Date Name Location / Topic
Monday, Jan 1

New Year's Day

Monday, Jan 1

Liberation Day

Monday, Jan 1

Republic Day/New Year's Day

Monday, Jan 1

New Year's Day/Independence Day

Monday, Jan 1

Republic Day

Monday, Jan 1

Restoration of the Czech Independence Day

Monday, Jan 1

Independence Day

Monday, Jan 1

Independence Day

Monday, Jan 1

Polar Bear Plunge Day

Monday, Jan 1

National Hangover Day

Monday, Jan 1

National Bloody Mary Day

Monday, Jan 1

National Thank God It’s Monday Day

Monday, Jan 1

Diet Resolution Week

Monday, Jan 1

National Silent Record Week

Monday, Jan 1

Celebration Of Life Week

Monday, Jan 1

New Year’s Resolutions Week

Monday, Jan 1

National Folic Acid Awareness Week

Monday, Jan 1

National Mentoring Month

Monday, Jan 1

National CBD Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Bath Safety Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Black Diamond Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Blood Donor Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Braille Literacy Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Hobby Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Hot Tea Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Oatmeal Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Slow Cooking Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Soup Month

Monday, Jan 1

National Sunday Supper Month

Monday, Jan 1

Global Family Day

Monday, Jan 1

Public Domain Day

Monday, Jan 1

National First Foot Day

Monday, Jan 1

Apple Gifting Day

Monday, Jan 1

Z Day

Monday, Jan 1

Ring A Bell Day

Monday, Jan 1

Copyright Law Day

Monday, Jan 1

Euro Day

Monday, Jan 1

Commitment Day

Monday, Jan 1

Weigh-In Day

Monday, Jan 1

National Menudo Month

Monday, Jan 1

Universal Hour Of Peace

Monday, Jan 1

Ginuary

Monday, Jan 1

National Clean Up Your Computer Month

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.