Emancipation Proclamation (1863) : United States.

 Independence Day : Haiti.

 New Year's Day : International.

 John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) : African American.

 Berchtold's Day : Switzerland.

 Louis Braille (1809–1852) : French, People with Disabilities.

 Elizabeth Ann B. Seton Feast Day : Roman Catholic.

 George Washington Carver (1864–1943) : African American.

 Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birthday : Sikh.

 Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) : African American.

 Danny Thomas (born Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yaqoob) (1912–1991) : Lebanese American.

 Christmas : Armenian Apostolic Church.

 Epiphany : Christian.

 Three Kings Day (Día de los Tres Magos) : Puerto Rico.

 Christmas : Coptic Orthodox Christian, Eastern Orthodox Christian, Rastafarian.

 Martyrs' Day : Panama.

 Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723-1775) : Nepalese.

 Coming of Age Day (Seijin No Hi) : Japan. (m)

 Eugenio María de Hostos' Birthday : Puerto Rico. (m)

 Independence Manifesto Day : Morocco.

 Helen Haje (1929?–1998) : Lebanese American.

 Mordecai Johnson (1890–1976) : African American.

 José Limón (1908–1972) : Mexican American.

 Ernestine Potowski-Rose (1810–1892) : Polish American.

 Charlotte Ray (1850–1911) : African American.

 John Dos Passos (1898–1976) : Portuguese American.

 Carlos P. Romulo (1899–1985) : Filipino.

 Makar Sankranti : Hindu. (m)

 New Year : Eastern Orthodox Christian.

 Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) : African American.

 Pongal : Hindu. (m)

 Ruhiyyih Rabbani (1910–2000) : Baha'i.

 Hiram Revels (1822–1901) : African American.

 Martin Luther King Jr. Day : United States. (m)

 Revolution Day : Tunisia.

 Epiphany : Coptic Orthodox Christian, Eastern Orthodox Christian.

 Timket (Feast of Epiphany) : Ethiopia.

 Vasant Panchami : Hindu. (m)

 Our Lady of Altagracia : Dominican Republic.

 Pilar Barbosa (189?–1997) : Puerto Rican.

 Thomas A. Dorsey (1899–1993) : African American.

 Arthur Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) : Puerto Rican.

 Robert Burns (1759–1796) : Scot.

 Australia Day : Australia.

 Juan Pablo Duarte's Birthday : Dominican Republic.

 Republic Day : India.

 José Julian Martí (1853–1895) : Cuban.

 T'u B'Shvat begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)

 Martyrs' Day : Nepal.

 Osceola (1800–1838) : American Indian (Seminole).

 T'u B'Shvat (New Year of the Trees) : Jewish. (m)

 King Abdullah’s Birthday : Jordan.

 William Apess (1798–1840?) : American Indian (Pequot).

 Ella Cara Deloria (1889–1971) : American Indian (Dakota Sioux).

 Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (1919–1972) : African American.