January 2024 observances

Calennig

Welsh New Year custom

Museum Wales and Wales.com identify Calennig as a traditional Welsh New Year custom on 1 January, including documented door-to-door rhymes, gifts and decorated-apple traditions.

Global Family Day

International peace/family observance with U.S. congressional history

Congressional records document January 1, Linda Grover’s central role and repeated congressional support for Global Family Day / One Day of Peace and Sharing without creating a federal stat…

Haiti Independence Day

Haiti / national independence anniversary

Haitian government material confirms the January 1, 1804 independence basis and current national commemoration; OAS current country data corroborates January 1.

New Year’s Day

United States federal holiday

5 U.S.C. §6103 lists New Year’s Day, January 1, as a legal public holiday for the federal system; OPM applies the federal observed-day rules, while Congressional Research Service history tr…

Sudan Independence Day

Sudan / national independence anniversary and official holiday

Sudan’s official government portal announced 1 January 2026 as a nationwide official holiday for the 70th anniversary of the declaration of independence.

Triumph of the Cuban Revolution anniversary

Cuba / national revolutionary anniversary

Cuba Travel currently lists January 1 as the Anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution among Cuba’s national remembrance days and holidays, with work-recess rules subject to statut…

World Day of Peace

Catholic Church / global papal observance

The Holy See’s 1 January 2026 Angelus states that the World Day of Peace has been celebrated on 1 January since 1968; the Pope’s current peace message confirms the 2026 edition.

Happy Mew Year For Cats Day

United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance

Wellcat Holidays places Happy Mew Year For Cats Day on January 2 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.

Reconquest Day

Granada, Spain / historical civic observance

Timeanddate lists Reconquest Day on January 2 as an observance in Spain, and Calendarific independently records January 2 for the same observance.

Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church

Catholic Church / Roman liturgical observance

USCCB identifies 2 January as the Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church.

National Missouri Day

United States / National Day Calendar National State Days series — Missouri

National Day Calendar lists National Missouri Day on 4 January. The U.S. Senate records Missouri’s admission/statehood date as 10 August 1821. The two dates are deliberately kept separate s…

World Braille Day

United Nations / international observance

A/RES/73/161

World Hypnotism Day

International organizer-led hypnosis/hypnotism awareness observance; non-coercive and non-clinical public scope

The official World Hypnotism Day site verifies January 4, maintains current event/participation resources and first-party archive material identifies Tom Nicoli as the originator. Exact fir…

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China / international municipal ice-and-snow festival

Chinese government sources document successive Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival openings on January 5, including the 40th edition in 2024, 41st in 2025 and 42nd in 2026.

National Bird Day

Avian Welfare Coalition / captive-bird welfare and education campaign

The Avian Welfare Coalition says it established National Bird Day on January 5 as a day of action and education for captive birds; its anniversary material dates the campaign to 2002.

National Screenwriters Day

United States / ScreenwritingU creator-defined recognition day

ScreenwritingU announced National Screenwriters Day for January 5 and identifies itself as the creator; current observance registry material retains the January 5 date.

Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Armenian Apostolic Church / liturgical observance

The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin consistently documents 6 January as the Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany in the Armenian Apostolic Church.

National Shortbread Day

Food observance / Walker’s Shortbread first-party usage

Walker’s Shortbread states that National Shortbread Day is celebrated on January 6 every year. The current page title is treated as a Walker’s-branded search alias, not as evidence of a dis…

Three Kings Day / Día de Reyes

Christian and Hispanic cultural observance; customs and holiday status vary by country

Spain’s official tourism material identifies Día de Reyes on 6 January and describes the Three Kings tradition.

