What Day of the Week

January 12, 2019 was the 12^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 353 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1528

  Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
• 1848

  The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• 1906

  Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
• 1964

  Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
• 1967

  Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
• 1970

  Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
• 1976

  The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• 1991

  Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
• 2001

  Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
• 2005

  Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.

• 1597

  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
• 1723

  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)
• 1856

  John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925)
• 1876

  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
• 1899

  Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
• 1916

  William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
• 1917

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
• 1926

  Morton Feldman, American composer (d. 1987)
• 1955

  Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
• 1985

  Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer

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