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, 1951
Day of Week 4th » Korean War: China called Chinese and North Korean forces Third Battle of Seoul known as capture Seoul.
Day of Week 13th » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
Day of Week 15th » Ilse Koch, "The Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
Day of Week 27th » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1951
1st » Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
1st » Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist