January brings a fresh start and a calendar full of quirky, fun national days to celebrate. From tasty treats to creative hobbies, this month is packed with unique opportunities to enjoy and connect. From National Milk Day on January 11 to National Spouses Day on January 26, there’s something for everyone. These lighthearted holidays provide a perfect excuse to embrace joy and creativity during the winter chill. Mark your calendar and get ready to explore the fun-filled national days that make January a little brighter.

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Complete List of National Days in January 2027

January is packed with well over 300 national and international days + dozens of national weeks and months! Some have fixed dates, while others follow specific patterns—like Plan For Vacation Day, which always falls on the last Tuesday of the month.

Below is a complete list of January’s national days. Feel free to bookmark this article and revisit it whenever you need inspiration. Plus, we’ve introduced a new system where each day now has its own dedicated article, complete with a short explanation for every national day. We hope this makes exploring the thousands of national days easier, saves you time, and helps you better understand the significance of each celebration. Enjoy!

January 1

January 1 marks the beginning of a new year and the first day of the calendar. It’s a time for fresh starts, resolutions, and meaningful celebrations, with well over 10 national day observances that inspire reflection, learning, and connection. How about playing UNO with your family to celebrate both National UNO Day and Global Family Day?

  • Apple Gifting Day
  • Commitment Day
  • Copyright Law Day
  • Euro Day
  • First Foot Day / Hogmanay (Scotland and Northern England)
  • Global Family Day
  • National Bloody Mary Day
  • National Hangover Day
  • National Ring a Bell Day
  • National UNO Day
  • New Year’s Day
  • New Year’s Dishonor List Day
  • Polar Bear Plunge Day
  • Public Domain Day
  • World Day of Peace
  • Z Day

January 2

On January 2 we encourage learning, appreciation, and fun as the new year unfolds. Also, it’s the perfect day for treating yourself to a buffet lunch!

  • 55 mph Speed Limit Day
  • Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
  • Motivation and Inspiration Day
  • National Buffet Day
  • National Cream Puff Day
  • National Personal Trainer Awareness Day
  • National Pet Travel Safety Day
  • National Play Outside Day* (First Saturday of Every Month)
  • National Science Fiction Day
  • Perihelion Day* (Date Changes)
  • Run It Up a Flagpole Day and See if Anyone Salutes It
  • Swiss Cheese Day
  • World Introvert Day

January 3

There are over 10 national and international observances on January 3. On this day, we celebrate the author of the Lord of the Rings books, drinking straws, women who rock, and much more.

  • Festival of Sleep Day
  • International Mind-Body Wellness Day
  • JRR Tolkien Day
  • Memento Mori / Remember You Die Day
  • National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
  • National Drinking Straw Day
  • National Write to Congress Day
  • Women Rock! Day

January 4

There are many national and international observances on January 4. It’s a day when we celebrate Missouri and spaghetti, while not forgetting about trivia and pop music.

January 5

On January 5 we celebrate screenwriters, a healthy diet, and birds.

  • National Bird Day
  • National Keto Day
  • National Screenwriters Day
  • National Whipped Cream Day

January 6

January 6 features many observances, including ones dedicated to cookies and technology.

  • Apple Tree Day / Put a Doctor Out of Business Day
  • National Bean Day
  • National Cuddle Up Day
  • National Shortbread Day
  • National Take a Poet to Lunch Day
  • National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
  • National Technology Day
  • World Day for War Orphans

January 7

January 7 features observances celebrating creativity, history, and self-empowerment. Did you know where tempura actually comes from?

  • Distaff Day / Roc Day
  • I Am A Mentor Day
  • I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
  • National Bobblehead Day
  • National Pass Gas Day
  • National Tempura Day
  • Old Rock Day

January 8

January 8 features days celebrating kindness, learning, and self-care. It’s the perfect day for a bubble bath!

  • Earth’s Rotation Day
  • National Argyle Day
  • National Bubble Bath Day
  • National Career Coach Day
  • National English Toffee Day
  • National JoyGerm Day
  • National Man Watcher’s Day
  • National Snuggle a Chicken Day
  • National Winter Skin Relief Day
  • Quitter’s Day* (Second Friday in January)
  • Show & Tell At Work Day
  • War on Poverty Day
  • World Typing Day

January 9

January 9 features national and international days celebrating apricots, creativity, and appreciating law enforcement. By the way, when is the last time you had an apricot?

