What Day of the Week

January 15, 2020 was the 15^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 351 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 69

  Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.
• 1559

  Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
• 1844

  University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
• 1908

  The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
• 1943

  The world’s largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
• 1970

  Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
• 1976

  Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
• 2005

  An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.
• 2007

  Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
• 2009

  US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.

• 1866

  Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)
• 1872

  Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
• 1879

  Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
• 1939

  Tony Bullimore, English sailor and adventurer
• 1943

  Stuart E. Eizenstat, adviser to American Presidents Carter and Clinton
• 1959

  Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber (d. 2008)
• 1964

  Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
• 1979

  Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
• 1985

  Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
• 1988

  Sonny Moore (a.k.a Skrillex, American musician (From First to Last)

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