JANUARY 15, 2026 | NATIONAL BAGEL DAY | NATIONAL BOOCH DAY | STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM DAY | NATIONAL HAT DAY | GET TO KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS DAY
JANUARY 15, 2026 | NATIONAL BAGEL DAY | NATIONAL BOOCH DAY | STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM DAY | NATIONAL HAT DAY | GET TO KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS DAY
National Bagel Day
NATIONAL BAGEL DAY
Toast up your favorite flavor on National Bagel Day. On January 15th, don't forget to pick your favorite schmear, too. Make it for breakfast, lunch, snack, or all of the above! #NationalBagelDay
National Booch Day
NATIONAL BOOCH DAY
On January 15, National Booch Day (also known as National Kombucha Day) kicks off a delicious way to celebrate with kombucha fans. #NationalBoochDay
National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM DAY
Each year, National Strawberry Ice Cream Day on January 15 celebrates one of the choicest flavors of ice cream. All flavors of ice cream are recognized on July 1 in case you're wondering! #StrawberryIceCreamDay
National Hat Day
NATIONAL HAT DAY
Hang on to your hats and celebrate in style on National Hat Day. Celebrated each year on January 15th, don your favorite fedora, cap, cloche, derby, or sunhat. Dig out your ceremonial best and tell the story behind it. Wear your warmest tuque, stocking cap, beanie, and share the name you give it. There are so many hats, fashions, and names we give them. Certainly, we could wear a hat a day and never get through them all. #NationalHatDay
Get To Know Your Customers Day | Third Thursday of Each Quarter
GET TO KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS DAY
Get to Know Your Customers Day reminds businesses to reach out to patrons and get to know them better. The day is observed annually on the third Thursday of each quarter (January, April, July, October). #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
Coming on January 16, 2026
National Days
NATIONAL NOTHING DAY
NATIONAL WITHOUT A SCALPEL DAY
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY
NATIONAL FIG NEWTON DAY
Notable Birthdays for January 15
Philip Livingston (1716-1778) - Signed the Declaration of Independence.
James Marion Sims (1813-1883) - Surgical physician who performed the first vesicovaginal operation.
Henry Morris Naglee (1815-1886) - Brigadier General for the Union Army.
Ella Flagg Young (1845-1918) - First woman President of the National Educational Association.
Lewis Terman (1877-1959) - Psychologist who developed the Stanford-Binet IQ test.
Gene Krupa (1909-1973) - Considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) - Actor and father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) - Minister, activist, and Nobel Prize laureate.
Phyllis Coates (1927-2023) - Actress who played Lois Lane in Superman (1951).
Lee Bontecou (1931-2022) - Artist who was considered one of the most influential artists in building the NY art scene.
Ted Tryba (1967-Still Living) - Professional golfer.
Memorable Events for January 15
1762 - Fraunces Tavern opens in NY City.
1777 - New Connecticut (Vermont) declares its independence.
1780 - The Continental Congress establishes the Court of Appeals.
1782 - Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance, recommends the establishment of a national mint.
1831 - The first honeymoon trip is taken on a train.
1831 - The first locomotive to pull a passenger train runs for the first time.
1844 - The University of Notre Dame opens.
1863 - The first newspaper is printed on wood-pulp paper.
1870 - The first political cartoon symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey.
1907 - Inventor Lee De Forest receives a three element vacuum tube patent.
1910 - Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming.
1919 - Molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, MA streets.
1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, OH.
1943 - The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, VA.
1945 - The Manhattan Project takes their first betatron pictures of a nuclear implosion at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
1967 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles.
1973 - President Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
2016 - The Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils a replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur.