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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• 474

  Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
• 1126

  Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
• 1520

  King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden.
• 1562

  Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
• 1896

  The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
• 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.
• 1958

  Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut.
• 1981

  Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
• 2007

  The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
• 2009

  Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces’s offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault.

• 1904

  Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
• 1935

  Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director
• 1962

  Alison Arngrim, American actress
• 1964

  Brady Anderson, American baseball player
• 1973

  Burnie Burns, director, voice actor, producer, screenwriter, co-founder of Rooster Teeth Productions
• 1976

  Subhrajit Mitra, Indian filmmaker
• 1977

  Richard Wall, Irish actor
• 1984

  Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
• 1984

  Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
• 1987

  Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer

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