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Typing Day was conceptualized in Malaysia and falls yearly on 8 January. It was first celebrated in 2011 and aims to encourage people to express themselves via written communication and also in commemoration of the Malaysian Speed Typing Contest 2011, which broke two records in the Malaysian Book of Records (MBR) i.e. the Fastest Typist and the Largest Participation for a Typing Event.
January 12. (2026-01-12) Frequency. annual. Young people, dressed up for Coming of Age Day, walk in front of a shrine just before twilight (2009) (video). Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is held in order to congratulate ...
2016 (Friday) 2015 (Thursday) January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years).
National History Day is a competition that educates young children in College Park, Maryland that operates an annual project-based contest for students in grades 6-12. It has affiliates in all fifty states, Washington, D.C. , Puerto Rico , Guam , American Samoa , South Korea , China , South Asia , and Central America . [ 1 ]
1st day of 1st Lunisolar month. 3 days (Chinese New Year's Eve, 1st and 2nd days of 1st Lunisolar month) Spring Festival [ a ] (aka Chinese New Year) 春节. Chūnjié. Usually occurs in late January or early February. The most important holiday, celebrating the start of a new year. 5 April (4 or 6 April in some years) 1 day.
National School Choice Week was founded in 2011 to promote the concept of all forms of school choice: district schools, district magnet schools, charter schools, private schools, and home schooling. The event, which takes place the last week of January each year, is sponsored by the National School Choice Awareness Foundation.
International Day of Education is an annual international observance day held on January 24 and is dedicated to education. [1] On December 3, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming January 24 as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for bringing global peace and sustainable ...
The day was co-founded by Katherine Hudson and Scott Williams, [7] when Hudson was in high school [8] and Williams was in the first year of university. [9] [10] Hudson graduated from Burwood Girls High School in 2011, [11] which was later a site of controversy due to the Wear it Purple Day events involving screening the film Gayby Baby.