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, 2011
Day of Week 1st » A bomb 2011 Alexandria bombing e.g explodes as Copts e.g Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
1st » The Administrative divisions of Greece known as Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece.
1st » Estonia joins the Eurozone.
Day of Week 8th » The attempted assassination of Arizona United States House of Representatives Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent 2011 Tucson shooting shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway Inc. Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is
Day of Week 9th » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
Day of Week 10th » 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland named South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
Day of Week 14th » The former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunis
Day of Week 31st » A January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American blizzard named winter storm hits North America for the January 25–27, 2011 North American blizzard e.g second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and kil