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, 1943
Day of Week 11th » World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
11th » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
Day of Week 14th » World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
14th » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
14th » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
Day of Week 15th » World War II: The Battle of Voronezh (1943) called Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
Day of Week 17th » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) called Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel 'Agios Stefanos' and mans her with part of her crew.
Day of Week 23rd » World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese people called Japanese army in Territory of Papua or Papua.
23rd » Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
23rd » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
Day of Week 24th » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a Casablanca Conference called conference in Casablanca.
Day of Week 27th » World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war.
Day of Week 29th » The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) named U.S. cruiser 'Chicago' is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
Day of Week 30th » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago CA-29 6 is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1943
1st » Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1st » Tony Knowles (politician) e.g Tony Knowles, American politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
1st » Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1st » Don Novello, American actor
1st » Ronald Perelman, American businessman, founded MacAndrews & Forbes
1st » Vladimir Šeks, Croatian politician
2nd » Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
3rd » Jarl Alfredius, Swedish journalist (d. 2009)
4th » Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
4th » Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author
4th » Priit Vesilind, Estonian-American writer and photojournalist