In honor of National Winnie ... Owl while Earth signs may relate to the reserved and — sometimes gloomy — Eeyore. As Milne's birthday was on Jan. 18, the day is celebrated as National Winnie ...
In the 1925 Christmas Eve edition of The London News, English author A.A. Milne published “The Wrong Sort of Bees,” the first story that mentioned his lovable bear Winnie The Pooh by name.