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What is celebrated on January 22?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to January 22. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2014

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Museum Selfie Day

Contemporary 2014 accounts document participation on January 22 and later museum scholarship explicitly identifies that January 2014 event as the first Museum Selfie Day.

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3 observances

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0 repeat predictably

0 use a fixed annual date and 0 follow a reusable calendar rule.

0 are edition-specific

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1 have a country-specific scope

Country-specific observances are not presented as worldwide events.

3 have in-depth guides

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Other in-depth guides on January 22

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Answer Your Cat’s Question Day

22 January · 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…

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Day of the Creation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

22 January commemoration; target-year public-holiday date may be transferred (23 January in 2026) · Bolivia national civic commemoration and public holiday framework

Bolivia’s Decreto Supremo No. 0405 of 20 January 2010 establishes 22 January each year as the Day of the Foundation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and a national holiday; the Ministr…

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NASA Day of Remembrance

Annual observance; 22 January in 2026 · NASA / remembrance of fallen exploration crews

NASA describes its Day of Remembrance as an annual observance honoring members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering exploration; NASA scheduled the 2026 observance for J…

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Topics represented on January 22

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Animals, Nature & Environment 1 Celebrations & Social 1 Civic, Remembrance & History 1

3 observances

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Answer Your Cat’s Question Day

22 January · 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…

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Day of the Creation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

22 January commemoration; target-year public-holiday date may be transferred (23 January in 2026) · Bolivia national civic commemoration and public holiday framework

Bolivia’s Decreto Supremo No. 0405 of 20 January 2010 establishes 22 January each year as the Day of the Foundation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and a national holiday; the Ministr…

Source-backedEdition SpecificIn-depth guide

NASA Day of Remembrance

Annual observance; 22 January in 2026 · NASA / remembrance of fallen exploration crews

NASA describes its Day of Remembrance as an annual observance honoring members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering exploration; NASA scheduled the 2026 observance for J…

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