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, 1953
Day of Week 3rd » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver P. Bolton named Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
Day of Week 6th » The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Yangon known as Rangoon, Burma.
Day of Week 14th » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first List of heads of state of Yugoslavia known as President of Yugoslavia.
Day of Week 19th » 71.7% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into 'I Love Lucy' to watch Lucy Ricardo or Lucy Lucy Goes to the Hospital e.g give birth.
Day of Week 31st » A North Sea flood of 1953 or North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom