Celebrations and Remembrances: January

• Be Kind to Food Servers Month
• Book Blitz Month
• Child-Centered Divorce Month, Intl
• Clean Up Your Computer Month, Natl
• Conscience Month, Natl
• Creativity Month, Intl
• Get Organized and Be Productive Month
• Glaucoma Awareness Month, Natl
• Hot Tea Month, Natl
• Mentoring Month, Natl
• Oatmeal Month
• Radon Action Month, Natl
• Rising Star Month, Worldwide
• Skating Month, Natl
• Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Natl
• Volunteer Blood Donor Month, Natl

January 2, 1920- Isaac Asimov, Science Fiction Writer

January 3, 1892- J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of "Lord of the Rings"

January 8, 1942 - Stephen Hawking, world renowned physicist and author.

January 14, 1919- Andy Rooney, author and commentator on "60 Minutes"

January 15th, 1929- Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Activist

January 18, 1779- Peter Roget, author of Roget's Thesaurus

January 18, 1882- A.A. Milne, author of Childrens' storybooks. Created Winnie the Pooh and friends.

January 19, 1809- Edgar Allen Poe, Author and Poet, most notably macabre and horror stories

January 19, 1947 - Paula Deen, chef, cookbook author

January 27, 1832- Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice in Wonderland"