January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.
Historical Events for January, 2009
Day of Week 1st » Sixty-six people die in a Santika Club fire named nightclub fire in Bangkok or Bangkok, Thailand.
1st » Slovakia joins the Eurozone.
Day of Week 3rd » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the 'Genesis block', was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Day of Week 6th » Israel conducts an assault on Gaza. Operation Cast Lead
Day of Week 8th » A 6.1-magnitude 2009 Costa Rica earthquake e.g earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
Day of Week 15th » US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City known as New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive.
Day of Week 20th » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the Kitchenware Revolution named 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
Day of Week 24th » The storm Klaus (storm) e.g Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
Day of Week 26th » Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a 2009 Malagasy political crisis or political crisis that will result in the replacement of List of Presidents of Madagascar or President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
Day of Week 29th » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three Religion in Egypt Recognized religions called government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still Egyptia
29th » Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich Rod Blagojevich corruption charges named is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the Unite
Day of Week 31st » In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an Molo fire oil spillage ignition in Molo, Kenya Molo, days after 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
Famous Deaths for January 2009
1st » Aarne Arvonen, Finnish super-centenarian (b. 1897)
1st » Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
1st » Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist (b. 1960)
1st » Ron Asheton American guitarist and songwriter (The Stooges, The New Order (band) called The New Order, Destroy All Monsters (band) known as Destroy All Monsters and New Race) (b. 1948)
5th » Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918)
5th » Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931)
6th » Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges, The New Order (band) e.g The New Order, New Race, and Destroy All Monsters (band) e.g Destroy All Monsters) (b. 1948)
6th » Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer (b. 1950)
6th » John Scott Martin, English actor (b. 1926)
8th » Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American priest and author (b. 1936)
8th » Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)