BANNERS: INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY | January 27

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international memorial day on 27 January commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jews, 2 million Gipsies, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session. The resolution came after a special session was held earlier that year on 24 January 2005 during which the United Nations General Assembly marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the end of the Holocaust.

QUOTES: “Don't be pushed by your problems..."

“Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

QUOTES: ““Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is..."

“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” - Wayne W. Dyer

QUOTES: “Now is no time to think of what you do not have..."

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is.” - Ernest Hemingway

QUOTES: "Today you are You, that is truer than true..."

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." - Dr. Seuss

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January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer). In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

- January's birthstone is the garnet which represents constancy.

- Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus.

- The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards).