What Day of the Week

January 19, 2020 was the 19^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 347 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1661

  Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
• 1764

  John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
• 1817

  An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
• 1829

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust Part 1 receives its premiere performance.
• 1853

  Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
• 1899

  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• 1946

  General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• 1981

  Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• 1993

  Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
• 1996

  The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

• 1839

  Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
• 1879

  Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (d. 1925)
• 1935

  Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor
• 1945

  Trevor Williams, English Bass Guitarist
• 1954

  Cindy Sherman, American photographer
• 1963

  Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul)
• 1976

  Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
• 1979

  Josu Sarriegi, Spanish/Basque footballer
• 1985

  Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
• 1992

  Shawn Johnson, American gymnast

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