Educators' Calendar: United States

January 2022

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1st January

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26th December

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1st January

Silversmith Paul Revere's Birthday (1735)

Flagmaker Betsy Ross's Birthday (1752)

Ellis Island Opened for Immigration (1892)

2nd January

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2nd January

Science Fiction Day

Georgia Ratification Day (1788)

Moon First Photographed (1839)

Euro Debuted (2002)

3rd January

Author J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday (1892)

Alaska Named 49th State (1959)

4th January

Author Jacob Grimm's Birthday (1785)

Inventor Louis Braille's Birthday (1809)

Utah Admission Day (1896)

Nancy Pelosi Elected First Female Speaker of the House (2007)

5th January

National Bird Day

X-Ray Discovered (1896)

6th January

St. Joan of Arc's Birthday (1412)

Telegraph First Demonstrated (1838)

New Mexico Ratified (1912)

7th January

Jupiter's Moons Discovered (1610)

Inventor Sir Sandford Fleming's Birthday (1827)

U.S. Hydrogen Bomb Revealed (1953)

8th January

Last Battle of War of 1812 (1815)

Singer Elvis Presley's Birthday (1935)

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9th January

Static Electricity Day

Clean Off Your Desk Day

Connecticut Ratification Day (1788)

Pres. Richard Nixon's Birthday (1913)

10th January

Oil Discovered in Texas (1901)

UN General Assembly First Convened (1946)

11th January

First Diabetic Patient Treated with Insulin (1922)

Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across Pacific (1935)

12th January

Statesman John Hancock's Birthday (1737)

First Public Museum Opened in SC (1773)

Hattie Caraway First Woman Elected to Senate (1932)

13th January

Author James Joyce Died (1941)

14th January

Revolutionary War Ended (1784)

15th January

World Religion Day

Martin Luther King's Birthday (1929)

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16th January

Operation Desert Storm Announced (1991)

17th January

Martin Luther King Day

Statesman Ben Franklin's Birthday (1706)

First Baby Born in White House (1806)

18th January

Author A.A. Milne's Birthday (1882)

Jan. 18-22
No Name-Calling Week

19th January

Author Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday (1809)

20th January

Inauguration Day

World's First Organized Basketball Game (1892)

Reagan Became Oldest President (1981)

MLK Day Celebrated as Federal Holiday (1986)

Barack Obama Became First Black President (2009)

21st January

First Atomic Submarine Launched (1954)

Vietnam Draft Evaders Pardoned (1977)

22nd January

500 Russians Killed on "Bloody Sunday" (1905)

Abortion Legalized in Roe v. Wade (1973)

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23rd January

Handwriting Day

Elizabeth Blackwell Becomes First Female Physician in U.S. (1849)

24th January

California Gold Rush Began (1848)

Author Edith Wharton's Birthday (1862)

25th January

First Transcontinental Phone Call (1915)

First Winter Olympics (1924)

26th January

Michigan Admission Day (1837)

27th January

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Birthday (1756)

Writer Lewis Carroll's Birthday (1832)

Vietnam War Peace Accords Signed (1973)

28th January

Artist Jackson Pollock's Birthday (1912)

Louis Brandeis Appointed First Jewish Supreme Court Justice (1916)

Challenger Shuttle Exploded (1986)

29th January

Poe's "The Raven" Published (1845)

Kansas Admission Day (1861)

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1st February

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30th January

Adolf Hitler Named German Chancellor (1933)

"Blue Suede Shoes" Recorded (1956)

31st January

Baseball Player Jackie Robinson's Birthday (1919)

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Month-Long Holidays and Events

Thank-You Month