What Day of the Week

January 13, 2020 was the 13^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 353 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.

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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• 1785

  John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
• 1797

  French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
• 1840

  The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1898

  Emile Zola’s J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 1915

  An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• 1958

  The Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1964

  Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
• 1972

  Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
• 1985

  A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• 1986

  A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.

• 1812

  Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
• 1859

  Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)
• 1881

  Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961)
• 1885

  Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The “Fuller Brush Man” (d. 1973)
• 1942

  Carol Cleveland, English actress
• 1964

  Bill Bailey, British comedian
• 1972

  Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
• 1977

  Orlando Bloom, English actor
• 1983

  Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
• 1987

  Alexandre Pliuschin, Moldovan cyclist

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