What Day of the Week

January 19, 2021 was the 19^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 346 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1839

  The British East India Company captures Aden.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs – The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• 1871

  Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
• 1915

  World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• 1920

  The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• 1945

  World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź ghetto. Out more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
• 1969

  Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire 3 days earlier in Prague’s Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.
• 1975

  An earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India
• 1999

  British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
• 2006

  A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes in Hungary.

• 1848

  Matthew Webb, English swimmer/diver (d. 1883)
• 1940

  Mike Reid, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 1944

  Shelley Fabares, American actress
• 1945

  Trevor Williams, English Bass Guitarist
• 1947

  Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur
• 1947

  Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple)
• 1948

  Frank McKenna, Canadian politician
• 1953

  Linda Hayden, English actress
• 1955

  Paul Rodriguez, Mexican/American actor and comedian
• 1962

  Chris Sabo, American baseball player

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