Holidays and Observances on January 18

Welcome to January 18, 2027, a deeply meaningful day on the calendar marked by powerful historic legacies, national reflections on civil rights, and creative cultural milestones!

Today's daily page highlights the technical breakthroughs of audio history on National Disc Jockey Day, sweetens the winter season with the comfort flavors of National Gourmet Coffee Day, and explores the classic comedic heritage of National Winnie the Pooh Day. Browse our complete chronological directory below to explore moving holiday scheduling rules, historic trivia, and unique facts for this specific day of the year!

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2027 Daily Holidays that fall on January 18, include:

• January 18, 2027: Blue Monday (Observed third Monday in January)

• January 18, 2027: Brew Monday (Observed third Monday in January)

• January 18, 2027: Civil Rights Day (Observed third Monday in January on the same day as Martin Luther King Day)

• January 18, 2027: Elementary School Teacher Day (Observed third Monday in January)

• January 18: First Commercial Aviation Flight Anniversary (On January 18, 1911, Eugene Ely landed his plane on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania, marking the birth of naval aviation)

• January 18, 2027: Idaho Human Rights Day (Observed third Monday in January on the same day as Martin Luther King Day)

• January 18: International Weedless Day

• January 18: Maintenance Day

• January 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day & National Day of Service (Official Federal Holiday observed third Monday in January)

• January 18, 2027: National Crowd Feed Day (Observed third Monday in January on the same day as Martin Luther King Day)

• January 18: National Forrest Name Day (Boy's Name)

• January 18: National Gourmet Coffee Day

• January 18: National Michigan Day

• January 18: Peking Duck Day

• January 18, 2027: Robert E. Lee Day (Observed third Monday in January in the states of AL and MS)

• January 18: Thesaurus Day

• January 18: Winnie the Pooh Day

2027 Weekly Holidays that include January 18, are:

• January 12-23: Energy Saving Week (U.K.)

• January 18-24, 2027: European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week  

• January 17-18: Hot Heads Chili Days  

• January 17-23, 2027: Hunt for Happiness Week (Third Full Week)

• January 17-23, 2027 - International Printing Week (Third Week of January - the week that includes Benjamin Franklin's birthday of January 17th)

• January 18-25: International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 

• January 17-23, 2027: National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week (Third Full Week in January)

• January 17-23, 2027: National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week (Third Full week of January)

• January 17-23, 2027: National Handwriting Analysis Week (Week of John Hancock's birthday on January 23)

• January 18-22, 2027: No Name Calling Week (Third Week of January during Monday - Friday)

• January 18-24, 2027: Sugar Awareness Week (Third Week in January starting on the Third Monday)

• January 18-25: Week of Christian Unity

• January 17-23, 2027: World Kiwanis Week (Third Full Week of January that includes January 21, which is the Kiwanis International Anniversary date)

2027 Monthly Holidays that include January 18, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out my January Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of January.

NOTE: If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• December 21, 2026 - February 21, 2027: Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival: Usually starts annually on January 5, and typically runs for a month or more, in Harbin, China and is the largest ice and snow festival in the world! 2026/2027 dates are a soft opening on December 21, 2026, with the Official Grand Opening on January 5 to the closing of the park on February 21

• January 9-24, 2027: National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, CO) (Begins on the First Saturday after January 5 and runs for 16 consecutive days)

• January 14-24, 2027: Detroit Auto Show (Detroit, MI)

• January 15 - February 6, 2027: Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, TX) (Also known as the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo)

• January 18-24, 2027: The American Express Tournament (Formerly: CareerBuilder Challenge and Prior to that Bob Hope Classic) (in La Quinta, CA)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for January 18 is a Capricorn.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for January are:

• Carnation - The Carnation is the Birth Flower for January. The symbolization of the Carnation means love, pride, beauty, purity, distinction, fascination, and loyal.
• Snowdrop is a white flower with three small petals in the middle surrounded by three larger petals on the outside. The symbolization of the snowdrop means love, fascination, and purity.

See our GARDEN HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating things of the garden!

Birthstone

The Birthstone for January is Garnet, which comes in a rainbow of colors. It is considered a great gift to symbolize friendship and trust.

Famous Birthdays

• 1858 - Daniel Williams, surgeon who performed the 1st open heart operation, (d. 1931)
• 1882 – A. A. Milne, English author - writer of the amazing Winnie the Pooh books (d. 1956) 
• 1904 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
• 1933 – Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
• 1941 – Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer
• 1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor
• 1980 – Jason Segel, American actor

I have to say, that Kevin Costner is one of my favorite actors. I love so many of his movies...Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is one of my favorites, but it is hard to narrow it down to just one! Dances with Wolves, The Body Guard with Whitney Houston, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Message in a Bottle, Dragonfly, Tin Cup were all favorites, and he rocked a Navy Uniform in No Way Out!

Famous Deaths

• 1862 – John Tyler, 10th President of the United States dies in Richmond Va at 71 (b. 1790)
• 1967 - Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters, dies at 45
• 2016 - Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter and actor (The Eagles) (b. 1948)
• 2023 - David Crosby, American singer and songwriter (Member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) (b. 1941)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV

Quote of the Day

In honor of Winnie the Pooh Day today, the Quote of the Day is from Pooh!  Pooh has some great Words of Wisdom to Live by!!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for January 18 is Egyptian Lentils and Rice (Kusherie), from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits.  January is National Fiber Month, and Beans and Rice are great sources of fiber! 

Season

January 18th falls within the Winter Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Winter is one of the four seasons. It follows the Fall Season, and is before the Spring Season. It is the coldest and darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere. It also starts in one year, and ends in the next, so it straddles two different years. 

Check out our Winter Season page for information about Winter, Winter Dates, Major Winter Holidays and Observances, Major Winter Festivals, Fun Facts About Winter, Winter Food Tips, Winter Gardening, Winter Preparation, Winter Quotes, and Winter Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on winter foods: 

• Winter Foods
• Winter Weight Gain
• Winter Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Summer Season. 

• Summer
• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1644 - Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting
• 1733 - 1st polar bear exhibited in Boston
• 1777 - San Jose California is founded
• 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• 1788 - The First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony
• 1861 - American Civil War - Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
• 1911 - 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
• 1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
• 1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded
• 1933 - White Sands National Monument in New Mexico established
• 1943 - US rations bread & metal
• 1944 – Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad.
• 1951 - 1st use of the lie detector in the Netherlands
• 1956 - German DR forms own army (National People's Army)
• 1964 - Plans for World Trade Center announced in New York City
  
• 1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• 1974 - "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
• 1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
• 1991 - Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
• 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
• 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
• 2012 - Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) blackout becomes the largest protest in the history of the internet
• 2019 - Near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, an oil pipeline explosion kills 137 people

This Day in Music

• 1944 - New York City's Metropolitan Opera House holds its first jazz concert, featuring Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
  
• 1960 - Johnny Preston's Running Bear hits #1
• 1964 - Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand debuts at #35)
• 1973 - The Rolling Stones perform a benefit concert for the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua that raises $400,000
• 1975 - Barry Manilow's Mandy hits #1
• 1977 - President Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Concert takes place the night before the swearing-in, featuring performances by Linda Ronstadt and Aretha Franklin, among others.
• 1978 - Neil Sedaka is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1980 - Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
• 1989 - At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Below is his Superstition Video
  

This Day in Sports

• 1886 – Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
• 1976 - Superbowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys, 21-17

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!