What Day of the Week

January 16, 2021 was the 16^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 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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• 1492

  The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
• 1581

  The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1761

  The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
• 1920

  The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
• 1942

  Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• 1956

  President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
• 1969

  Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets’ crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
• 1970

  Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
• 1991

  The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
• 2001

  Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.

• 1878

  Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
• 1898

  Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
• 1917

  Carl Karcher, founded the Carl’s Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
• 1928

  William Kennedy, American author
• 1944

  Gerd Klier, German footballer (d. 2011)
• 1947

  Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
• 1951

  Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
• 1972

  Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
• 1985

  Gintaras Janusevicius, Lithuanian pianist
• 1989

  Yvonne Zima, American actress

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