- Number of holidays
- 10
- Day of the year
- 27
- Days left in the year
- 338
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the UN in 2005 to mark January 27, 1945, when Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau — commemorating the six million Jewish people and millions of others murdered by the Nazi regime. National Chocolate Cake Day celebrates chocolate cake in all its forms — from dense German chocolate to Hungarian Dobos torte to the molten lava cake Jean-Georges Vongerichten popularized in 1987. National Geographic Day marks January 27, 1888, when the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C. — launching a magazine in October 1888 that has documented the world’s geography, peoples, and species ever since. Library Shelfie Day shifts to the last Wednesday of January in 2027, celebrating the library shelfie — the photograph of a personal or institutional book collection that library social media has elevated into an art form.
All holidays on January 27
National Chocolate Cake Day
Auschwitz Liberation Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
National Geographic Day
Punch the Clock Day
Vietnam Peace Day
World Breast Pumping Day
About January 27
January 27 Q&As
What is the most popular holiday on January 27?
On January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is the most globally significant observance, marking the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. National Chocolate Cake Day is the most widely recognized food observance, and National Geographic Day marks January 27, 1888.
What countries celebrate holidays on January 27?
January 27 observances span the UK (Holocaust Memorial Day), Poland (site of Auschwitz Liberation Day), and the U.S., which hosts International Holocaust Remembrance Day, National Chocolate Cake Day, National Geographic Day, and Library Shelfie Day. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed globally.
What awareness days are on January 27?
January 27 includes International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established by the UN to mark the liberation of Auschwitz and commemorate the Nazi regime’s victims, and Holocaust Memorial Day, the UK national commemoration established in 2001.
