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C alendar
January 2017
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
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2
3
4
5
New Year’s Day
Betsy Ross born, 1752
Paul Revere born 1735
Isaac Asimov born,
1920
New Year’s Day
Observed
8
Secret Pal Day
Elvis Presley born,
1935
15
First Super Bowl
Played in 1967
Hat Day; 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
Festival Of Sleep
Day
J.R.R. Tolkien born,
1892
Trivia Day
Isaac Newton born,
1643
Jakob Grimm born,
1785
9
10
11
First iPhone intro-
duced in 2007
National Apricot Day
National Static Elec-
tricity Day
Remy Charlip born,
1929
First Meeting of Unit-
ed Nations, 1946
Dreams Come True Day
Milk Day
Amelia Earhart flew
Pacific Ocean,
1935
16
17
18
Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
Prohibition, 1920
23
Measure Your Feet
Day
National Handwrit-
ing Day
National Pie Day
30
Franklin D. Roos-
evelt born, 1882
(23rd President)
Muhammad Ali
(Cassius Clay)
born, 1942
Benjamin Franklin
born, 1706
24
Gold Discovered in
California At Sut-
ter’s Mill in 1848
by John Marshall
31
Backwards Day
Jackie Robinson
born, 1919 (Base-
ball Great)
R
Raymond Briggs
born, 1934
Beginning of the
Lewis & Clark
Bicentennial
25
Opposite Day
First Winter Olym-
pics held, 1924
First Woman Gov-
ernor, Nellie Ross,
Inaugurated 1925
George W Carver
Recognition Day
National Bird Day
12
Work Harder Day
Author Jack London
born, 1876
19
Artist Paul Cezanne
born, 1839
Popcorn Day
26
Australia Day (first
settled, 1788)
FRIDAY SATURDAY
6
7
Bean Day
Epiphany
Sherlock Holmes
born, 1854
13
Poetry Break Day
Michael Bond born,
1926
20
Inauguration Day
(Every 4 years:
2013, 2017, 2021)
Cheese Day
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)
27
28
Lewis Carroll birth-
day
National Geograph-
ic Society Founded
(1888)
Chinese New Year -
Year of the Rooster
Jackson Pollock
born, 1912 (Artist)
National Kazoo Day