  • International Choreographers Day
  • National Apricot Day
  • National Balloon Ascension Day
  • National Cassoulet Day
  • National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
  • National Static Electricity Day
  • National Vision Board Day* (Second Saturday in January)
  • National WONK Day
  • National Word Nerd Day
  • Play God Day

January 10

January 10 features 8 national and international days, celebrating creativity, environmental awareness, and resilience. It’s also a day for celebrating bittersweet chocolate. Oh, and remember to water your plants.

January 11

January 11 features really many national and international day observances, celebrating heritage, creativity, and wellness. It’s also a good day to stop smoking, and maybe treating yourself to a hot toddy.

  • Cigarettes Are Hazardous to Your Health Day
  • International Parity at Work Day
  • International Thank You Day
  • National Arkansas Day
  • National Clean Your Desk Day* (Second Monday in January)
  • National Fourth Graders Day* (Second Monday in January)
  • National Girl Hug Boy Day
  • National Gluten-Free Day* (Second Monday in January)
  • National Hot Toddy Day
  • National Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
  • National Milk Day
  • National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
  • Paget’s Awareness Day
  • Secret Pal Day
  • World Sketchnote Day
  • National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
  • No Longer New Year’s Day

January 12

January 12 features 13 national and international day observances, celebrating creativity, connection, and perseverance. It’s also a day when you can enjoy a cup of hot tea with a piece of marzipan and then burn off those calories with a kettlebell workout.

  • Kiss A Ginger Day
    🧑‍🦰 Other national days celebrating red hair: National Redhead Day, Redhead Appreciation Day on September 23 and World Redhead Day on May 26.
  • National Curried Chicken Day
  • National Hot Tea Day
  • National Kettlebell Day
  • National Marzipan Day
  • National Pharmacist Day
    🧑‍⚕️ A similar celebration, World Pharmacist Day, is observed on September 25.
  • National Shop for Travel Day* (Second Tuesday in January)
  • Poetry at Work Day* (Second Tuesday in January)
  • Printing Ink Day* (Closest Tuesday to January 16)
  • Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution Day
  • Work Harder Day

January 13

There are 10 national and international day celebrations on January 13. It’s a day when you can—no, should—make your dreams come true. Especially, if those dreams involve buying stickers and shopping for travel.

  • Korean American Day
  • Make Your Dreams Come True Day
  • National Peach Melba Day
  • National Rubber Ducky Day
  • National Sticker Day
  • National Take the Stairs Day* (Second Wednesday in January)
  • Public Radio Broadcasting Day
  • Stephen Foster Memorial Day

January 14

There are 8 national and international day celebrations on January 14. On this day, you might choose to raise awareness about C-sections or take time to organize your home. The choice is yours!

  • Cesarean Section Day
  • Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day* (Second Thursday in January)
  • National Dress Up Your Pet Day
  • National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
  • National Organize Your Home Day
  • Ratification Day
  • Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
  • World Logic Day

January 15

There are more than a few national and international day celebrations on January 15. Wear a hat, eat a bagel and have strawberry ice cream for dessert. You deserve it!

  • National American Eskimo Dog Day
  • National Bagel Day
  • National Booch Day / National Kombucha Day
  • National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
  • National Hat Day
  • National Pothole Day 🇬🇧
  • National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
  • Wikipedia Day

January 16

There are a lot of national and international day celebrations on January 16. It’s a day for celebrating rooibos, quinoa and Boston. But if you don’t want to celebrate anything at all, you can do that too — it’s National Nothing Day!

  • Appreciate a Dragon Day
  • Book Publishers Day
  • International Hot and Spicy Food Day
  • International Rooibos Day
  • National Boston Day
  • National Fig Newton Day
  • National Good Teen Day
  • National No Phones at Home Day* (Third Saturday in January)
  • National Nothing Day
  • National Quinoa Day
  • National Religious Freedom Day
  • National Tulip Day 🇳🇱 * (Third Saturday in January)
  • National Use Your Gift Card Day* (Third Saturday in January)
  • National Without a Scalpel Day
  • Prohibition Remembrance Day
  • Soup Swap Day* (Third Saturday in January)

January 17

There are 19 national and international day celebrations on January 17. What are the odds that we celebrate Kid Inventors’ Day on Benjamin Franklin’s birthday? Companies might want to focus a little extra on their customer service this day. After all, that’s the classy thing to do, right? And if you’re someone who makes New Year’s resolutions, January 17 is the day to let them go.

