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- 4 January 1705 – Death of Madame d'Aulnoy (pictured), who invented the term contes de fée (fairy tale)
- 12 January – Japanese anime series The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love, based on Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 novel Pollyanna, begins airing on Fuji TV
- 14 January 1886 – Birth of Hugh Lofting, author of the Doctor Dolittle books
- 25 January 1885 – Birth of Hakushū Kitahara, a popular Japanese poet who collected nursery rhymes
- 30 January 1977 – The first episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries airs on ABC, featuring teenage detectives Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys
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