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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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.
• 1875

  Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
• 1895

  The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• 1899

  13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
• 1932

  Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• 1964

  Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
• 1976

  The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• 1986

  Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
• 2005

  Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
• 2010

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

• 1893

  Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
• 1930

  Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
• 1932

  Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress (d. 1992)
• 1952

  John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
• 1960

  Jorge Pupo, Cuban American actor
• 1963

  François Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter
• 1979

  Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
• 1981

  Dan Klecko, American football player
• 1982

  Chris Ray, American baseball player
• 1992

  Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol

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