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Events In January 2025
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January Events
Kiss a Ginger (Redhead) Day: January 12
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International Kiss a Ginger Day began on Facebook in 2008 as a protest against a mean-spirited holiday urging people to kick redheads (which the LEEP calendar refuses to post). Only 1.5% of the world’s...
January
Kombucha Day, Ntl: January 15
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Kombucha or 'Booch' is a fermented tea that has become to millennials what the martini is to the Great Generation and coolers to GenX. It's the 'it' alcoholic beverage. And like all things millennial, it'...
January
Korean American Day (1903): January 13
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Korean American Day honors the first 102 Korean immigrants to arrive in the United States on January 13, 1903. The US congress set aside this day in 2005 with a resolution. The Korea Economic Institute...
January
Laba Festival (CN): January 7
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Initially, the celebration of the new harvest, known as the Laba Festival, was a national event in China and other Buddhist countries. With the spread of Buddhism throughout the region, it became a celeb...
January
Lambodara Sankashti Chaturthi (H): January...
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In the Hindu faith, Chaturthi is dedicated to Lord Ganesha. Lambodara Sankashti Chaturthi is observed on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha (the dark lunar phase or the waning phase of the moon). If this...
January
Law Enforcement Officers Appreciation Day,...
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In light of recent negativity directed toward law enforcement nationally, we need to show law enforcement officers that our citizens recognize the complex and sometimes impossible career they have chosen...
January
Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day (1838):...
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On January 11, 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail made their first public demonstration of the electric telegraph using a dot and dash language known today as Morse Code.
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Leprosy Day, World: January 26
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World Leprosy Day takes place on the last Sunday in January. The day aims to raise awareness of a disease that many people believe is extinct, when in fact, around 210,000 new cases are diagnosed each yea...
January
Liberation Day, (CU)(1899/1959): January 1
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Liberation Day in Cuba marks the anniversary of January 1, 1959, the day the government of Batista was overthrown by rebels headed by Fidel Castro. It also marks January 1, 1899, the anniversary of the en...
January
Liberation Day, (PO)(1945): January 17
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Liberation Day in Poland marks the anniversary of January 17, 1945, whenthe city of Warsaw was liberated from Nazi occupation by Russian forces. Liberation Day is a national holiday.
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Liberation Day, (TG)(1967): January 13
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Liberation Day in Togo marks the anniversary of January 13, 1967, when rebels headed by Eyadema overthrew the government of Grunitzky. Liberation Day is a national holiday.
January
Library Selfie Day: January 22
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Selfies are self-portraits taken with a cell phone, something quite difficult to do before 2008. Inevitably, organizations would eventually tap into this trend and find ways to celebrate and promote their...
January
Logic Day, World: January 14
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World Logic Day, celebrated annually on January 14, is a UNESCO-proclaimed observance that recognizes the universal value of logic through the contributions of philosophy and science. Its establishment ai...
January
Lohri (S)(H)(IN): January 13
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Lohri is a cultural festival celebrated in the Punjabi region of India each year by the Sikhs and Hindus. It marks the end of the previous farming year and the financial beginning of the next farming year...
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Lughnasadh, South: January 31 - February 1
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Lughnasadh is a pagan festival celebrated during the peak of summer in August in the northern hemisphere and in February in the southern hemisphere. Lughnasadh is Irish Gaelic for "Commemoration of Lugh...
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