England's Calendar of Events | January
Peels New Years Day Dip
January 1 (every year)
The New Year's Day Dip on Peel Beach has been raising money for charity by persuading the brave and the foolhardy to take a quick dip in the Irish Sea for 20 years. There can't be a better way to brace yourself for the year ahead than to wade boldly into the icy January waters around the Isle of Man. All swimmers get a medal and certificate and there are prizes for the best fancy dress and the oldest and youngest entrants. So far the record has been set at either end of the scale by a 98-year-old woman and a six-month-old baby boy. Around 200 people make it into the water each year, with visitors from as far afield as South Africa and Canada.
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London Art Fair
January 17-21 (every year)
The London Art Fair returns to the Business Design Centre in Islington. One hundred of the UK's leading galleries present a broad range of work spanning everything from early 20th century British Art to recent works, aimed at established collectors and casual visitors alike. This year's event welcomes the launch of Photo50, a permanent photographic section, and the third year of Art Projects, with 20 projects from selected galleries created exclusively for the fair, giving dealers the freedom to experiment, show less commercial work and show off the personality of their gallery. Also new for 2007 is the Collectors Lounge, a stylish place to relax away from the crowds.
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London International Mime Festival
January 12-28 (every year)
Internationally recognised as the world's leading showcase for innovative and entertaining visual theatre, the London International Mime Festival, founded in 1977, is the largest event of its kind in the world. Artists perform in a number of venues across the capital, including the South Bank Centre, Royal Opera House and the ICA, attracting an annual audience of around 16,000 people.
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January Dates of Note
January 1, 1772 - The London Credit Exchange Company issued the first traveler's checks.
January 1, 1927 - The BBC began broadcasting its first programmes.
January 1, 1931 - Traffic policeman were introduced in Great Britain.
January 2, 1770 - A huge Christmas pie was baked for holiday consumption in London, according to the Newcastle Chronicle. It was made of "two bushels of flour, twenty pounds of butter, four geese, two turkeys, two rabbits, four wild ducks, two woodcocks, six snipes, four partridges, two neats' tongues, two curlews, seven blackbirds, and six pigeons. It was nearly nine feet in circumference at bottom, and weighed about twelve stone." (A stone is equivalent to 14 pounds in the Imperial System of Weights and Measures.)
January 10, 1864 - The London Underground began operation.
January 11, 1954 - The first televised weather broadcast featuring a presenter on screen was transmitted from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios.
January 11, 1864 - Charring Cross Station, London, opened.
January 14, 1986 - Motorists were required by law to wear seat belts.
January 17, 1912 - Robert Scott and his party reached the South Pole.
January 21, 1930 - The BBC in London made its first world broadcast.
January 28, 1807 - On the evening of this day, London's Pall Mall became the first street in the world to be lit by gas lights.
January 29, 1856 - The Victoria Cross originated from this date. The medals were made from the metals of guns captured in the Crimea.
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