Main world events in January 2020
1st of January
New Year's Day
NHL Winter Classic, Dallas (USA)
2nd of January
4th of January
5th of January
Beginning of the Dakar Rally, in Saudi Arabia, ends January 17
6th of January
Epiphany
7th of January
Beginning of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), ends January 10
8th of January
10th of January
End of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), began January 7
11th of January
12th of January
NRF Retail's big show, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, (USA), until January 14
13th of January
14th of January
Beginning of Jaipur Kite Festival (India), ends Jan 16
End of the NRF Retail's big show, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, (USA), began January 12
15th of January
16th of January
End of Jaipur Kite Festival (India), began Jan 16
17th of January
End of the Dakar Rally, in Saudi Arabia, began January 5
18th of January
19th of January
20th of January
Beginning of the Australian Open Tennis, Melbourne (Australia), ends February 2
Martin Luther King Day – USA
21st of January
Beginning of the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos-Klosters (Switzerland), ends January 24
24th of January
End of the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos-Klosters (Switzerland), began January 21
25th of January
Chinese New Year
26th of January
NHL All-Star Game Ice hockey, St Louis (USA)
End of the Dubai Shopping Festival, began December 26
27th of January
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
28th of January
29th of January
31st of January
Beginning of the Sapporo Snow Festival (Japan) - ends the 11th of February