See also: Butlerwebs' January Holidays, Observances, Celebrity Birthdays, etc.
and for more info on upcoming movie premieres check out Coming Soon! or Zap2it; for TV premieres check out the futon critic; for dvd releases check out Coming Soon! or Amazon DVD; for music releases check out Amazon Music or CDJapan; for literature check out Amazon Books or Barnes & Noble Books; for games check out Amazon Computer & Video Games; for anime & manga check out Anime News Network; for conventions & festivals see tek's events links and Otakuphrenia's con links.

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Kwanzaa

• TV events:
  • The Twilight Zone New Year's Marathon airs, 8am till 5am EST, on Sci-Fi Channel

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • New Year's Day
• Historic events:
  • The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, 1863

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Shogatsu (New Year) (Japan)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Buy a Friend a Book Week

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Isaac Asimov's birthday, 1920

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Aisha Day (3 Sleeping; Neopia)
  • J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday, 1892

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Twelfth Night (Christian)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Epiphany (Christian) / Three Kings Day (Christian; Mexican)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, 1929
  • OGRE3000's birthday (friend of tek)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Martin Luther King Day (observed) (USA; Monday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's birthday, 1832
  • LiveJournal Rabbit Hole Day

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Rob McBeigh's birthday (friend of tek)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Padre Mellyrn's birthday (friend of tek)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • ElizaDolots's birthday (friend of tek)

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