January Events, Holidays, Celebrations

January Events, Holidays, Celebrations

National Mentoring Month

National School Board Month

January 1st - New Year's Day

January 4th - Isaac Newton's Birthday -

January 6th - Jon of Arc's Birthday -

January 7th - Galileo's Discovery -

January 8th - No Child Left Behind Act

January 8th - 14th is Letter Writing Week.-

January 11th is Amelia Earhart Day -

January 14th - The American Revolutionary War Finally Ends -

January 15th - Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday -

January 16th- National Freedom of Religion Day -

January 17th - Benjamin Franklin's Birthday -

January 23rd is Measure Your Feet Day-

January 23rd is National Handwriting Day -

January 25th - The First Winter Olympics -

January 29th is National Puzzle Day

January 27th - Lewis Carroll's Birthday

January 30th - Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday -

Source: http://www.teach-nology.com/monthly/jan/

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