Holidays and Observances January 28

Welcome to January 28, 2027, an exceptionally cozy day on the calendar marked by essential modern digital rights awareness, comforting winter baking traditions, and whimsical pop-culture legacies!

Today's daily page highlights the festive international fun of International Lego Day, explores the rich culinary heritage behind National Blueberry Pancake Day, and honors the essential community support focus of National Have a Heart Day. Browse our complete chronological directory below to explore moving holiday scheduling rules, historic trivia, and unique facts for this specific day of the year!

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2027 Daily Holidays that fall on January 28, include:

• January 28: Christa McAuliffe Day

• January 28, 2027: Clashing Clothes Day (Observed fourth Thursday in January)

• January 28: Daisy Day

• January 28: Global Community Engagement Day

• January 28: International Lego Day

• January 28: International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

• January 28, 2027: NASA's Day of Remembrance (Observed last Thursday in January)

• January 28: National Amy Day

• January 28: National Blueberry Pancake Day

• January 28: National Data Privacy Day

• January 28: National Gift of the Ladybug Day (Set up to honor children facing critical illnesses)

• January 28: National Kazoo Day

• January 28: National Pediatrician Day

• January 28: National Tina Day

• January 28: Pop Art Day

• January 28: Rattlesnake Round Up

• January 28: Thank a Plugin Developer Day (WordPress)

2027 Weekly Holidays that include January 28, are:

• January 25-29, 2027: Cancertalk Week (U.K.)

• January 25–29, 2027: Colorado Climate Disasters Awareness Week (Date Rule: Held annually during the last full week of January to unite environmental groups at the State Capitol, focusing on the economic and human costs of extreme wildfires, flooding, and droughts)

• January 24-28: Data Privacy Week 

• January 25-29, 2027: Farmhouse Breakfast Week (U.K.)  (Last Week of January, Monday - Friday)

• January 24-30, 2027: International Hot Air Balloon Week (Fourth Full Week of January)

• January 24-30, 2027 - Kiss a Shark Week (Fourth Full Week of January)

• January 25-29, 2027: National Activity Professionals Week (Last Full Week of January, Monday-Friday)

• January 25-29, 2027: National Clean Out Your Inbox Week (Last Business Week Monday - Friday in January)

• January 24-30, 2027: National Irish Coffee Week (Fourth Week of January)

• January 25-29, 2027: National Medical Group Practice Week (Last Full Business Week in January)

• January 24-30, 2027: National Passenger Safety Week (Last Week in January)

• January 24-30, 2027: National School Choice Week (Last Full Week in January)

• January 25-29, 2027: Tax Identity Theft Week (5 Days Starting the Last Monday in January)

2027 Monthly Holidays that include January 28, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out my January Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of January.

NOTE: If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• December 21, 2026 - February 21, 2027: Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival: Usually starts annually on January 5, and typically runs for a month or more, in Harbin, China and is the largest ice and snow festival in the world! 2026/2027 dates are a soft opening on December 21, 2026, with the Official Grand Opening on January 5 to the closing of the park on February 21

• January 15 - February 6, 2027: Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, TX) (Also known as the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo)

• January 21-31, 2027: Sundance Film Festival (NOTE: Effective 2027, the festival is moving from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado)

• January 22-31, 2027: International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (Monaco) (Starts on the Second to the last Friday in January and runs for 10 Days)

• January 22 - February 14, 2027: Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase in Tucson, Arizona (Starts on the Last Friday in January over three full weeks)

• January 23-31, 2027: Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona (Runs for 9 consecutive days the last full week and two surrounding weekends in January)

• January 23 - February 2, 2027: International Snow Sculpture Championship in Breckenridge, Colorado (Typically begins on the next to last Saturday in January and spans multiple weeks for sculpting and viewing)

• January 25-30, 2027: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering (The Last Full Week of January)

• January 28 - February 7, 2027: Saint Paul Winter Carnival (St. Paul, MN) (Begins on the Fourth Thursday in January and runs for 11 days spanning two weekends)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for January 28 is an Aquarius.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for January are:

• Carnation - The Carnation is the Birth Flower for January. The symbolization of the Carnation means love, pride, beauty, purity, distinction, fascination, and loyal.
• Snowdrop is a white flower with three small petals in the middle surrounded by three larger petals on the outside. The symbolization of the snowdrop means love, fascination, and purity.

