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January 19: Day of the Week
January 19, 2024 was the 19th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 347 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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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.
January 19 Historical Event(s)
1419
Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1840
Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
1861
American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
1899
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1915
Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1942
World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma
1960
Japan and the United States sign the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty
1977
President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. “Tokyo Rose”).
1997
Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
2007
Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper’s office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
Who were born on January 19?
1908
Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971)
1912
Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1924
Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985)
1940
Mike Reid, English comedian (d. 2007)
1947
Ann Compton, American news reporter
1957
Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician
1973
Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity
1977
Nicole, Chilean singer
1981
Kerby Raymundo, Filipino basketball player
1992
Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
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