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January 2, 2019
C alendar
2019
January
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
1
2
3
New Year’s Day
Ellis Island Opened,
1892
7
First U.S. Presiden-
tial Election held,
1789
Old Rock Day
8
Elvis Presley born,
1935
14
National Dress Up
Your Pet Day
The Revolutionary
War ended, 1784
15
First Super Bowl
Played, 1967
Hat Day The first top
hat was worn, 1797
21
Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
Isaac Asimov born
1920 (Writer, scien-
tist, astronomer)
22
National Blonde
Brownie Day
(Born in 1929)
National Hugging
Day
28
29
Jackson Pollock born,
1912 (Artist)
National Kazoo Day
Baseball Hall of Fame
established (1936)
National Puzzle Day
Festival Of Sleep Day
J.R.R. Tolkien born,
1892
9
10
Make Your Dreams
Come True Day
National Apricot Day
National Static Elec-
tricity Day
First Meeting of Unit-
ed Nations General
Assembly in London,
1946
16
17
Prohibition began in
1920
National Nothing
Day
Muhammad Ali
(Cassius Clay) born,
1942
Benjamin Franklin
born, 1706
FRIDAY SATURDAY
4
5
Trivia Day
Isaac Newton born,
1643
Jakob Grimm born,
1785
11
Milk Day
Amelia Earhart
flew across Pacific
Ocean, 1935
18
Marks the beginning
of the Lewis &
Clark Bicentennial
23
24
25
Measure Your Feet
Day
National Handwriting
Day
National Pie Day
Gold Discovered in
California At Sutter’s
Mill, 1848
Opposite Day
First Winter Olympics
held, 1924
30
31
Franklin D. Roo-
sevelt born, 1882
(23rd President)
Backwards Day
Jackie Robinson born,
1919 (Baseball
Great)
First Woman Gov.
Inaugurated, 1925
George Washington
Carver, 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)
SUNDAY
6
Bean Day
Epiphany (Christian
Holiday)
Sherlock Holmes
born, 1854
13
Secret Pal Day
Poetry Break Day
20
Inauguration Day
(Every 4 years:
2013, 2017, 2021)
Cheese Day
27
National Geographic
Society Founded,
1888