See our GARDEN HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating things of the garden!

Birthstone

The Birthstone for January is Garnet, which comes in a rainbow of colors. It is considered a great gift to symbolize friendship and trust.

Famous Birthdays

• 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
• 1980 – Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor

Famous Deaths

• 1986 – Christa McAuliffe – American teacher, member of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1948)
• 1986 – Ronald McNair – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950)
• 1986 – Ellison Onizuka – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1946)
• 1986 – Judith Resnik – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1949)
• 1986 – Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee – commander of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1939)
• 1986 – Michael J. Smith – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1945)
• 2021 - Cicely Tyson, American actress (Roots, Fried Green Tomatoes, How to Get Away With Murder)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1994 - Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)

Quote of the Day

January 28th is National Data Privacy Day! 

Stay safe online, protect your computers, protect your children online and your personal information. Some great tips can be found on the Stay Safe Online website which is powered by the National Cyber Security Alliance.

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Today is National Blueberry Pancake Day. The recipe of the day is a Buckwheat Pancakes Recipe from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits - if you are making them today, just add 1 cup of Blueberries!

• See our FOOD HOLIDAYS page for all the special days celebrating food!
• See our Holiday Food page for tips on healthy holiday food traditions in general, and for some sample meal plan ideas for some of the most popular holidays.

Season

January 28th falls within the Winter Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Winter is one of the four seasons. It follows the Fall Season, and is before the Spring Season. It is the coldest and darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere. It also starts in one year, and ends in the next, so it straddles two different years. 

Check out our Winter Season page for information about Winter, Winter Dates, Major Winter Holidays and Observances, Major Winter Festivals, Fun Facts About Winter, Winter Food Tips, Winter Gardening, Winter Preparation, Winter Quotes, and Winter Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on winter foods: 

• Winter Foods
• Winter Weight Gain
• Winter Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Summer Season. 

• Summer
• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
• 1813 – Pride and Prejudice, is first published in the United Kingdom.
• 1851 – Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in the State of Illinois.
• 1855 – A locomotive, on the Panama Railway, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
• 1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported as 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
• 1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• 1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
• 1917 – Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
• 1934 – The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
• 1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
• 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
• 1964 – An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
• 1984 - Record 295,000 dominoes toppled in Fuerth, West Germany
• 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
• 1998 - Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

This Day in Music

• 1956 – Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance
• 1965 - The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
• 1967 - Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
• 1985 : With the stars in town for the American Music Awards, We Are The World is recorded in Los Angeles, with cameras rolling for the video. Among those taking part: Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates, The Jacksons, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner and Stevie Wonder.
• 1990 - Paul Abdul started a 10-week run at #1 on the US album chart with 'Forever Your Girl'.
• 1991 - At the American Music Awards, Gloria Estefan performs her new single "Coming Out of the Dark", live for the first time since a tour bus accident 10 months earlier where she seriously injured her back. The song was inspired by her recovery.
• 1996 - Chris Isaak guest-stars in Friends episode, “The One After the Superbowl.” He plays Phoebe's date, Rob Donnen.

This was a cute video of Paula Abdul's song Opposites Attract on her debut album, Forever Your Girl.  The album  included four number one Hot 100 singles - "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract."

I remember watching the American Music Awards in 1991, when Gloria Estefan came out and sang for the first time since her tragic bus accident. She was always one of my favorites!

This Day in Sports

• 1949 - NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
• 1958 - Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck
• 1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America
• 1984 - LA Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak
• 1990 - Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl. The MVP is Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
• 1996 - Diana Ross performs at the Superbowl XXX halftime show in Tempe, AZ
• 1996 - Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl
• 2001 - Ray Charles sings America The Beautiful at Superbowl XXXV in Tampa. The Backstreet Boys sing the National Anthem

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Wishing You a Great Day Today!