Twelve Days of Christmas

The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

Bird Day

National Bird Day (United States)

List of festivals and events in Kamakura

Joma Shinji (Japan)

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Feast day:
January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Simeon Stylites

Christian Feast day:
Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Pope Telesphorus

Christian Feast day:
Pope Telesphorus

John Neumann

Christian Feast day:
John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Charles of Mount Argus

Christian Feast day:
Charles of Mount Argus

Costas Simitis

Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1936)

Mike Rinder

Mike Rinder, Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (born 1955)

Mário Zagallo

Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)

Joseph Lelyveld

Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and executive editor of The New York Times (born 1937)

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues.

2023 Sinaloa unrest

The 2023 Sinaloa unrest begins.