Each month our library displays a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations, as well as the birthdays of famous people and authors/illustrators. For our display, I also include the birthdays of our students and faculty.
Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other lists, I have used Holiday Insights and National Day Calendar as well as calendars I receive from publishers.
It is always fun to plan special events around some of the crazy/wacky days. I’d love to hear how you celebrate some of these days. Like this post and comment below.
Here is my list for January 2019.
Monthly Recognitions
National Bath Safety Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Hobby Month
Hot Tea Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Soup Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Weekly Recognitions
Someday We’ll Laugh About This Week – January 1-7, 2018
National Pizza Week – January 7-13, 2018 (Second Week)
Letter Writing Week – January 14-20, 2018
No Name-Calling Week – January 15-19, 2018
National Activity Professionals Week – January 21-27, 2018
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week – January 21-27, 2018
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week – January 21-27 (Last Full Week)
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days – January 20-21, 2018
Clean Out Your Inbox Week – January 22-26 (Last Business Week)
National School Choice Week – January 21-27, 2018 (Last Week)
National Handwriting Analysis Week – January 21-27, 2018 (Week of John Hancock’s birthday on January 23)
Tax Identity Theft Week – January 29 – February 2
National Irish Coffee Week – January 21-27, 2018 (Fourth Week)
Catholic Schools Week – January 28 – February 2 (Begins the Last Sunday)
Meat Week – January 28 – February 4 (Begins the Last Sunday)
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week – January 29 – February 3, 2018
Daily Recognitions
2 National Science Fiction Day
2 Isaac Asimov’s birthday
3 National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
3 J.R.R. Tolkein’s birthday
4 Isaac Newton’s Birthday
4 Jacob Grimm’s birthday
4 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s birthday
5 Lynne Cherry’s birthday
5 George Washington Carver Recognition Day
6 Bean Day
6 Vera Cleaver’s birthday
6 Feast of the Epiphany – Three Kings – date varies
8 National Winter Skin Relief Day
8 Stephen Hawking’s birthday
9 National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
9 National Static Electricity Day
9 National Take the Stairs Day – second Wednesday of month
9 Clyde Bulla’s birthday
10 National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
10 National Save The Eagles Day
10 Houseplant Appreciation Day
11 Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend’s Day
11 National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
12 National Curried Chicken Day
12 Clement Hurd’s birthday
12 Jack London’s birthday
12 Charles Perrault’s birthday
13 Stephen Foster Memorial Day
13 Make Your Dream Come True Day
14 National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
14 National Clean Off Your Desk Day
14 Hugh Lofting’s birthday
15 National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
16 National Religious Freedom Day
17 Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
17 Kid Inventors’ Day
18 Winnie the Pooh Day -The Birthday of Winnie’s author A.A. Milne
19 Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday
19 Pat Mora’s birthday
20 Tedd Arnold’s birthday
21 Martin Luther King Jr. birthday , celebrated on the third Monday
22 National Blonde Brownie Day
22 Brian Wildsmith’s birthday
23 Measure Your Feet Day– we only ask….”Why!?!”
25 Opposite Day
25 Robert Boyle’s birthday
26 Spouse’s Day
26 Shannon Hale’s birthday
26 Bessie Coleman’s Birthday
26 National Peanut Brittle Day
27 Lewis Carroll’s birthday
27 Julius Lester’s birthday
28 Vera B. Williams’ birthday
28 Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day – last Monday of month
28 National Blueberry Pancake Day
29 Bill Peet’s birthday
29 Rosemary Wells’ birthday
30 Lloyd Alexander’s birthday
31 Backward Day
31 Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
31 Gerald McDermott’s birthday
31 Denise Fleming’s birthday