• The Romans named January after Janus, the God of beginnings and transitions. Janus had two faces, one looking at the past and what’s coming to an end, and one looking forward, towards new beginnings and what’s coming.
• January’s birthstone is Garnet, which represents balance!
• The flower connected with this month, is the carnation, which symbolizes love, fascination and distinction.
• January is also the National Donate Blood month, so if you are a donor, now is the month to give the gift of life to someone! Such an amazing start of the year, don’t you think?
  
• It is considered the coldest month in the Northern hemisphere, but not the Southern.
• January days are the coldest in the UK, whereas the coldest nights are during February.
• The only Shakespeare plays that mention January are “Much Ado about nothing” and “Winter’s Tale”.
• It’s the National Soup month in the USA

Sources:

http://www.flowermeaning.com/carnation-flower-meaning/

http://www.prettyopinionated.com/2013/01/fun-trivia-facts-about-january/

http://www.tipsywriter.com/blog/6-interesting-facts-about-january/

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/549736/Top-10-facts-about-January

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A lot of things happened on this day in history. Here are just some! Enjoy!

1066
The battle of Hastings took place on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, England. The battle lasted all day and King Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king, was killed and his troops were defeated by the Norman Forces of William the Conqueror.

1822
Author Victor Hugo married Adele Foucher

1912
Theodore Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee, but finished his speech anyway!!!!

1994
Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” film made its debut!

2012
Felix Baumgartner made the first jump 24 miles from the surface of the Earth, breaking the sound barrier.

(Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-hastings, https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Hugo, http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/tag/theodore-roosevelt, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/skydiver-breaks-sound-barrier-with-24-mile-jump, http://7-themes.com/6914573-felix-baumgartner-space.html