Holidays and Observances on January 29

Welcome to January 29, 2027, an exceptionally engaging day on the calendar marked by sharp mental agility challenges, lighthearted office team-building, and crispy culinary history!

Today's daily page highlights the cognitive-boosting fun of International Puzzle Day, celebrates the stress-relieving camaraderie of National Fun at Work Day, and explores the beloved savory traditions behind National Carnation 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 29, include:

• Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day - January 29, 2027 (Last Friday in January)
• Freethinkers Day - (Also known as Thomas Paine Day)
• Gnocchi Day (Día de Ñoquis) - Celebrated widely every month on the 29th across Argentina, Uruguay, and other parts of South America)
• Kansas Day 
• National Big Wig Day - January 29, 2027 (Last Friday in January)
• National Carnation Day 
• National Colin Day 
• National Corn Chip Day 
• National Curmudgeons Day 
• National Fun at Work Day - January 29, 2027 (Last Friday in January)
• National Preschool Health and Fitness Day - January 29, 2027 (Last Friday in January)
• National Puzzle Day
• Seeing Eye Guide Dog Day - (Celebrates their Founding Date of 1929)

2027 Weekly Holidays that include January 29, are:

• Info. to Come!

2027 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)

• Info. to Come!

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.

Season

January 29th 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

• 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!