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C alendar January 2016
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
1
2
3
New Year’s Day
Betsy Ross born,
1752
Ellis Island Opened,
1892
4
Trivia Day
Isaac Newton born,
1643
Jakob Grimm born,
1785
5
First Woman Gover-
nor, 1925
George Washington
Carver Day
National Bird Day
11
12
Amelia Earhart flew
solo across the Pa-
cific Ocean, 1935
Work Harder Day
Author Jack London
born, 1876
18
19
Dr. Martin
Luther King,
Jr. Day Born in
1929
25
Opposite Day
First Winter Olym-
pics held, 1924
Artist Paul Cezanne
born, 1839
Popcorn Day
26
Australia Day (first
settled, 1788)
6
Bean Day
Epiphany (Christian
Holiday)
Sherlock Holmes
born, 1854
13
Make Your Dreams
Come True Day
Poetry Break Day
20
Inauguration Day
(Every 4 years:
2013, 2017, 2021)
Cheese Day
27
National Geographic
Society Founded
(1888)
Julius Lester born,
1939
7
First U.S. Presiden-
tial Election held,
1789
Old Rock Day
14
National Dress Up
Your Pet Day
The Revolutionary
War ended (1784)
21
National Hugging
Day
First flight of the Su-
personic Concorde
(1976)
28
Jackson Pollock
born, 1912 (Artist)
National Kazoo Day
Isaac Asimov born
1920 (Astronomer)
Crosby Bonsall
born, 1921
8
Elvis Presley born,
1935
15
First Super Bowl
Played in 1967
Hat Day The first
top hat was worn
(1797)
22
Brian Wildsmith
born, 1930
National Blonde
Brownie Day
29
Baseball Hall of
Fame established
(1936)
National Puzzle Day
9
1st U.S. Balloon
Flight (1793)
National Apricot Day
National Static Elec-
tricity Day
16
Prohibition began in
1920
National Nothing
Day
23
Measure Your Feet
Day
National Handwrit-
ing Day
National Pie Day
30
Franklin D. Roos-
evelt born, 1882
(23rd President)
Festival Of Sleep
Day
J.R.R. Tolkien born,
1892.
10
Secret Pal Day
First Meeting of
United Nations
General Assembly
in London, 1946
17
Muhammad Ali
(Cassius Clay)
born, 1942
Benjamin Franklin
born, 1706
24
Eskimo Pie Patent-
ed by Christian
Nelson in 1922
31
Backwards Day
Jackie Robinson
born, 1919 (Base-
ball Great)