January 14 Holidays

National Dress Up Your Pet Day was established by Colleen Paige to celebrate the bond between owners and animals — and the sheer delight of photographing a dog in a sweater or a cat in a tutu. National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day celebrates the pastrami sandwich — cured, seasoned, steamed Romanian-Jewish beef brisket that Lower East Side delis stacked between rye bread in the late 19th century. Cesarean Section Day celebrates the surgical birth method — and the surgeons, nurses, and midwives who perform it safely, making what was once a life-threatening procedure into a routine delivery option for millions. International Kite Day celebrates kite flying — a tradition with more than 2,800 years of documented history in China, where military and meteorological kites preceded recreational use.