What Day of the Week

January 19, 2018 was the 19^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 346 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.

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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• 1520

  Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
• 1661

  Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
• 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.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs – The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• 1899

  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• 1935

  Coopers Inc. sells the world’s first briefs.
• 1977

  Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas.
• 1978

  The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
• 2006

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

• 1848

  John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)
• 1863

  Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941)
• 1878

  Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934)
• 1946

  Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
• 1969

  Luc Longley, Australian basketball player
• 1972

  Jon Fisher, American entrepreneur
• 1979

  Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
• 1980

  Jenson Button, English Formula One driver
• 1985

  Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
• 1986

  Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American ice dancer

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