What Day of the Week

January 16, 2023 was the 16^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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.

• 550

  Gothic War (535–554): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
• 1556

  Philip II becomes King of Spain.
• 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.
• 1909

  Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• 1920

  The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
• 1968

  The Youth International Party is founded.
• 1979

  The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
• 2001

  Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
• 2001

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

• 1872

  Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
• 1918

  Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1942

  Barbara Lynn, American singer
• 1943

  Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
• 1949

  Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1949

  Caroline Munro, British actress
• 1958

  Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
• 1970

  Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies)
• 1975

  Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
• 1982

  Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer

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