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

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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.
• 1892

  James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
• 1936

  The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
• 1969

  The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
• 1970

  Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
• 1973

  Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• 1977

  The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden’s history.
• 1990

  AT&T’s long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.
• 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.

• 1891

  Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
• 1895

  Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
• 1913

  Alexander Marinesko, captain of the S-13 submarined. 1963)
• 1914

  Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (d. 2003)
• 1918

  João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999)
• 1933

  Ernest J. Gaines, American author
• 1937

  Margaret O'Brien, American actress
• 1964

  Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
• 1976

  Corey Chavous, American football player
• 1978

  Ryan Sidebottom, English Cricketer

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