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 French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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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• 1773

  The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1848

  The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• 1872

  Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• 1875

  Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
• 1898

  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1926

  Original Sam ‘n’Henry aired on Chicago radio later renamed Amos ‘n’Andy in 1928.
• 1966

  Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• 2004

  The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• 2006

  The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
• 2010

  The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

• 1577

  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
• 1908

  Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008)
• 1915

  Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997)
• 1917

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
• 1944

  Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
• 1968

  Rachael Harris, American actress
• 1972

  Jason Sklar, American comedian
• 1977

  Cade McNown, American football player
• 1979

  Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
• 1982

  Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper

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