Holidays and observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Lutheran Church)
- Feast of the Solemnity of Mary, the Octave Day of Christmas, considered a holy day of obligation in some country. (Roman Catholic Church)
- Fulgentius of Ruspe
- Telemachus
- January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Italy)
- Dissolution of Czechoslovakia related observances:
- Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
- Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic)
- Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year. (Scotland)
- Founding Day (Taiwan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Brunei from United Kingdom in 1984.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Haiti from France in 1804.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sudan from United Kingdom in 1956.
- National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)
- New Year's Day (many countries around the world using the Gregorian calendar)
- The eighth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- The last day of Kwanzaa (United States)
- The presidents of Brazil and Switzerland take possession.
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
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