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What is celebrated on January 23?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to January 23. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2021
First observance

Parakram Diwas

The 2021 government announcement says the 125th-birth-anniversary commemoration would begin on January 23, 2021, the first year of the newly designated annual observance.

1977
First observance

National Handwriting Day

WIMA says the observance was established in 1977 on John Hancock’s birthday, which is January 23.

1845
Institutional decision

Election Day

The historical federal-law record identifies the act as January 23, 1845.

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6 observances

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0 repeat predictably

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

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4 have a country-specific scope

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Other in-depth guides on January 23

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First Philippine Republic Day

23 January annually · 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.

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

National Activity Professionals Day

Fourth Friday of January (23 January in 2026) · 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…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Handwriting Day

23 January annually · 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.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Pie Day

23 January · 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…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

23 January · 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.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Parakram Diwas

23 January annually; principal 2026 observance on 23 January · 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…

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6 observances

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Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

First Philippine Republic Day

23 January annually · 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.

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

National Activity Professionals Day

Fourth Friday of January (23 January in 2026) · 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…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Handwriting Day

23 January annually · 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.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Pie Day

23 January · 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…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

23 January · 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.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Parakram Diwas

23 January annually; principal 2026 observance on 23 January · 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…

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