Harlem Globetrotters first-road-game anniversary

Harlem Globetrotters / anniversary of the team’s first road game in 1927

The Harlem Globetrotters’ official FAQ dates the team’s first road game to 7 January 1927. This verifies a reusable anniversary anchor, not an official team-created holiday called “Harlem G…

National Bobblehead Day

National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum-organized pop-culture observance

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum says it developed National Bobblehead Day, submitted it for designation in December 2014, and celebrated the first annual observance on Janua…

Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi)

Japanese national holiday

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

National Clean Your Desk Day

United States / informal workspace-organization observance

A January 1992 Washington Post report identifies Anne Moeller as the person who got National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day entered in Chase’s Annual Events roughly a decade earlier, while current…

National Snuggle a Chicken Day

United States / Tracey Glover-created informal chicken-appreciation and animal-empathy observance

National Day Archives identifies January 8, names Tracey Glover as founder and dates the founding to 2019; independent current observance coverage corroborates the January 8 recurrence, fou…

National Winter Skin Relief Day

United States / CeraVe-created winter skin awareness observance

Valeant Consumer Healthcare, then maker of CeraVe Skincare, publicly declared January 8, 2017 as National Winter Skin Relief Day in a January 5, 2017 launch announcement; National Day Calen…

First free balloon flight from American soil anniversary

United States / historical anniversary of Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s 1793 ascent

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum dates Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s first free flight from American soil to 9 January 1793.

National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.)

United States / law-enforcement appreciation observance associated with Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) currently runs National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on January 9; a District of Columbia announcement documents the January 9, 2015 launch with…

Poetry at Work Day

Tweetspeak Poetry / workplace poetry observance

Tweetspeak Poetry announced January 15, 2013 as the first Poetry at Work Day and continues to sponsor the observance on the second Tuesday in January.

Houseplant Appreciation Day

Gardener’s Network-created informal houseplant appreciation observance

Gardener’s Network identifies itself as creator and sets 10 January each year; ASPCA safety material supports bounded pet-toxicity guidance.

National Cut Your Energy Costs Day

United States / informal energy-efficiency awareness observance recognized by government and industry sources

U.S. Department of Energy material lists National Cut Your Energy Costs Day on January 10, with municipal-utility and energy-industry sources independently using the same annual date.

National Oysters Rockefeller Day

United States / Antoine’s Restaurant-created food-history observance

National Day Calendar’s proclamation record states that Antoine’s Restaurant founded National Oysters Rockefeller Day, with the first observance in 2017, and sets January 10 as the annual d…

National Save the Eagles Day

United States / informal eagle-conservation awareness observance documented by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center states that January 10 is designated National Save the Eagles Day. Creator, launch year and exclusive current organize…

National Take the Stairs Day

United States / lung-health and activity awareness

The American Lung Association describes National Take the Stairs Day as an annual observance on the second Wednesday of January.

Birth anniversary of National Artist Atang de la Rama

Philippines / DILG cultural advocacy calendar

Philippine government cultural sources verify Honorata “Atang” de la Rama’s birth on January 11, 1902 and her National Artist recognition for Theater and Music. The inherited DILG cultural…

International Parity at Work Day

International / workplace gender-parity awareness observance recognized in institutional publications

UK Foreign Office and ILOSTAT publications have recognized International Parity at Work Day; trade-union guidance places it on January 11.

Kosrae State Constitution Day

Kosrae State, Federated States of Micronesia / state government holiday

Kosrae law lists Kosrae State Constitution Day on 11 January and provides a mechanism for written holiday-date adjustments.

National Arkansas Day

United States / National Day Calendar National State Days series — Arkansas

National Day Calendar lists National Arkansas Day on 11 January as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Un…

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day / #WearBlueDay

United States / January 11 trafficking-awareness observance and DHS Blue Campaign #WearBlueDay

The U.S. Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 40 on June 22, 2007 supporting the goals and ideals of observing a National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 each year. The reviewed r…

Kiss a Ginger Day

International informal red-hair appreciation and anti-bullying observance created in 2009

Major-media reporting identifies Canadian Derek Forgie as founder, documents the first Kiss a Ginger Day in 2009 and confirms January 12 annual recurrence. The day originated as a positive…

National Hot Tea Day

United States / Tea Council of the USA-created observance

The Tea Council of the USA announced the first National Hot Tea Day for January 12, 2016 and continued using January 12 in later annual campaigns.

