What Day of the Week

January 17, 2020 was the 17^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 1524

  Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
• 1781

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• 1799

  Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
• 1885

  A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• 1929

  Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• 1961

  Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
• 1991

  Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
• 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.
• 2001

  U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis’ rank from Lieutenant to Captain.

• 1828

  Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898)
• 1832

  Henry Martyn Baird, American educationalist (d. 1906)
• 1914

  William Stafford, American poet and essayist (d. 1993)
• 1939

  Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece (d. 2008)
• 1944

  Françoise Hardy, French singer
• 1964

  Andy Rourke, English bass guitarist (The Smiths)
• 1974

  Yang Chen, Chinese footballer
• 1983

  Johannes Herber, German basketball player
• 1983

  Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver
• 1985

  Kang-in, South Korean singer, dancer, actor, MC, and DJ (Super Junior)

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