~January 1~
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Have a wonderful, healthy,
happy Year!
~January 4~
TRIVIA DAY
Many people observe this holiday by playing Trivial Pursuit or other games of knowledge and/or by sending an email or making a phone call to impart a quick little-known fact to friends and family.
~January 5~
NATIONAL BIRD DAY
Bird watching is one of the most popular of hobbies, and can be enjoyed by everyone regardless of age. With this popularity, it comes as no surprise that there is more than one day established to recognize, appreciate, and enjoy birds. We suggest you celebrate all of these days.
~January 10~
PECULIAR PEOPLE DAY
Peculiar People Day is in honor of uniquely different people: un-ordinary, extraordinary, unusual, strange, odd, uncommon, intriguing, different, abnormal, and quirky.... Today is a day to look for the good in your peculiar acquaintances.
~January 11~
FIRST PRISONERS TO GITMO
(2002) The US military transports first prisoners to new concentration camp and torture facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
~January 16~
Honors civil rights leader and national hero, Rev Martin Luther King, Jr.
~January 17~
INTENSIVE BOMBING IN IRAQ BEGINS
(1991) 43 days and nights of the most intensive bombing campaign ever undertaken against a country up until that time begins. Hundreds of thousands of people are killed, and the country is blanketed with tons of depleted uranium dust, causing an eight-fold increase in the cancer rate in Iraq. Over a decade of crippling sanctions kill hundreds of thousands more.
~January 20~
BUSH INAUGURATION PROTEST
(2001) Tens of thousands lined Pennsylvania Avenue to protest the inauguration of GW Bush.
~January 29~
CLIMATE SCIENTIST GOES PUBLIC
Top NASA climate scientist James Hansen goes public with government efforts to censor research findings that climate change is a big problem that needs to be addressed immediately.
~January 30~
F.D.R. BIRTHDAY
January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States is known for the New Deal, Works Progress Administration, the National Recovery Administration and the Social Security Act.
