January 19: Day of the Week
January 19, 2022 was the 19th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 346 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.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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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January 19 Historical Event(s)
- 379Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him power over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
- 1419Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
- 1795The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
- 1915World 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.
- 1917Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
- 1937Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
- 1945World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź ghetto. Out more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
- 1977President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. “Tokyo Rose”).
- 1991Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
- 2006The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
Who were born on January 19?
- 1839Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
- 1924Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1939Phil Everly, American musician
- 1944Laurie London, English singer
- 1956Carman Licciardello, American singer
- 1969Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
- 1972Drea de Matteo, American actress
- 1974Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
- 1981Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
- 1985Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
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