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, 1994
Day of Week 1st » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexico known as Mexican Chiapas named State of Chiapas.
1st » The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
Day of Week 3rd » More than seven million people from the former Apartheid in South Africa known as Apartheid Bantustan known as Homelands, receive South African citizenship.
Day of Week 6th » Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the United States Figure Skating Championships e.g U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit e.g Detroit, Michigan.
Day of Week 8th » Russian Astronaut Russian called cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on 'Soyuz TM-18' leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
Day of Week 11th » The Republic of Ireland e.g Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Official Irish Republican Army e.g IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
Day of Week 17th » 1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
Day of Week 25th » The Clementine mission called Clementine space probe launches.
Day of Week 30th » Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grandmaster.