| Financial Wellness Month | Jan |
| Paul Revere's Birthday | Jan 1, 1735 |
| Betsy Ross' Birthday | Jan 1, 1752 |
| Emancipation Proclamation Effective | Jan 1, 1863 |
| Ellis Island Opened | Jan 1, 1892 |
| National Environmental Policy Act Established | Jan 1, 1970 |
| Beanie Babies Introduced | Jan 1, 1994 |
| New Years | Jan 1, 2008 |
| Jacob Grimm's Birthday (one of the Grimm Brothers) | Jan 2, 1785 |
| J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday | Jan 3, 1892 |
| Alaska Admitted as 49th U.S. State | Jan 3, 1959 |
| Spirit Robotic Rover Lands on Mars | Jan 3, 2004 |
| Quanrantids Meteor Shower | Jan 3-4, 2009 |
| Sir Isaac Newton's Birthday | Jan 4, 1643 |
| Trivia Day | Jan 4, 2006 |
| Elvis Presley's Birthday | Jan 8, 1935 |
| War On Poverty Anniversary | Jan 8, 1964 |
| International Thank You Days | Jan 11- 18, 2008 |
| Ratification Day | Jan 14, 1784 |
| Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley's First Snowflake Photograph | Jan 15, 1885 |
| Dr. Dian Fossey's Birthday | Jan 16, 1932 |
| Ben Franklin's Birthday | Jan 17, 1706 |
| Operation Desert Storm Begins | Jan 17, 1991 |
| A. A. Milne (Author of Winnie-the-Pooh) Birthday | Jan 18, 1882 |
| NASA Launches New Horizon Spacecraft | Jan 19, 2006 |
| Popcorn Day | Jan 19, 2008 |
| U.S. Presidential Inaguration | Jan 20, 2005 |
| Martin Luther King Day | Jan 21, 2008 |
| No Name-Calling Week | Jan 21-25, 2008 |
| Answer Your Cat's Question Day | Jan 22, 2008 |
| California Gold Rush | Jan 24, 1848 |
| Nellie Bly Returns From Her 72-day Trip Around the World | Jan 25, 1890 |
| Chinese Year of the Ox | Jan 26, 2009 |
| Australia Day | Jan 26, 1788 |
| Mozart's Birthday | Jan 27, 1756 |
| Lewis Carroll's Birthday | Jan 27, 1832 |
| Seven Dead in Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster | Jan 28, 1986 |
| National Puzzle Day | Jan 29, 2008 |
| SAT Registration Deadline | Jan 29, 2008 |
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