What Day of the Week

January 17, 2019 was the 17^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 348 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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• 1595

  Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
• 1773

  Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
• 1811

  Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists.
• 1885

  A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• 1893

  The Citizen’s Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 1899

  The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1977

  Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States.
• 1994

  1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
• 1997

  A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
• 2007

  The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.

• 1484

  George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)
• 1832

  Henry Martyn Baird, American educationalist (d. 1906)
• 1902

  Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet (d. 1963)
• 1905

  Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966)
• 1934

  Donald Cammell, Scottish film director (d. 1996)
• 1941

  Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist
• 1943

  René Préval, President of Haiti
• 1966

  Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer
• 1968

  Craig Strong, American actor & voice actor
• 1989

  Hollie-Jay Bowes, English actress

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