National Youth Day

India / Government of India National Youth Day commemorating Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary

Government of India sources state that January 12, Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, has been observed as National Youth Day every year since 1985; the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sp…

Korean American Day

United States

Current congressional materials support January 13 as Korean American Day and connect it with the first Korean immigrants’ arrival in 1903 and Korean American contributions

National Sticker Day

StickerGiant-founded creative and sticker-industry observance

StickerGiant identifies National Sticker Day on 13 January and states that it created the day in 2016.

Stephen Foster Memorial Day

United States / federal commemorative observance

36 U.S.C. §140 authorizes annual presidential designation of January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day. President Truman’s Proclamation 2957, issued December 13, 1951, designated January 13…

National Dress Up Your Pet Day

United States / creator-defined pet observance

Pet-lifestyle advocate Colleen Paige lists National Dress Up Your Pet Day on 14 January, and observance registries attribute its creation to her.

World Logic Day

UNESCO international day

Proclaimed by UNESCO in 2019

Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders’ Day

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated organizational founding anniversary

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated states that it was founded at Howard University on January 15, 1908, and its current first-party events calendar lists Founders Day on January 15. T…

Army Day (India)

India / Indian Army commemoration

India's Press Information Bureau states that Army Day is celebrated every year on January 15 and documents current Army Day observances.

Brew Monday

Samaritans connection and conversation campaign

Samaritans identifies Brew Monday as its third-Monday-in-January campaign encouraging people to connect over a cuppa, with 19 January for 2026.

Martin Luther King Jr. / Civil Rights Day

Arizona state holiday naming

Arizona’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists Martin Luther King Jr. / Civil Rights Day on Monday, 19 January.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day / Idaho Human Rights Day

Idaho, United States / state statutory holiday observed with Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Idaho Code § 73-108 and Idaho judicial/state holiday calendars place Martin Luther King, Jr. – Idaho Human Rights Day on the third Monday in January; Idaho government history records the co…

Indian Army Day / Army Day

India / Indian Army

India Ministry of Defence sources verify Army Day every January 15, celebrated since 1949 to commemorate General K. M. Cariappa taking command; no civilian public-holiday status is inferred.

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

United States / federal legal public holiday

5 U.S.C. §6103 lists the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the third Monday in January as a legal public holiday.

Wikipedia Day / Wikipedia birthday

Wikimedia community / Wikipedia founding anniversary

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki identifies January 15 as Wikipedia Day each year on the anniversary of Wikipedia’s birth, while the Wikimedia Foundation independently dates Wikipedia’s launch to Januar…

Appreciate a Dragon Day

International / literary-fantasy observance created by author Donita K. Paul

Creator-linked and publishing references identify Donita K. Paul as the 2004 creator of Appreciate a Dragon Day and January 16 as its recurring date.

National B2B Salesperson Day

International / Salesperson Inc. creator-defined B2B recognition day

Salesperson Inc. states that it founded National B2B Salesperson Day in 2026 and designates January 16 every year for B2B salesperson recognition.

National Nothing Day

United States / satirical informal observance proposed by columnist Harold Pullman Coffin

Current observance references identify January 16, Harold Pullman Coffin as the 1972 proposer and 1973 as the first-observance year; long-running Chase’s Calendar coverage corroborates the…

Eighteenth Amendment ratification anniversary

United States / historical anniversary of Eighteenth Amendment ratification

The U.S. National Archives records ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment on January 16, 1919 and its one-year phase-in. This record is a historical anniversary; “Prohibition Remembrance…

Cable Car Day

United States / cable-car history observance tied to Andrew Smith Hallidie’s 1871 patent

NFTA’s public-transport history feature identifies 17 January as National Cable Car Day and ties it to Andrew Smith Hallidie’s 1871 cable-car patent.

James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day

Olongapo City and Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Philippines / local special nonworking holiday

Republic Act No. 11217 declares January 17 every year as James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day, a special nonworking holiday in Olongapo City and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

Museum Selfie Day

International / museum-participation campaign created by Mar Dixon

Museum and government cultural sources identify Museum Selfie Day as a Mar Dixon-created annual campaign on the third Wednesday of January.

