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January 22: Day of the Week
January 22, 2024 was the 22nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 344 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 22 Historical Event(s)
1771
Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to the United Kingdom.
1879
Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.
1889
Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
1909
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
1924
Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1962
The Organization of American States suspends Cuba’s membership.
1991
Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
1995
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
1999
Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
2006
Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country’s first indigenous president.
Who were born on January 22?
1440
Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
1831
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
1904
Arkady Gaidar, Russian children’s writer (d. 1941)
1908
Prince Oana, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1914
Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
1955
Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
1957
Brian Dayett, American baseball player
1962
Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director
1972
Katie Barberi, Mexican actress
1975
Balthazar Getty, American actor
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