January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.
Historical Events for January, 1903
Day of Week 9th » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson or Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
Day of Week 17th » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1903
5th » Harold Gatty, Australian navigator (d. 1957)
6th » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American conductor (d. 1993)
6th » Francis L. Sullivan, English actor (d. 1956)
7th » Ioannis Despotopoulos, Greek architect (d. 1992)
7th » Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)
10th » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
10th » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
10th » Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
11th » Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
12th » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
15th » Paul A. Dever, American politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
16th » William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver (d. 1945)