Weedless Wednesday

Canadian tobacco-cessation awareness activity within National Non-Smoking Week

Health Canada identifies Weedless Wednesday as a tobacco-cessation activity on the third Wednesday in January within National Non-Smoking Week. Canadian regional public-health material conf…

National Michigan Day

United States / National Day Calendar National State Days series — Michigan

National Day Calendar lists National Michigan Day on 18 January. The U.S. Senate records Michigan’s admission/statehood date as 26 January 1837. The two dates are deliberately kept separate…

Confederate Heroes Day

Texas, United States / official state partial-staffing holiday

The Texas State Library lists Confederate Heroes Day on 19 January as an official partial-staffing state holiday and documents its 1973 statutory consolidation; the current FY2027 state sch…

National Popcorn Day

U.S. popcorn-industry education and consumer celebration

The Popcorn Board currently uses January 19 for National Popcorn Day but explicitly states that it does not know how or when the celebration began and documents historical date ambiguity.

International Day of Acceptance

International / 3E Love disability-acceptance campaign

3E Love identifies January 20 as the International Day of Acceptance and maintains the observance’s first-party campaign materials. The reviewed first-party pages establish current stewards…

National Cheese Lover’s Day

United States / informal cheese-appreciation observance; 2026 Wisconsin state proclamation is an edition-specific acknowledgment, not federal status

Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin identifies January 20 as National Cheese Lover’s Day, and Wisconsin’s governor separately proclaimed Cheese Lover’s Day for January 20, 2026.

National Coffee Break Day

United States / National Coffee Association-initiated 2011 coffee-industry observance

Contemporaneous 2011 participant and Downtown Alliance records identify January 20 as the National Coffee Association’s National Coffee Break Day, place it within the NCA centennial campaig…

National Use Your Gift Card Day

United States / consumer gift-card reminder campaign

The official campaign identifies Tracy Tilson as founder, January 18, 2020 as the first edition, and the third Saturday of January as the recurring annual date.

National Bakers-Crafters-Makers Day

Creator-led maker appreciation observance founded by U.S.-based Gift Biz Unwrapped; participation is framed for handmade creators worldwide

National Day Archives records Gift Biz Unwrapped as creating the day in November 2020 for annual January 21 observance. Sue Monhait announced the January 21 celebration in January 2021, lat…

National Check Your Coverage Day

United States / Talkspace-created private mental-health-benefits awareness campaign; informational rather than statutory or a guarantee of insurance coverage

Talkspace launched National Check Your Coverage Day for January 21, 2025, states that it founded the day to encourage early-year review of mental-health benefits, and promoted the January 2…

National Hugging Day™

International informal kindness observance created by Kevin Zaborney and currently represented by National Hugging Day LLC

The official National Hugging Day site identifies Kevin Zaborney as founder in 1986, states that the trademarked observance recurs every January 21, and continues the observance through Nat…

National Personalized Learning Day

United States / Fusion Academy-created private education observance

Fusion Academy’s creator-side launch release announced the first National Personalized Learning Day for January 21, 2026, states that it will recur annually on January 21, and explains 1/21…

Squirrel Appreciation Day

United States / informal wildlife appreciation observance

Smithsonian continuity and National Wildlife Federation reporting support January 21, 2001 creator lineage for Christy Hargrove; current federal wildlife guidance governs safe activities.

World Religion Day

Bahá’í-initiated interfaith observance with worldwide community participation

Bahá’í World News Service states that World Religion Day was initiated in 1950 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and is commemorated on the third Sunday…

Answer Your Cat’s Question Day

United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat animal-themed observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Answer Your Cat’s Question Day on January 22 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy; Cats Protection supplies welfar…

Community Manager Appreciation Day (CMAD)

Community-management profession / creator-origin observance

Jeremiah Owyang’s original 25 January 2010 announcement created Community Manager Appreciation Day for every fourth Monday of January; later industry groups sometimes used Community Manager…

First Philippine Republic Day

Philippines / nationwide special working holiday

Republic Act No. 11014 declares January 23 of every year First Philippine Republic Day and a special working holiday throughout the Philippines.

