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January 2026 Fun Facts

  • January 2026
  • BY TAREN GROM

• January 1: New Year’s Day, National Bloody Mary Day, International Public Domain Day, and Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

• January 3: Perihelion Day (Earth is closest to the Sun) and International Mind-Body Wellness Day

• January 4: National Trivia Day and World Braille Day

• January 5: National Bird Day

• January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• January 27: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Vietnam Peace Day

• Last Monday of January: National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day