What Day of the Week

January 16, 2019 was the 16^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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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• 27 BC

  Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
• 929

  Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
• 1581

  The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1786

  The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• 1909

  Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• 1939

  The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
• 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.
• 2001

  US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
• 2002

  The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.

• 1894

  Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
• 1897

  Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
• 1911

  Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d. 1982)
• 1918

  Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1924

  Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
• 1959

  Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
• 1962

  Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian politician
• 1976

  Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
• 1979

  Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
• 1986

  Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka

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