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11 January is Independence Manifesto Day in Morocco.

In 1944! Who knew?
They didn't actually _get_ independence for another 12 years, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Independence_of_Morocco

13 January is Coming of Age Day in Japan.
That's the second Monday in January.
I'd never heard of this one; I knew the Japanese had a Girls' Day, Boys' 
Day, and Shichi-Go-San (7-5-3) Day, but this one celebrates people who 
have reached legal adulthood (now 18) during the past year. Apparently 
the present holiday dates to the immediate post-WWII period.
(Wiki puts it in along with a whole lot of stuff about _individual_ 
coming-of-age customs in Japan.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_Day

14 January is Yennayer (Amazigh* New Year) in Morocco

Berber New Year! Our first Alternative New Year.
(Berber yan + ayyur  'first month')

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yennayer

This says it's really on the 12th (and it's celebrated on that day in 
Algeria), but my source had it on the 14th in Morocco.

*See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Berber_people