National Handwriting Day

Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association / handwriting appreciation campaign

The Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association says it sponsors National Handwriting Day every January 23 in conjunction with John Hancock’s birthday.

National Pie Day

United States / American Pie Council-promoted pie observance with conflicting historical creation accounts

The American Pie Council currently promotes National Pie Day on January 23; institutional historical material also attributes an earlier 1970s start to Charlie Papazian, so creator/first-ye…

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

United States / Joel Hesch and Hesch Firm-created pharmaceutical-fraud awareness campaign

A creator-provided Hesch Firm release identifies January 23 as National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day and says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance, with the campaign beginning in 2017.

Parakram Diwas

India; national commemoration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Government of India announced on January 19, 2021 that January 23 would be celebrated every year as Parakram Diwas, stated that a Gazette notification had been published, began the 125th-an…

Beer Can Appreciation Day

United States / beer-packaging historical appreciation observance

The Beer Institute repeatedly identifies January 24 as Beer Can Appreciation Day and ties the date to the first public sale of canned beer on January 24, 1935. The recurring day’s original…

Change a Pet’s Life Day

Pet-awareness observance / United States-origin nationwide shelter campaign; now decentralized across animal-welfare organizations

Contemporaneous 2009 reports document a nationwide January 24 Change a Pet’s Life Day adoption campaign sponsored by Hill’s Science Diet; current humane organizations continue to mark Janua…

International Day of Education

United Nations / UNESCO international observance

A/RES/73/25

Library Shelfie Day

Libraries and readers / social book-and-library tradition

The New York Public Library says Library Shelfie Day occurs every year on the fourth Wednesday of January and that the tradition started in 2014.

Macintosh launch anniversary

Technology-history anniversary / original Macintosh release

The Computer History Museum records that Apple released the Macintosh on 24 January 1984.

World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

UNESCO world day

Burns Night

Scotland and international Burns-supper tradition

VisitScotland and the National Trust for Scotland identify January 25 as Robert Burns’s birthday, document the first Burns Supper at Burns Cottage in 1801, and explain the transition to bir…

International Day of Women in Multilateralism

UNESCO international day

UNESCO General Conference 41 C/Resolution 54 (adopted 23 November 2021); proposal document 41 C/57

National Fish Taco Day

United States / Rubio’s creator-defined food promotion observance

National Day Archives records National Fish Taco Day on January 25 and attributes its creation to Rubio’s Coastal Grill in 2018; current event listings continue to tie the date to Rubio’s p…

National Florida Day

United States / National Day Calendar National State Days series — Florida

National Day Calendar lists National Florida Day on January 25 within its privately created National State Days series. Florida’s March 3, 1845 statehood date is kept separate, and Indigeno…

National Tourism Day

India national tourism observance

Government of India, Ministry of Tourism / Press Information Bureau

Dydd Santes Dwynwen / St Dwynwen’s Day

Wales / Welsh cultural tradition

Welsh government tourism and Cadw heritage sources verify the recurring January 25 Dydd Santes Dwynwen identity and cultural scope; founder/first-edition provenance remains unresolved.

Tatiana Day / Russian Students Day

Russia / 25 January Russian Students Day with the longstanding Tatiana Day and Moscow University student tradition kept as historical context

Presidential Decree No. 76 of 25 January 2005 established the Day of Russian Students on 25 January; Moscow State University materials document the older Tatiana Day/student tradition and t…

Australia Day

Australia / national day and public holiday on 26 January

Fair Work lists January 26 Australia Day as a public holiday under the National Employment Standards; NADC documents current facilitation and multiple meanings; National Museum sources esta…

Birth Anniversary of National Artist Napoleon V. Abueva

Philippines / NCCA national cultural observance calendar and National Artist birth-anniversary remembrance

NCCA’s current Monthly Observances and Significant Dates calendar explicitly lists January 26 as the birth anniversary of National Artist Napoleon Abueva (1930). NCCA’s official National Ar…

Día de Duarte / birth anniversary of Juan Pablo Duarte

Dominican Republic — national holiday calendar context

Dominican Republic Ministry of Labour annual holiday calendar published through the Presidency

Republic Day

India / national civic observance

Government of India sources distinguish the Constitution’s adoption on 26 November 1949 from its commencement on 26 January 1950, when India became a republic; Ministry of Defence material…

International Customs Day

international customs-service recognition and public-awareness observance

World Customs Organization (WCO) states that International Customs Day is celebrated every 26 January to mark the Customs Co-operation Council’s inaugural session on 26 January 1953.

