December 2022 & January 2023

STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)

Sunday is?New Year's Day 2023. January is Poverty Awareness Month and Hot Tea Month. January 2 is Georgia's 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788). January 9 is Connecticut's 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788).

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New Year's Day 2023: January 1

National Hot Tea Month: January

U.S. imports of tea, spices, etc., were valued above $2.84 billion in 2021, $1.08 billion more than the $1.75 billion value a decade earlier in 2011.

National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January

The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement reports the official poverty rate in 2021 was 11.6%, not statistically different from 2020.

Georgia 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 2

Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution on Jan. 2, 1788, fourth of the original 13 states to do so. Nickname: Peach State. Motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation.

Connecticut 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 9

Connecticut ratified the U.S. Constitution on Jan. 9, 1788, fifth of the original 13 states to do so. Nickname: The Constitution State. Motto: He Who Transplanted Still Sustains.

All?Stats for Stories for December 2022:

• National Miners Day: December 6
• National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (1941): December 7
• Delaware 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1787): December 7
• Mississippi 205th Anniversary of Statehood (1817): December 10
• Pennsylvania 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1787): December 12
• Bill of Rights Day (1791): December 15
• Virginia 245th Anniversary of Ratifying the Articles of Confederation (1777): December 16
• Wright Brothers Day (1903): December 17
• New Jersey 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1787): December 18
• National Homeless Persons? Memorial Day: December 21

All?Stats for Stories for January 2023:

• New Year's Day 2023: January 1
• National Hot Tea Month: January
• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January
• Georgia 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 2
• Connecticut 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 9
• National Milk Day: January 11
• National Pharmacist Day: January 12
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 16 (updating soon)
• Popcorn Day: January 19
• Chinese New Year: January 22
• Spouses Day: January 26

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