January 14th is... International Kite Day, National Dress Up Your Pet Day, First Successful C-Section Performed/Caesarean Section Day (1794), Ratification Day (1784), National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day (1887), Organize Your Home Day, Take a Missionary to Lunch Day, STIQ Day, Diary Day/Candle Day, Orthodox New Year, Makra Sankrant (India), National Undhiyu Day (India), Pongal (India), Seijin-no-hi (Japan), Coming of Age Day (Japan), Cakes and Ale Day (UK), National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand), Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico), Narcissus Festival, Feast of the Ass Day
MORE (2nd Monday): National Clean off your Desk Day, Blue Monday, Hansel Monday
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-- Every year, Gujarat celebrates more than 200 festivals. The International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) is regarded as one of the biggest festivals celebrated. Months before the festival, homes in Gujarat begin to manufacture kites for the festival. The festival of Uttarayan marks the day when winter begins to turn into summer, according to the Indian calendar. It is the sign for farmers the sun is back and harvest season is approaching which is called Makara Sankranti. This day is considered to be one of the most important harvest days in India. Source
Read: Kite Festival and International Kite Festival in Satun Province
-- The author took photos and watched the atmosphere of kites closely. Colors floating in the sky. The fun and smile of the children. Enjoyment. It is another tradition you should not miss. People in Satun Kite competition has been held since 1976, using Satun Airport as the venue. And it has been going on for 37 years.
• MAKAR SANKRANTI/PONGAL -- This book, Makar Sankranti/Pongal, the first in the series, Indian Festivals, describes how the festival is celebrated all over India.
• Kite Coloring and Activity Books
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• Kite coloring pages
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National Dress Up Your Pet Day
- Do you have the most stylish cat or dog on the block? Now is the time to coordinate some fabulous outfits so your pet can celebrate in style! This is your chance to make Fido fit for the runway.
First Successful C-Section Performed/Caesarean Section Day (1794)
- Dr. Jesse Bennett, of Edom, VA, performed the first successful Cesarean section. He performed the Cesarean on his own wife at the birth of their only child on January 14, 1794.
Ratification Day (1784)
- Anniversary of the act officially ending the American Revolution and established the US as a sovereign power. On January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress, meeting at Annapolis, MD, ratified the Treaty of Paris, thus fulfilling the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776.
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day (1887)
- Although New York's Sussman Volk is generally credited with producing the first pastrami sandwich in 1887, the claim is disputed by the founders of Katz's Deli in New York, which was founded in 1888. Volk, a kosher butcher, claimed he got the recipe from a Romanian friend in exchange for storing the friend's luggage while the friend returned to Romania. According to his descendant, Patricia Volk, Volk prepared pastrami according to the recipe and served it on sandwiches out of his butcher shop. The sandwich was so popular Volk converted the butcher shop into a restaurant to sell pastrami sandwiches.
Organize Your Home Day
- First they want me to clean off my desk, and now they want me to organize my home too? I don't know about you, but this is not a task I could ever complete in a single day. Perhaps I could get a handle on my desk in one day! Maybe...