What Day of the Week

January 15, 2023 was the 15^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 350 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1759

  The British Museum opens.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
• 1910

  Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, US, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft.
• 1919

  Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps.
• 1947

  The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (“The Black Dahlia”) is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.
• 1949

  Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
• 1966

  The Nigerian First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d’état.
• 1976

  Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
• 1991

  The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
• 2005

  An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.

• 1809

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
• 1850

  Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
• 1897

  Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
• 1933

  Ernest J. Gaines, American author
• 1945

  William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990)
• 1949

  Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1970

  Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler
• 1982

  Benjamin Agosto, American skater
• 1985

  Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
• 1989

  Alexei Cherepanov, Russian hockey player (d. 2008)

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