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, 1954
Day of Week 1st » NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC Color television known as color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
Day of Week 7th » Georgetown-IBM experiment: the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
Day of Week 10th » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
Day of Week 14th » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
Day of Week 20th » The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
Day of Week 21st » The first nuclear marine propulsion nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus SSN-571 6, is Ship naming and launching launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1954
1st » Richard Edson, American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk (band) e.g Konk)
27th » Peter Laird, American author and illustrator
27th » Jōkō Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist
27th » Stelios Papafloratos, Greek footballer
27th » Ed Schultz, American talk show host
28th » Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
28th » Rick Warren, American pastor and author
28th » Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d.2000)
29th » Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
29th » Greg Brooks (chef) called Greg Brooks, Canadian chef and author
29th » Alejandro Casañas, Cuban hurdler
29th » Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell, Canadian businesswoman
29th » Bill Evers, American baseball player, coach, and manager
29th » Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese illustrator
29th » Terry Kinney, American actor
29th » Ron Mark, New Zealand soldier and politician
29th » Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1954) called Bob Murdoch, Canadian ice hockey player
29th » Barry Powell (footballer) e.g Barry Powell, English footballer and manager
29th » Rodolfo Reis, Portuguese footballer
29th » Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
29th » Patrick Seguin, French art dealer
29th » Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded the Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel) or OWN Network and Harpo Productions