The strange, bizarre, crazy, silly, unknown hoildays and observances from around the country was very shocking to see. This is just a small list of the items I found. There's more around the world and in many other countries they have some of the same and more a bizarre dates as well. This was just fun to see.
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 18-26 Link *Week of Christian Unity: 18-25 Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 19-25 Healthy Weight Week: 19-25 Hunt For Happiness Week: 19-25 (Third Full Week) National Activity Professionals Week: 19-24 Link National Nurse Anesthetists Week: 19-25 National Handwriting Analysis Week: 19-25 No Name Calling Week: 20-24 Link Sugar Awareness Week: 20-24 (3rd Work Week) World Leprosy Week: 24-29 Link Kid Film Festival: 25-26 Meat Week: 26-2/1 (Begins on Last Sunday) National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week: 27-2/1 National Medical Group Practice Week: 27-2/1 (Starts 4th Monday) International Hoof Care Week: 28-31 US National Snow Sculpting Week: 29-2/8
Martin Luther King Day: 20 (Observed) *Popcorn Day: 19 Link (Alternate date: Super Bowl Sunday) *Tin Can Day: 19 *World Day of Migrants and Refugees: 19 Link World Religion Day: 19 Link (3rd Sunday) National Day of Service: 20 *Camcorder Day: 20 *Penguin Awareness Day: 20 Link
*Inauguration Day: 20 (traditional) See 21st this year. *National Disc Jockey Day: 20 Link or Link (Go to 1958) Robert E. Lee Day: 20 (3rd Monday) Link
Inauguration Day: 21 (Observed) Link *National Hugging Day: 21 Link Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day: 21 *Squirrel Appreciation Day: 21 Link (Different than Squirrel Awareness Month in October) *Answer Your Cat's Questions Day: 22 *Celebration of Life Day: 22 *Roe vs. Wade Day: 22
*National Handwriting Day: 23 Link *National Pie Day: 23 Link *Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day: 23 Women's Healthy Weight Day: 23 (Last Thursday) *Belly Laugh Day: 24 Link *National Compliment Day: 24 *National Peanut Butter Day: 24 Link *Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day: 24 Link AFRMA Fancy Rat & Mouse Day: 25 *A Room of One's Own Day: 25 *Macintosh Computer Day: 25 Link(Note: On Jan. 22, 1984 in a Super Bowl ad the Macintosh got introduced. Steve Jobs then presented it to the world on Jan. 24, 1984 and it went on sale to the public the next day on Jan. 25, 1984. There is a big 30th Anniversary event on Jan. 25, 2014. Since Apple considers Jan. 25 the anniversary day for celebration, this is why I am listing it on the 25th also and not the other dates. )
*National Irish Coffee Day: 25 Link (Also observed on March 17) National Seed Swap Day: 25 (Last Saturday) *Opposite Day: 25 Link *Robert Burns Day: 25 Link Soup Swap Day: 25 Link (Note: Link says 3rd Saturday. But Facebook page says 25th this year, which is 4th Saturday.) Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day: 25 Grammy Awards: 26 *Lotus 1-2-3 Day: 26 *National Peanut Brittle Day: 26 Link *Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26 World Leprosy Day: 26 Link *Auschwitz Liberation Day: 27 Link Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: 27 (Always Last Monday) Link and Link *Holocaust Memorial Day: 27 Link
*International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust: 27 Link Viet Nam Peace Day: 27 *Data Privacy Day: 28 Link
*National Kazoo Day: 28 Link *Thank A Plugin Developer Day: 28 Link *Curmudgeons Day: 29 *Freethinkers Day: 29 *National Puzzle Day: 29 Link
*Seeing Eye Dog Day: 29 *Thomas Paine Day: 29 *Inane Answering Message Day: 30 *Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day: 31
Chinese New Year: 31 Fun at Work Day: 31 (Last Friday) *Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31 National Pre-school Fitness Day: 31 (Last Friday) Link
*Street Children Day: 31 Link (Note: Different than one on April)
January Monthly Observances
Adopt A Rescued Bird Month Link Apple and Apricots Month Link Artichoke and Asparagus Month Link Bath Safety Month Link Be Kind to Food Servers Month Birth Defects Month Link Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month Carnival Season (1/6 to 2/21/) Celebration of Life Month Cervical Health Awareness Month Link Financial Wellness Month Get A Balanced Life Month Get Organized Month International Brain Teaser Month International Change Your Stars Month International Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month International Creativity Month International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses International Quality of Life Month International Wayfinding Month International Wealth Mentality Month Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month Link National Be On-Purpose Month
National Braille Literacy Month Link National Clean Up Your Computer Month National Glaucoma Awareness Month National Hot Tea Month National Mail Order Gardening Month National Mentoring Month Link
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month National Personal Trainer Awareness Month Link National Polka Music Month Link National Poverty in America Awareness Month National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month National Soup Month Link National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Link National Stalking Awareness Month Link National Volunteer Blood Donor Month Link Oatmeal Month Rising Star Month Link Self-help Group Awareness Month Self-Love Month Shape Up US Month Teen Driving Awareness Month Train Your Dog Month Link Tubers and Dried Fruit Month Link Thyroid Awareness Month Link Unchain A Dog Month Link Walk Your Dog Month Link Worldwide Rising Star Month
