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In the United States, there are two major holidays celebrated in January: New Year’s Day (January 1, 2024) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15, 2024). Both of these are federal holidays ...
January 12. National Hot Tea Day. National Kettlebell Day. National Pharmacist Day. Remembrance Day. Stick to Your New Year's Resolution Day. January 13. Calennig. Korean American Day. Make Your ...
January 4 . Trivia Day. National Spaghetti Day. January 5. National Bird Day. National Keto Day. January 6. Sherlock Holmes' Birthday. Cuddle Up Day. Bean Day. January 7. Old Rock Day. Orthodox ...
Canute Lavard (Knut Levard in Swedish) was a Danish duke who was assassinated by his cousin and rival Magnus Nilsson on 7 January 1131 so that Nilsson could usurp the Danish throne. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In the aftermath of his death there was a civil war, which led to Knut being later declared a saint , and 7 January became Knut's Day, a name day .
The holiday in North Macedonia is known as Old New Year (Macedonian: Стара Нова година, romanized: Stara Nova godina) or as Vasilica (Василица), "St. Basil". [n. 1] Late on January 13, people gather outside their houses, in the center of their neighborhoods where they start a huge bonfire and drink and eat together ...
In the Latin Church, from 1893 until 1955, Epiphany was celebrated as an eight-day feast, known as the Octave of Epiphany, beginning on January 6 and ending on January 13. The Sunday within that octave had been the feast of the Holy Family, and Christmastide was reckoned as the twelve days ending on January 5, followed by the January 6–13 octave.
Our list of national holidays and observances in January 2023 goes beyond New Year's and MLK Day with fun festivities to celebrate, like National Spaghetti Day. ... Getty Images. Thursday, Jan 5 ...
Bhogi [a] is the first day of the four-day Sankranti festival. It falls on last day of Agrahāyaṇa or Mārgaśīrṣa month of Hindu Solar Calendar, which is 13 January by the Gregorian calendar.