JANUARY 31, 2025 | NATIONAL FUN AT WORK DAY | NATIONAL BIG WIG DAY | NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY | INSPIRE YOUR HEART WITH ART DAY | YAD DRAWKCAB LANOITAN
JANUARY 31, 2025 | NATIONAL FUN AT WORK DAY | NATIONAL BIG WIG DAY | NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY | INSPIRE YOUR HEART WITH ART DAY | YAD DRAWKCAB LANOITAN
National Fun At Work Day
NATIONAL FUN AT WORK DAY
Fight the workday doldrums during National Fun At Work Day on the last Friday in January! National Day Calendar makes it so easy to do when everyone around the workplace has a birthday for one example. Read more...
Big Wig Day
NATIONAL BIG WIG DAY
Putting the "fun" in fundraising while bringing awareness to a cause close to many hearts, National Big Wig Day™! on the last Friday in January, gives everyone an opportunity to play an important role, the role of the Big Wig. Discover more...
National Hot Chocolate Day
NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY
Each year on January 31st, National Hot Chocolate Day warms up people across the country by celebrating the timeless cold-weather beverage. More to learn...
Inspire Your Heart With Art Day
INSPIRE YOUR HEART WITH ART DAY
Always observed on January 31st, Inspire Your Heart With Art Day encourages us to ponder how art affects our hearts. Art is valued and appreciated for all sorts of reasons. Learn more...
National Backward Day
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January 31st honors everything backward with National Backward Day. The day provides an opportunity to reverse our ways, our direction or simply our shirt. Dessert for breakfast, perhaps? There are many ways to celebrate this fun day, so just let your imagination be your guide. Read more...
Coming on February 1, 2025
National Days
NATIONAL DARK CHOCOLATE DAY
NATIONAL GET UP DAY
NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY
NATIONAL PLAY OUTSIDE DAY
ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST DAY
NATIONAL TEXAS DAY
NATIONAL BAKED ALASKA DAY
NATIONAL SERPENT DAY
January 31st Celebrated History
1940
The Social Security Administration issues the first Social Security check in the amount of $22.54 to Ida May Fuller.
1949
Chicago's NBC affiliate WNBQ begins broadcasting the first television soap opera. These Are My Children aired for 15 minutes a day, five days a week until March 4,1949.
1961
NASA launches Mercury 2 on a suborbital mission with a chimpanzee on board. The chimp, named Ham, survives the 16-minute 39-second flight.
1961
The Misfits directed by John Huston and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, and Montgomery Clift premiers in Reno, Nevada. The intense love story was the last completed film for both Gable and Monroe.
1988
Doug Williams became the first African American to start and win a Super Bowl. Playing for the Washington Redskins, he led Washington to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII.
January 31st Celebrated Birthdays
Zane Grey - 1872
The popular author wrote about the American frontier and was one of the first widely-read western novelists. He wrote over 80 books, but some of his most popular were Riders of the Purple Sage, The Last Trail and The Lone Star Ranger.
Ella Cara Deloria - 1889
The Dakota Sioux educator dedicated much of her career to recording and translating the dialects, texts, myths, and ethnography of the Sioux culture and languages. She also wrote several books including Iron Hawk, Speaking of Indians, and Waterlily which was published posthumously.
Don Hutson - 1913
The professional football player played 11 years as a receiver with the Green Bay Packers.
Jackie Robinson -1919
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played 10 seasons with the MLB.
Norman Mailer - 1923
The prolific award-winning writer was known for his novels, plays, and films. He won two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award.
Honorable Mentions
Freya Stark - 1893
Norm Prescott - 1927
Ernie Banks - 1931
Nolan Ryan - 1947
Dov Charney - 1969