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What is celebrated on January 12?

For 2026, these source-backed observances resolve to Monday, January 12. Recurring rules can move in another year, so each record keeps its own date logic.

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Community, Causes & Advocacy 2 Food, Drink & Hospitality 2 Celebrations & Social 2 Workplace, Professions & Appreciation 1

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All observances on this date

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Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi)

Second Monday in January; 12 January 2026 · Japanese national holiday

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

Source-backedFixed Annual

Curried Chicken Day

12 January · Informal food-calendar usage documented by Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter material

Two Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter calendars from different publication years list Curried Chicken Day on 12 January.

Source-backedFixed Annual

Kiss a Ginger Day

12 January · International/informal red-hair inclusion and anti-bullying observance created in 2009

The Irish Times identifies Canadian Derek Forgie as the creator of the 12 January anti-bullying observance in 2009; ITV News independently reports that Kiss a Ginger Day has been marked eve…

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National Clean Your Desk Day

Second Monday in January · United States / informal workspace-organization observance

Multiple current observance references place Clean Your Desk/Clean Off Your Desk Day on the second Monday in January; secondary history attributes it to Anne Moeller.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Hot Tea Day

12 January · United States / Tea Council of the USA-created observance

The Tea Council of the USA announced the first National Hot Tea Day for January 12, 2016 and continued using January 12 in later annual campaigns.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Pharmacist Day

12 January · United States / pharmacist recognition observance

U.S. government public-health and Census materials recognize National Pharmacist Day on January 12; the Congressional Record also records January 12 recognition.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Youth Day

12 January annually · India / Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports national observance

India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports states that the Government of India commemorates Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary on January 12 as National Youth Day.

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