January
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January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway. January starts on the same day of the week as October in common years.
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Events
By Date
- Jan. 7, 1789 - First American presidential election
- Jan. 27, 1854: Canadian Great Western Railway first opened
- Jan. 10, 1901: First great oil discovery in Texas
- Jan. 10, 1946: First United Nations General Assembly met in London
- Jan. 26, 1950 - India for the first time celebrated Republic Day
By Year
- 1934: Prohibition (of alcohol) ends in US.
- 1983: Women break into cruise missile base and dance on silos. Greenham Common, Britain.
- 1986: USSR leader Mikhael Gorbachev asks for world ban on atomic weapons.
- 1990: Dawing of a new decade
- 1992: Women dance on missile silos, US Air Force Base, Greenham Common, England.
Holidays
- New Year's Day - January 1
- Martin Luther King Day in the United States - Third Monday
- Australia Day in Australia - January 26
