What Day of the Week

January 18, 2023 was the 18^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 347 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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.

• 1486

  King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
• 1884

  Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1943

  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
• 1945

  Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
• 1955

  Battle of Yijiangshan is fought.
• 1977

  Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires’ disease.
• 1978

  The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.
• 1993

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

• 1779

  Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
• 1917

  Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008)
• 1963

  Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician
• 1969

  Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1973

  Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer and Gladiator
• 1974

  Maulik Pancholy, American actor
• 1974

  Princess Claire of Belgium
• 1980

  Jason Segel, American actor
• 1982

  Joanna Newsom, American harpist
• 1984

  Seung-Hui Cho, American spree killer (d. 2007)

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