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, 2001
Day of Week 12th » Downtown Disney (Disneyland Resort) known as Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Day of Week 13th » An 2001 El Salvador earthquakes The January 13 earthquake known as earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Day of Week 15th » Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
Day of Week 16th » Democratic Republic of the Congo called Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
16th » President of the United States or US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
Day of Week 17th » U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously promotes William Clark (explorer) named William Clark from Lieutenant to Captain (U.S. Army) called Captain.
Day of Week 20th » Philippines Philippine President of the Philippines president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a EDSA Revolution of 2001 nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Day of Week 26th » An earthquake hits 2001 Gujarat earthquake e.g Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
Day of Week 29th » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President of Indonesia or President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
Day of Week 31st » In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
Famous Birthdays on January in 2001
2nd » Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)