What Day of the Week

January 16, 2022 was the 16^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 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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• 550

  Gothic War (535–554): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
• 929

  Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
• 1761

  The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
• 1847

  John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
• 1896

  Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
• 1920

  The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
• 1939

  The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
• 1945

  Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
• 1986

  First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
• 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.

• 1245

  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
• 1516

  Bayinnaung, King of Burma (d. 1581)
• 1844

  Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
• 1878

  Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
• 1896

  Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1968

  David Chokachi, American actor
• 1969

  Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
• 1976

  Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
• 1979

  Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
• 1982

  Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer

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