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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• 1412

  The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
• 1780

  American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• 1909

  Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• 1919

  Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
• 1920

  The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
• 1924

  Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
• 1939

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

  US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
• 2006

  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.

• 1923

  Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
• 1928

  William Kennedy, American author
• 1943

  Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
• 1946

  Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
• 1952

  L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut
• 1956

  Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
• 1962

  Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
• 1970

  Ron Villone, American baseball player
• 1974

  Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
• 1975

  Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress

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