International Day of Clean Energy

United Nations / international observance

A/RES/77/327

International Environmental Education Day

International / environmental-education awareness observance recognized by education and biodiversity institutions

Environmental-education institutions mark January 26 as International/World Environmental Education Day. The evidence supports the recurring date but is not used to claim a current UN-desig…

National Activity Professionals Day

United States / activity-professional recognition with long-running sector history

California Association of Activity Professionals documents the history of National Activity Professionals Day, while current calendar references consistently use the fourth Friday in Januar…

Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Auschwitz-Birkenau / annual liberation-anniversary remembrance

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum dates the liberation of Auschwitz to 27 January 1945 and continues to organize the annual liberation-anniversary commemoration on 27 January.

Holocaust Memorial Day

United Kingdom / national Holocaust remembrance

UK government material marks Holocaust Memorial Day annually on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

United Nations international remembrance observance

A/RES/60/7

World Breast Pumping Day

Snugabell-created breast-pumping support observance / recurring January 27 awareness day

Snugabell states that it created World Breast Pumping Day in 2017 and invites pumping parents to celebrate on January 27; independent 2018 coverage documents Snugabell as the creator and th…

Data Protection Day / International Data Protection Day / Privacy Day

Council of Europe / worldwide privacy-awareness usage

The Council of Europe states that its Committee of Ministers designated 28 January as Data Protection Day in 2006 and that the day is now celebrated worldwide under names including Internat…

Data Protection Day

Council of Europe-designated international privacy observance

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers decided on 26 April 2006 to launch Data Protection Day for annual celebration on 28 January, the anniversary of Convention 108 opening for signa…

Global Community Engagement Day

International community-engagement profession / Engage 2 Act-created observance

The Consultation Institute identifies January 28 as Global Community Engagement Day and describes Engage 2 Act as the creator of the observance.

International Day of Peaceful Coexistence

United Nations / international observance

A/RES/79/269

José Martí birth anniversary

Cuba / national-hero commemorative context

Granma identifies January 28 as the birth anniversary of Cuba’s National Hero José Martí and documents recurring commemorations around that date.

Bible Sunday (Philippines)

Philippines / National Bible Month framework led by the Philippine Bible Society

The Philippine Bible Society currently observes Bible Sunday on the last Sunday of January within the National Bible Month framework. Proclamation No. 44 (1986) explicitly named the Sunday…

National Blueberry Pancake Day

United States / blueberry-industry observance

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council repeatedly identifies January 28 as National Blueberry Pancake Day and publishes promotional assets for the date.

Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

Sealed Air / Bubble Wrap brand appreciation event

Sealed Air states that Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is celebrated on the last Monday of January and published a 2026 observance for January 26.

National Bible Day

Philippines / statutory National Bible Day and special working holiday; religious participation is not compulsory

Republic Act No. 11163 declares the last Monday of January every year as National Bible Day and a special working holiday throughout the Philippines. Senate legislative records identify Sen…

Puzzle Day

Creator-defined puzzle appreciation observance / international participation

Puzzle creator Jodi Jill identifies herself as the founder of Puzzle Day and states that Puzzle Day is celebrated annually on January 29.

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace

Schools / peace and non-violence education

UNICEF Spain states that the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace is celebrated every year on January 30.

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

World Health Organization official global public-health day

International Zebra Day

Wildlife awareness and zebra conservation observance

Smithsonian’s National Zoo uses 31 January for International Zebra Day, and a 2026 Taiwan government news service item likewise identifies 31 January and documents zoo programming around th…

National Hot Chocolate Day

United States / informal food observance with repeated first-party beverage-brand usage

Dunkin first-party material identifies January 31 as National Hot Chocolate Day in multiple archived pieces.