January
1 – Emancipation Day (African-American, United States)
1 – Feast of St. Basil (Christian, Orthodox)
1 – Japanese New Year (Japan)
1 – New Year’s Day (United States)
5 – Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (Sikh)
6 – Epiphany or Twelfth Day (Christian)
6 – Three Kings’ Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)
7 – Ashura (Islamic, Muslim)
7 – The Nativity of Jesus Christ (Christian, Orthodox)
13 – Lohri (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh)
16 – Religious Freedom Day
19 – Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday – Observed (United States)
20 – World Religion Day (Baha’i)
26 – Chinese Lunar New Year (China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam)
26 – India Republic Day
26 – Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam) “Year of the Buffalo”




