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, 1982
Day of Week 1st » Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1st » ITV (TV network) ITV franchise Associated Television ATV gets replaced by ITV Central Central
Day of Week 8th » Bell System divestiture known as The break up of AT&T: AT&T Corporation known as AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
Day of Week 17th » "Cold Sunday": in numerous cities in the United States temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years.
Day of Week 28th » United States Army or US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
Day of Week 30th » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC Computer virus e.g virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple Inc. or Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".