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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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.
• 1120

  The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• 1572

  Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
• 1581

  The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1761

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

  John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
• 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.
• 1970

  Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1872

  Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
• 1905

  Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
• 1917

  Carl Karcher, founded the Carl’s Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
• 1921

  Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
• 1943

  Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
• 1944

  Gerd Klier, German footballer (d. 2011)
• 1944

  Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
• 1953

  Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
• 1962

  Denis O'Hare, Irish-American actor
• 1972

  Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer

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