Author Archives: Rob Burroughs

This day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India, and turning the nation into a newly formed republic. The Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into effectContinue reading “India Republic Day”

This is the official national day of Australia. It marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson in New South Wales, and the raising of the British flag at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip. It took a while from the first official celebration in 1808 to 1994 when theContinue reading “Australia Day”

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet that wrote many famous poems and songs. He died in 1796 and 5 years after that date a group of his friends got together in his cottage on his birthday on 25th January to remember him. This grew into a tradition that is not only followed in Scotland, butContinue reading “Burns Night”

St Dwynwen’s Day is the Welsh version of Valentine’s Day as the day celebrates St Dwynwen, the Welsh saint of lovers. She lived in the 5th century, where she fell in love with a man called Maelon Dafodrill. They couldn’t be together though as her farther forbade the marriage and had already promised her toContinue reading “St Dwynwen’s Day”

This is the name given to typically the third Monday of January by a UK travel company, Sky Travel, which is said to be the most depressing day of the year. It was first published in 2005, and was claimed they calculated the date using an “equation”, taking into account weather conditions, so it onlyContinue reading “Blue Monday”

This is a federal holiday in the USA held on the third Monday of January every year. The day celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jnr, who was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. He was assassinated in 1968,Continue reading “Martin Luther King Jr. Day”

This is celebrated on the third Sunday in January. It was initiated by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha is of the United States in 1950, and is celebrated internationally by followers of the Baha Faith. Its principles are of the oneness of religion and of progressive revelation, which describe religion as evolving continuouslyContinue reading “World Religion Day”

The current national flag of Georgia was introduced by parliament on 14th January 2004. National flag day has been celebrated since 2012.

The current constitution of Mongolia was adopted on this day in 1992, and put into force on 12th February. It established a representative democracy in the country, guaranteeing freedom of religion, rights, travel, expression, unalienable rights, government setup, election cycle and other matters. It was written after the Mongolian Revolution of 1990 adn dissolved theContinue reading “Mongolia Constitution Day”

This day is the traditional start of the English agricultural year, starting on the Monday after Epiphany on 6th January. This day traditionally saw the resumption of work after the Christmas period in some areas. It was common that a plough were hauled fro, house to house in a procession collecting money, often accompanied byContinue reading “Plough Monday”