central America
•  Oceania
•  South America

Africa

•  Heroes Day - in Cape Verde
•  Heroes Day - in Guinea-Bissau
•  Mali Army Day - in Mali

Asia

Middle East

Australia and Oceania

Europe

•  Babin Den (Grandmother's Day) - in Bulgaria

North America

Caribbean

Central America

South America

•  San Sebastian’s Day - Patron Saint of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gregorian calendar

•  Day 20, with 346 days remaining in the year
•  2001 A. D.: Saturday
•  2002 A. D.:  Sunday
•  2003 A. D.:  Monday
•  2004 A. D.:  Wednesday
•  2005 A. D.:  Thursday

•  2006 A. D.:  Friday
•  2007 A. D.:  Saturday
•  2008 A. D.:  Monday
•  2009 A. D.:  Tuesday
•  2010 A. D.:  Wednesday
•  2011 A. D.:  Thursday

other calendars

•  Julian period & Julian Day
•  Illuminati
•  Hebrew
•  Mayan
•  Chinese
•  Erisian (Discordian) 
•  Islamic
•  French Revolutionary
•  Celtic tree month of Beth ends

season

•  Northern hemisphere:  Winter
•  Southern hemisphere:  Summer

zodiac

•  Capricorn ends
•  Aquarius (the water bearer) begins

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last edited Thursday, December 25, 2008