January 29

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on January 29, include:

• Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day - January 29, 2024 (Last Monday in January)
• Curmudgeons Day 
• Freethinkers Day - (Also known as Thomas Paine Day)
• Kansas Day 
• National Carnation Day 
• National Corn Chip Day 
• National Puzzle Day 
• Seeing Eye Guide Dog Birthday 1929 
  
• Thomas Paine Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include January 29, are:

• Catholic Schools Week - January 28, 2024 - February 3, 2024 (Begins on the last Sunday in January)
• Cordova Ice Worm Days - January 27 - February 3, 2024
• International Hot Air Balloon Week - January 28 - February 3, 2024 (Fourth Full Week of January)
• National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week - January 29 - February 3, 2024
• National Meat Week - January 28 - February 4, 2024 (8 Days starting on the fourth Sunday)
• Tax Identity Theft Week - January 29, 2024 - February 2, 2024 (5 Days Starting the Last Monday in January)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include January 29, 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:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. 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)

• 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! 2024 dates are December 20, 2024 - Early March, 2024. 
• Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show - January 12 - February 3, 2024 (Fort Worth, TX)
  
• Saint Paul Winter Carnival - January 25 - February 4, 2024 (St. Paul, MN)
  
• Carnival of Venice - January 27 - February 13, 2024 - An annual festival held in Venice, Italy where people wear masks and costumes

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for January 29 is an Aquarius.

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

• 1843 – William McKinley, American politician and 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
• 1874 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960)
• 1880 – W. C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946)
• 1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010) (Dynasty, and the voice of Charlie on Charlies Angels)
• 1944 – Katharine Ross, American actress (The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
  
• 1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor, screenwriter and film producer (Magnum P.I.
  
• 1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host and actress
• 1960 – Greg Louganis, American diver
• 1970 – Heather Graham, American actress

Famous Deaths

• 1963 - Robert Lee Frost, US poet (4 Pulitzers)
• 1977 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)
• 1986 - Leif Erickson, actor (High Chaparral), dies at 74
• 2008 – Margaret Truman, American writer, daughter of Harry S. Truman (b. 1924)
• 2019 - James Ingram, American musician (b. 1952)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1958 - Academy Award winning actor Paul Newman (33) weds "The Three Faces of Eve" actress Joanne Woodward (27). They would stay married until Paul's death September 26, 2008, over 50 years later!  
  

Quote of the Day

READING is to the mind what exercise is to the body.  As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened and invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished and confirmed ~ Addison.

January 25th is LIBRARY SHELFIE DAY! My camera battery is dead, otherwise I would have posted a picture of my personal library shelves. I love to read, have always loved books, going to the library, and owning books. Sadly, when I sold my house a few years back, I downsized in space and had to limit the books that I kept. Most of my fiction reading is done now on a kindle fire, which I love, but I still adore books!

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

The Recipe of the Day is a Ham and Bean Soup Recipe from Kerry of Healthy Diet Habits.  Wintertime is a great time for Healthy Soups and January is National Soup Month, so it is a great idea to make a pot of soup every week.

• See our FOOD HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating food!
• See our Holiday Food page for tips on healthy holiday food traditions in general, and for some sample meal plan ideas for some of the most popular holidays.

This Day in History

• 1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
• 1845 – Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror
• 1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• 1863 – Bear River Massacre, U.S. Army versus Indians
  
• 1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline driven automobile.
• 1896 - Emile Grubbe is the first Doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
• 1916 – World War I: Paris is first bombed by German Zeppelins.
• 1929 - Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
• 1933 - German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor
• 1944 - 285 German bombers attack London
• 1959 - Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
• 1979 - President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
• 1984 - Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
• 1984 - Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
• 2002 - In his State of the Union Address, United States President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
• 2015 - Malaysia officially declares the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident and its passengers and crew presumed dead.

This Day in Music

• 1964 : The Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand hits #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart for their first US #1
• 1969 - Fleetwood Mac had their only UK #1 single with the instrumental 'Albatross.'
• 1979 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
• 1983 - "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart
• 1989 - Billy Joel sings the US national anthem at Superbowl XXIII in Miami.
• 1996 - George Michael had the UK #1 single with 'Jesus To A Child'
• 2009 - Kelly Clarkson's single, My Life Would Suck Without You, rose from 97 to #1 on the Billboard chart after selling 280,000 downloads in its first week of release.

This Day in Sports

• 1900 – The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
• 1904 - 1st athletic letters are given to the University of Chicago football team
• 1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
• 1963 – The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced - Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas
• 1964 - 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
• 1966 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
  1966 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
• 1995 - Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open
• 1995 - Superbowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami.  MVP is Steve Young, San Francisco, QB

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!