January 1 |
Global Family Day[2] |
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January 1 |
Polar Bear Swim Day |
Various organizations in Canada |
January 1 |
International Public Domain Day |
Wallace McLean |
January 2 |
National Science Fiction Day (United States) |
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January 4 |
World Braille Day (birthday of Louis Braille) |
World Health Organization[3] |
January 7 |
Distaff Day |
Tradition in parts of Europe |
January 9 |
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day) |
Ministry of External Affairs (India) |
January 11 |
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day[4] |
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January 11 |
International Parity at Work Day[5] |
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January 12 |
National Youth Day (India)National Vision Board Day[6] |
Government of India |
January 14 |
World Logic Day |
UNESCO, CIPSH[7] |
January 15 |
Indian Army Day |
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January 15 |
Wikipedia Day[8] |
Wikipedia editors |
January 15 |
Intestinal malrotation and Volvulus Awareness Day[9] |
Intestinal Malrotation Foundation |
January 16 |
National Religious Freedom Day |
President of the United States |
January 21 |
National Hugging Day (United States) |
Kevin Zaborney |
January 24 |
Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day[10] |
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January 24 |
National Compliment Day [11] |
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January 24 |
International Day of Education |
United Nations General Assembly[12] |
January 25 |
National Voters' Day (India) |
Government of India |
January 25 |
Burns Night (Roberts Burns' birth anniversary) |
Friends of Robert Burns in Scotland |
January 26 |
Australia Day |
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January 26 |
Indian Republic Day |
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January 27 |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
United Nations General Assembly[13] |
January 27 |
Family Literacy Day[14] |
Canada; national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 |
January 28 |
Data Privacy Day a.k.a. Data Protection Day |
Council of Europe and various national governments[15] |
January 30 |
CTE Awareness Day |
Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation[16] |
January 30 (or closest school day) |
School Day of Non-violence and Peace |
Llorenç Vidal Vidal |
January 31 |
Street Children's Day |
Jugend Eine Welt |
First Monday of January |
Handsel Monday[17] |
Tradition in Scotland |
First Monday after Epiphany |
Plough Monday |
Tradition in parts of England and Belgium |
Third Sunday in January |
World Religion Day |
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States |
Last Sunday of January |
Leprosy Prevention Day |
World Health Organization[18][15] |