What Day of the Week

January 18, 2022 was the 18^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 347 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1913

  A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
• 1941

  World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
• 1955

  Battle of Yijiangshan is fought.
• 1967

  Albert DeSalvo, the “Boston Strangler”, is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• 1969

  United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
• 1976

  Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
• 1993

  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
• 1994

  The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
• 2002

  Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
• 2003

  A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.

• 1840

  Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921)
• 1880

  Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian physicist (d. 1933)
• 1904

  Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
• 1925

  Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1941

  Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
• 1956

  Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress
• 1962

  David O'Connor, American equestrian rider
• 1969

  Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1979

  Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1987

  Christopher Liebig, German rugby player

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