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, 1989
Day of Week 1st » The Montreal Protocol Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
Day of Week 4th » Gulf of Sidra incident (1989) Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of United States Navy US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
Day of Week 7th » Prince Akihito is sworn in as the emperor of Japan after the death of his father Hirohito
Day of Week 8th » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland International or British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737 Classic e.g Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
8th » Beginning of Japanese Heisei period.
Day of Week 29th » Hungary–South Korea relations called Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
Day of Week 30th » The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.