Fun Facts to Celebrate a January Birthday
Celebrating a January birthday? Download this January birth month fun facts sheet to display at a birthday party or give with a birthday gift. Included are the January birthstone and flower, a few fun holidays, interesting people born in January, and this month in history events.
January Birthstone
January’s birthstone is garnet, a deep, rich red stone. The name is derived from a Latin word meaning “seed” because of it’s resemblance to pomegranate seeds. January is one of the few months with only one official birthstones.
January Flower
The traditional birth flower for January is carnation, a flower native to the Mediterranean area and frequently included in bouquets for Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day. Carnations are available in a wide range of colors, each with a symbolic meaning.
A secondary birth flower for January is snowdrop. The pure white flowers on small plants bloom in late winter to early spring, often when snow is still covering the ground.
January Quote or Poem
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
January Fun Holidays
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Trivia Day (1/4)
National Bagel Day (1/15)
National Popcorn Day (1/19)
National Compliment Day (1/24)
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Famous January Birthdays
Wayne Gretzky (exceptional Canadian ice hockey player)
J.R.R. Tolkien (author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy)
Wolfgang Mozart (prolific Austrian composer of classical music)
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (American astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot)
André Michelin (French industrialist tire manufacturer)
Joseph B. Strauss (German-American engineer of Golden Gate Bridge)
Louis Braille (French educator and inventor of writing system for the blind)
Paul Allen (American businessman, computer programmer, co-founder of Microsoft)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (American minister, activist, civil rights leader)
Betsey Ross (upholsterer credited with sewing the 1st or 2nd—some controversy around the historical record—U.S. flag and continuing to make flags for over 50 years)
Sydney Brenner (South African biologist known for his work in cell biology)
Benjamin Franklin (writer, scientist, publisher, known for inventing the lightning rod and bifocals, among many other things)
January Events in History
Patent issued for first typewriter (1714)
Elizabeth Blackwell became first U.S. woman doctor (1849)
Ellis Island opened (1892)
First nuclear powered submarine launched from Connecticut (1954)
Concorde supersonic jet began passenger service (1976)
Dow Jones industrial average first rose above 2000 (1987)
Euro currency established (1999)
January Birth Month Fact Sheet
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