  • Art’s Birthday
  • Benjamin Franklin Day
  • Cable Car Day
  • Customer Service Day
  • Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day
  • International Mentoring Day
  • International We Are Not Broken Day
  • Judgment Day
  • Kid Inventors’ Day
  • National Bootlegger’s Day
  • National Classy Day
  • National Hot Buttered Rum Day
  • National Hot Heads Chili Day
  • National Lose the Jet Lag Day
  • National Waterfowl Day
  • World Religion Day* (Third Sunday in January)
  • World Snow Day* (Third Sunday in January)

January 18

There arenot that many national days to celebrate on January 18, but it’s a matter of quality over quantity. Because, on this day, we celebrate not only Winnie the Pooh, but also gourmet coffee and Michigan!

January 19

January 19 has it all. It’s a day for popcorn, imagination, guns and…tenderness toward existence.

  • Artist as Outlaw Day
  • Brew a Potion Day
  • Good Memory Day
  • Gun Appreciation Day
  • National Imagination Day
  • National Popcorn Day
    🍿 Other popcorn-themed holidays are: Business of Popping Corn Day on December 2 and National Popcorn Lover’s Day on Second Thursday in March.
  • National Tin Can Day
  • Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day* (Tuesday after the third Sunday in January)
  • Tenderness Toward Existence Day
  • World Quark Day

January 20

There are many celebrations and observances on January 20, from celebrating penguins to enjoying sweet treats and coffee breaks.

January 21

On January 21 you can focus on skincare, appreciate squirrels, and wear sweatpants as much as you want. It’s also a day for hugging. Cute, right?

  • Get to Know Your Customers Day* (Third Thursday of each quarter: January, April, July, October)
  • International Playdate Day
  • International Sweatpants Day
  • National Bakers Crafters Makers Day
  • National Conscious Uncoupling Day
  • National Granola Bar Day
  • National Hug Your Puppy Day
  • National Hyaluronic Acid Day
  • National Hugging Day / National Hug Day
  • National Cheesy Socks Day
  • One-Liners Day
  • Own Your Own Home Day
  • Squirrel Appreciation Day
  • Women’s Healthy Weight Day* (Third Thursday in January)

January 22

Hot sauce and polka dots are celebrated on January 22! Other observations on this day range from recognizing the sanctity of human life to answering your cat’s questions. In other words, January 22 covers a lot of ground.

  • Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day
  • Celebration of Life Day
  • National Activity Professionals Day* (Fourth Friday in January)
  • National Blonde Brownie Day
  • National Come in From the Cold Day
  • National Hot Sauce Day
  • National Polka Dot Day
  • National Sanctity of Human Life Day

January 23

January 23 is when we spotlight everything from pies and handwriting to health awareness and, checks notes, your foot measurements. Yes, there is a day for that.

  • International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day
  • Maternal Health Awareness Day
  • National Handwriting Day
  • National Measure Your Feet Day
  • National Pie Day
  • National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day
  • National Rhubarb Pie Day
  • National Security Technician Day
  • Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
  • Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day / Quilt Shop Day* (Fourth Saturday in January)

January 24

There are numerous national and international celebrations and observances on January 24, showcasing everything from culinary classics and environmental initiatives to historic milestones and meaningful gestures. After all, what is a national day calendar without National Compliment Day?

January 25 

There are all kinds of random celebrations and observances on January 25, honoring everything from culinary delights to scientific advancements: fish tacos and fluoride. Importantly, it is also a day for appreciating IV nurses.

  • A Room of One’s Own Day
  • Better Business Communication Day* (Fourth Monday in January)
  • Burns Night / Burns Supper (UK and Scotland)
  • Community Manager Appreciation Day* (Fourth Monday in January)
  • National Bubble Wrap Day* (Last Monday in January)
  • National Fish Taco Day
  • National Fluoride Day
  • National Florida Day
  • National Irish Coffee Day
  • National IV Nurse Day
  • National Opposite Day
  • Observe the Weather Day
    🌦️ A similar day, National Weather Observers Day, celebrated on May 4.

January 26

There are many weird celebrations and observances on January 26. Or what do you say about National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day or Dental Drill Appreciation Day? Our friends Down Under also know January 26 as Australia Day.

  • Australia Day 🇦🇺
  • Dental Drill Appreciation Day
  • International Customs Day
  • International Day of Clean Energy
  • International Environmental Education Day
  • Lotus 1-2-3 Day
  • National Green Juice Day
  • National Peanut Brittle Day
  • National Plan for Vacation Day* (Last Tuesday in January)
  • National Spouses Day
  • Speak Up and Succeed Day* (Fourth Tuesday in January)
  • Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement

January 27

There is a pretty yummy celebrations and observance on January 27, it’s National Chocolate Cake Day! Other observances on this date focus on more serious things like holocaust remembrance.

