If you can believe it, National Smith Day is on January 6, and no, it’s not a day to celebrate blacksmiths, but rather to celebrate those who have the last name ‘Smith’ or one containing ‘Smith’.

Koopersmith chose January 6 as the date of celebration because Captain John Smith was born on the date in 1580. He led the colonists who settled in Jamestown in 1607 and undoubtedly was one of the first Smiths to live in America. January 6 also happens to be the birthday of Jedediah Strong Smith, who was born in 1799 in Bainbridge, New York.