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, 1907
Day of Week 6th » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome called Rome, Italy.
Day of Week 14th » An 1907 Kingston earthquake known as earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
Day of Week 26th » The Lee-Enfield called Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
Day of Week 29th » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American United States Senate or U.S. Senator.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1907
3rd » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986)
6th » David Fleay, Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)
7th » Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harp player (d. 1993)
9th » Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)
11th » Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
11th » Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)