What Day of the Week

January 17, 2022 was the 17^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 348 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 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.
• 1903

  El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• 1917

  The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• 1929

  Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days into his reign.
• 1941

  Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy.
• 1961

  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the “military-industrial complex”.
• 1981

  President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• 1996

  The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
• 2001

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

• 1814

  Mrs. Henry Wood, English novelist (d. 1887)
• 1820

  Anne Brontë, British author (d. 1849)
• 1858

  Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian writer (d. 1940)
• 1867

  Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. 1939)
• 1880

  Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (d. 1960)
• 1903

  Warren Hull, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1917

  Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (d. 2007)
• 1925

  Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member
• 1933

  Dalida, French singer (d. 1987)
• 1940

  Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner

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