Observances

Worldwide Cultural Celebrations

January 20, 2013, Sunday
World Religion Day: Baha'i.
Martyrs Day: Azerbaijan.

January 21, 2013, Monday
Our Lady of Altagracia: Dominican Republic.
Errol Barrow Day: Barbados.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: United States.

January 22, 2013, Tuesday
Pilar Barbosa (189?-1997): Puerto Rican.

January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993): African American.
Maulid an-Nabi begins at sundown: Islamic.
January 24, 2013, Thursday
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938): Puerto Rican.
Maulid an-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's Birthday): Islamic.

January 25, 2013, Friday
Robert Burns (1759-1796): Scot.
T'u B'Shvat begins at sundown: Jewish.
Revolution Day: Egypt.

January 26, 2013, Saturday
T'u B'Shvat (New Year of the Trees): Jewish.
Australia Day: Australia.
Juan Pablo Duarte's Birthday: Dominican Republic.
Republic Day: India.

January 28, 2013, Monday
Jose Julian Marti (1853-1895): Cuban.

January 30, 2013, Wednesday
Osceola (1800-1838): American Indian (Seminole).
King Abdullah's Birthday: Jordan.
Martyrs' Day: Nepal.

January 31, 2013, Thursday
William Apess (1798-1840): American Indian (Pequot).
Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971): American Indian (Dakota Sioux).
Benjamin L. Hooks (1925-2010): African American.
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (1919-1972): African American. Independence Day: Nauru.