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, 1966
Day of Week 1st » A twelve-day 1966 New York City transit strike called New York City transit strike begins.
Day of Week 4th » A military coup takes place in French Upper Volta named Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
Day of Week 12th » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism named Communist aggression there is ended.
Day of Week 13th » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Day of Week 17th » 1966 Palomares B-52 crash Palomares incident: A B-52 Stratofortress B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton B28 nuclear bomb nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares, Almería Palomare
Day of Week 26th » The Beaumont children disappearance e.g Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg, South Australia named Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
Day of Week 31st » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna programme known as Luna program.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1966
1st » Anna Burke, Australian politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1st » Ivica Dačić, Serbian politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia