What Day of the Week

January 18, 2019 was the 18^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 347 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1126

  Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
• 1788

  The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.
• 1911

  Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• 1916

  A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
• 1919

  Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
• 1958

  Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut.
• 1960

  Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
• 1976

  Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
• 1983

  The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals to his family.
• 1990

  Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.

• 1519

  Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
• 1914

  Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979)
• 1914

  Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian writer (d. 1987)
• 1925

  Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1962

  David O'Connor, American equestrian rider
• 1965

  Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
• 1979

  Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1980

  Julius Peppers, American football player
• 1986

  Marya Roxx, Estonian singer
• 1988

  Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer

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