What Day of the Week

January 10, 2020 was the 10^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 356 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Capricorn 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.

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• 1645

  Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
• 1776

  Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
• 1810

  Napoleon divorces his first wife Joséphine.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
• 1863

  The London Underground, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
• 1870

  John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• 1901

  The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• 1981

  Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• 1985

  Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• 2011

  2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.

• 1892

  Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish writer (d. 1974)
• 1912

  Maria Mandel, Austrian Auschwitz prison guard (d. 1948)
• 1913

  Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
• 1918

  Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (d. 2008)
• 1927

  Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)
• 1935

  Georg Katzer, German composer
• 1943

  Jantzen Derrick, English footballer
• 1953

  Pat Benatar, American singer
• 1985

  Craig Lewis, American cyclist
• 1986

  Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer

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