Date Name Location / Topic
Saturday, Jan 1

New Year's Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Liberation Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Republic Day/New Year's Day

Saturday, Jan 1

New Year's Day/Independence Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Republic Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Restoration of the Czech Independence Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Independence Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Independence Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Polar Bear Plunge Day

Saturday, Jan 1

National Hangover Day

Saturday, Jan 1

National Bloody Mary Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Diet Resolution Week

Saturday, Jan 1

National Silent Record Week

Saturday, Jan 1

Celebration Of Life Week

Saturday, Jan 1

New Year’s Resolutions Week

Saturday, Jan 1

National Mentoring Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National CBD Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Bath Safety Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Black Diamond Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Blood Donor Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Braille Literacy Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Hobby Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Hot Tea Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Oatmeal Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Slow Cooking Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Soup Month

Saturday, Jan 1

National Sunday Supper Month

Saturday, Jan 1

Global Family Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Public Domain Day

Saturday, Jan 1

National First Foot Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Apple Gifting Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Z Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Ring A Bell Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Copyright Law Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Euro Day

Saturday, Jan 1

Commitment Day

Saturday, Jan 1

National Menudo Month

Saturday, Jan 1

Universal Hour Of Peace

Saturday, Jan 1

Ginuary

Historical Events on January 1

  • 1707: John V becomes Portugal’s King.
  • 1739: French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.discovers what would become known as Bouvet Island.
  • 1773: “1 Chronicles 17: 16-17” is performed for the first time following a sermon given by John Newton in Olney, Buckinghamshire in England. This hymn would later become known as Amazing Grace.
  • 1776: After intense fighting by Royal Navy and Continental Army forces, the city of Norfolk in Virginia catches on fire during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 1781: During the American Revolutionary War, fifteen hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment rebel against the Continental Army’s winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey. This would become known as the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
  • 1801: The largest known object to date in the Asteroid Belt – a minor planet known as Ceres – is discovered on this day by Giuseppe Piazzi.
  • 1808: Importing slaves into the U.S is outlawed on this day, although slavery remains legal.
  • 1847: The Sisters of Mercy establish the first hospital in the U.S with the name “Mercy” in it. “Mercy” would eventually go on to grace over thirty hospitals all over the world.
  • 1892: Ellis Island opens on this day and begins processing immigrants into the U.S.
  • 1908: At midnight, for the first time in American history, a ball is dropped in New York’s Times Square to announce the start of New Year.
  • 1927: In Mexico, the Cristero War starts.

Famous Birthdays on January 1

  • American silversmith and patriot, Paul Revere is born in 1735.
  • American general Anthony Wayne is born in 1745.
  • American seamstress Betsy Ross is born in 1752.
  • British science writer Jane Marcet is born in 1769.
  • English author and playwright, E.M. Forster is born in 1879.
  • American actor Charles Bickford is born in 1889.
  • Slovenian geographer Anton Melik is born in 1890.
  • American law enforcement official and 1st Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover is born in 1895.
  • American novelist J.D. Salinger is born in 1919.
  • English general John Strawson is born in 1921.
  • American illustrator Jerry Robinson is born in 1922.