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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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.
• 1492

  The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
• 1707

  The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1910

  Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
• 1923

  Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
• 1969

  Per Yngve “Dead” Ohlin, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
• 1971

  Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
• 1972

  Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
• 1974

  Kate Moss, English model
• 1977

  Jeff Foster, American basketball player
• 1984

  Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
• 1986

  Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
• 1987

  Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model

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