January

Betsy Ross born, 1752 Paul Revere born, 1735. Ellis Island Opened, 1892 1 || Isaac Asimov, Astronomer, born, 1920 Crosby Bonsall Boo Boo Bear's Birthday (Yogi the Bear's little buddy) 2 || Drinking Straw Patented, 1888. Festival Of Sleep Day J.R.R. Tolkien born, 1892. 3 || Trivia Day Isaac Newton born, 1643 Jakob Grimm born, 1785. Louis Braille born, 1809. 4 || First Woman Governor Inaugurated 1925 inauguration of Nellie Ross as Wyoming's Governor. George Washington Carver Recognition Day National Bird Day 5 || Bean Day Poet Carl Sandburg born, 1878 Epiphany Sherlock Holmes 6 || First U.S. Presidential Election held, 1789 Old Rock Day 7 || Elvis Presley born, 1935 8 || Clyde Robert Bulla 0 1st U.S. Balloon Flight, 1793 National Apricot Day National Static Electricity Day 9 || Remy Charlip First Meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 10 || Make Your Dreams Come True Day Milk Day Milk delivered in bottles for the first time, 1878. Amelia Earhart, adventurer, flew solo across the Pacific Ocean, 1935 11 || Work Harder Day Author Jack London born, 1876 12 || Poetry Break Day Rubber Duckie's Birthday Sesame Street Character. Author Horatio Alger, born, 1832 Michael Bond 13 || National Dress Up Your Pet Day The Revolutionary War ended, 1784 14 || Hat Day The first top hat was worn. 15 || Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Born in 1929. Observed Third Monday in January. Prohibition began in 1920 National Nothing Day 16 || Benjamin Franklin born, 1706 Shari Lewis born, 1934 17 || Author A.A. Milne born, 1882 Raymond Briggs Marks the beginning of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. 18 || Artist Paul Cezanne born, 1839 Popcorn Day 19 || Inauguration Day (Every 4 years - 2009, 2013) Cheese Day First traffic rules published, 1900 20 || National Hugging Day First flight of the Supersonic Concorde, 1976 21 || National Blonde Brownie Day 22 || Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon Measure Your Feet Day National Handwriting Day National Pie Day 23 || Eskimo Pie Patented by Christian Nelson in 1922. Gold Discovered in California At Sutter's Mill in 1848 by John Marshall 24 || Opposite Day First Winter Olympics held, 1924 25 || Australia Day Australia first settled, 1788 26 || Lewis Carroll National Geographic Society Founded, 1888 Julius Lester 27 || Jackson Pollock, Artist, born in 1912 National Kazoo Day 28 || National Puzzle Day 29 || 23rd President Franklin D. Roosevelt born, 1882 30 || Backwards Day Baseball Great Jackie Robinson born, 1919 31 ||  ||   ||
 * **January 2012** ||
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 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif]]New Year's Day
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif]]Secret Pal Day
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif]]First Super Bowl Played in 1967. Green Bay (35) defeated Kansas City (10).
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif]]Brian Wildsmith
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif]]Baseball Hall of Fame established, 1936