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, 1916
Day of Week 1st » Germany known as German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Cameroon known as Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
Day of Week 9th » World War I: The Gallipoli Campaign called Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
Day of Week 10th » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russian Empire called Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
Day of Week 24th » In 'Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad', the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
Day of Week 29th » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1916
2nd » Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American actress and producer (d. 2002)
3rd » Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
3rd » Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
3rd » Warren King (cartoonist) or Warren King, American cartoonist (d. 1978)
4th » Slim Gaillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slim & Slam) (d. 1991)
4th » Lionel Newman, American composer (d. 1989)
4th » Robert Parrish, American director (d. 1995)
6th » Eugene Thomas Maleska, American journalist (d. 1993)
6th » Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, and author (d. 2007)
7th » W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)