  • Family Literacy Day 🇨🇦
  • Holocaust Remembrance Day / International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust / Auschwitz Liberation Day
  • Library Shelfie Day* (Fourth Wednesday in January)
  • National Chocolate Cake Day
  • National Geographic Day
  • Punch the Clock Day
  • Thomas Crapper Day
  • Vietnam Peace Day
  • World Breast Pumping Day

January 28

On January 28, you are more than free to dust off your old LEGO bricks: it’s International LEGO Day! Other celebrations on this day focus on daisies, strange instruments and pop art, to name a few topics.

  • Christa McAuliffe Day
  • Clashing Clothes Day* (Fourth Thursday in January)
  • Data Privacy Day
  • Global Community Engagement Day
  • International LEGO Day / LEGO Day
  • International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day
  • NASA’s Day of Remembrance* (Fourth Thursday in January)
  • National Blueberry Pancake Day
  • National Daisy Day
  • National Gift of the Ladybug Day
  • National Kazoo Day
  • National Pediatrician Day
  • Pop Art Day
  • Rattlesnake Roundup Day
  • Thank a Plugin Developer Day
  • World Geoffroy’s Cat Day

January 29

There are some rather neat celebrations and observances on January 29, ranging from puzzles to corn chips.

  • Curmudgeons Day
  • Freethinkers Day
  • Kansas Day
  • National Big Wig Day* (Last Friday in January)
  • National Carnation Day / National Red Carnation Day
  • National Corn Chip Day
  • National Fun At Work Day* (Last Friday in January)
  • National Preschool Health & Fitness Day* (Last Friday in January)
  • National Puzzle Day
  • RNLI SOS Day
  • Seeing-Eye Guide Dog Anniversary

January 30

On January 30, you can practice your French: it is National Croissant Day! It’s also a day for yodeling for your neighbors, drawing dinosaurs and then, escaping!

  • National Croissant Day
  • National Draw a Dinosaur Day
  • National Escape Day
  • National Inane Answering Message Day
  • National Seed Swap Day* (Last Saturday in January)
  • School Day of Non-violence and Peace
  • World Leprosy Day* (Closest Sunday to January 30th / Last Sunday in January)
  • Yodel for Your Neighbors Day

January 31

January 31 is pretty random. We’re sure you will have a good one anyway, as long as you remember to appreciate your social security check, eat Brussel sprouts and hug an economist.

  • Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
  • Brandy Alexander Day
  • Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
  • Eat Brussels Sprouts Day
  • Hell is Freezing Over Day
  • Hug An Economist Day
  • International Zebra Day
  • National Backward Day
    🔁 A related day, National Opposite Day, also promotes fun twists on tradition.
  • National Gorilla Suit Day
  • National Hot Chocolate Day
  • National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day
  • National Scotch Tape Day

National Weeks in January 2027

When it comes to national weeks in January, topics range from diets and resolutions to dancing and freshly squeezed juices.

  • New Year’s Resolutions Week* (First Week in January)
  • Celebration of Life Week* (First Week in January)
  • National Silent Record Week* (First Week in January)
  • Diet Resolution Week* (First Week in January)
  • Hunt for Happiness Week* (First Full Week in January)
  • National Mocktail Week* (Second Week in January)
  • Universal Letter Writing Week* (Starts Second Sunday in January)
  • National Pizza Week* (Starts Second Sunday in January)
  • Home Office Safety and Security Week* (Second Full Week in January)
  • Cuckoo Dancing Week* (Starts January 11)
  • No Name-Calling Week* (Mid-January)
  • National Healthy Weight Week* (Third Week in January)
  • International Snowmobile Safety Week* (Starts Third Saturday in January)
  • National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week* (Starts Third Sunday in January)
  • International Hoof Care Week* (Starts Third Thursday in January)
  • World Kiwanis Week* (Starts January 21)
  • National Irish Coffee Week* (Fourth full week of January)
  • Global Crayola Creativity Week* (Last Full Week in January)
  • Meat Week* (Starts Last Sunday in January)
  • National Catholic Schools Week* (Starts Last Sunday in January)
  • National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week* (Last Week in January)
  • National School Choice Week* (Last Week in January)
  • National CRNA Week* (Last Week in January)
  • Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week* (Fourth Work Week in January)
  • Intimate Apparel Week* (Takes place Quarterly in February, May, August, November)

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