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, 1910
Day of Week 1st » Captain David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for British Royal Family Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Horatio Nelson.
Day of Week 13th » The Birth of public radio broadcasting first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera 'Cavalleria rusticana' is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House (39th St) Metropolitan Opera House in New York City New
Day of Week 15th » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at convert 325 ft m abbr=on.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1910
3rd » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
4th » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (d. 1990)
25th » Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician (d. 1984)
26th » Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator (d. 1989)
27th » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia) e.g Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1979)