What’s Happening in January, 2013?

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2013. January is one of seven months having thirty-one days. It is the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the warmest in the Southern. The name, January, came from the Roman god Janus. The birthstone for this month is the garnet and the birth flower the dianthus. Here are just a few of the red letter days this month:

1^st    Happy New Year! This is also the last day of Kwanza.

3^rd    J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday. He was born in 1892.

5^th   National Bird Day in the U.S.

6^th   Epiphany in the Christian world. This is the day when the Magi brought gifts to

the Christ child. Some consider the day to be the date when Christ was baptized.

8^th   The Birthday of Elvis Presley, born in 1935.

10^th First meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946.

14^th This is the date the Revolutionary War ended in 1784.

19^th  Artist, Paul Cezanne was born in 1839.

21^st  Dr. Martin Luther King’s life is celebrated. (third Monday in January)

24^th  Gold was discovered in California at Sutter’s Mill, 1848.

25^th  First Winter Olympics were held in 1924.

26^th  Australia Day, 1788. It is also Republic Day in India.

27^th  The National Geographic Society was founded on this day in 1888.

30^th  Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on this day in 1882.

Enjoy this first month of the new year and stay warm in the north and cool in the south!