- Number of holidays
- 18
- Day of the year
- 17
- Days left in the year
- 348
Benjamin Franklin Day marks January 17, 1706, the birthday of Benjamin Franklin — printer, inventor, diplomat, and Founding Father who discovered lightning’s electrical nature, invented bifocals and the lightning rod, helped draft the Declaration of Independence, and served as America’s most effective ambassador to France. Kid Inventors’ Day marks the same January 17, 1706 birthday, honoring Franklin’s invention of hand fins at age 10 — encouraging children to design and build their own inventions. Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day is the third Monday of January — the day fitness tracking and behavioral data identify as the most common day for abandoning New Year’s resolutions, especially gym commitments. Cable Car Day marks January 17, 1871, when Andrew Hallidie filed the patent for the cable car — the San Francisco innovation that turned 30-degree hills into a traversable urban landscape.
All Holidays On January 17
Benjamin Franklin Day
Cable Car Day
Customer Service Day
Day of Judgment
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day
Kid Inventors’ Day
National Bootlegger’s Day
National Hot Buttered Rum Day
National Hot Heads Chili Day
National Ta Day
Popeye Day
World Religion Day
World Snow Day
About January 17
January 17 Q&As
What is the most popular holiday on January 17?
On January 17, Benjamin Franklin Day is the most historically significant observance, marking January 17, 1706. Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day is the most widely recognized behavioral observance, and World Religion Day is the most globally significant interfaith observance.
What countries celebrate holidays on January 17?
January 17 observances span the U.S., which hosts Benjamin Franklin Day, Kid Inventors’ Day, Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day, Cable Car Day, and Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life. World Religion Day is observed globally in Bahá’í communities.
What awareness days are on January 17?
January 17 includes World Religion Day, established by the Bahá’í Faith to promote interfaith understanding, and Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life, observed on the Sunday nearest January 22 in relation to Roe v. Wade.
