What Day of the Week

January 18, 2021 was the 18^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 347 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1520

  King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden.
• 1535

  Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
• 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.
• 1919

  Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
• 1976

  Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
• 1977

  Australia’s worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
• 1978

  The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.
• 2002

  Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
• 2009

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

• 1795

  Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
• 1853

  Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African Gunmaker (d. 1900)
• 1856

  Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. 1931)
• 1881

  Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
• 1901

  Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
• 1917

  Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008)
• 1931

  Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
• 1964

  Jane Horrocks, British actress
• 1972

  Vinod Kambli, Indian cricket player
• 1983

  Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress

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