What Day of the Week

January 16, 2020 was the 16^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 350 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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.
• 1572

  Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
• 1605

  The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
• 1761

  The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
• 1809

  Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
• 1847

  John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
• 1942

  Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• 1945

  Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
• 1992

  El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City ending the 12-year Salvadoran civil war that claimed at least 75,000.
• 2003

  The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.

• 1616

  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
• 1728

  Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
• 1935

  A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
• 1937

  Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
• 1942

  Barbara Lynn, American singer
• 1953

  Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
• 1972

  Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
• 1976

  Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
• 1979

  Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
• 1991

  Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player

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