What Day of the Week

January 18, 2020 was the 18^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 348 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 532

  Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
• 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.
• 1903

  President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
• 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.
• 1915

  Japan issues the “Twenty-One Demands” to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• 1945

  Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
• 1978

  The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
• 1997

  In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
• 2000

  The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.

• 1779

  Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
• 1782

  Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
• 1795

  Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
• 1908

  Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)
• 1951

  Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982)
• 1953

  Brett Hudson, American musician
• 1973

  Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer and Gladiator
• 1982

  Joanna Newsom, American harpist
• 1984

  Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
• 1988

  Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer

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