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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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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• 1607

  San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
• 1788

  The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
• 1806

  The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1829

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust Part 1 receives its premiere performance.
• 1840

  Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
• 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.
• 1935

  Coopers Inc. sells the world’s first briefs.
• 1937

  Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• 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.
• 1999

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

• 1892

  Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician (d. 1964)
• 1940

  Mike Reid, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 1943

  Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• 1969

  Luc Longley, Australian basketball player
• 1971

  John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
• 1974

  Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
• 1975

  Noah Georgeson, American musician
• 1976

  Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
• 1979

  Josu Sarriegi, Spanish/Basque footballer
• 1980

  Jenson Button, English Formula One driver

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