What Day of the Week

January 2, 2019 was the 2^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 363 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.

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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• 1492

  Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders
• 1818

  The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
• 1833

  Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands.
• 1935

  Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
• 1942

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring
• 1942

  World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces
• 1945

  World War II: Nuremberg, Germany (in German, Nürnberg) is severely bombed by Allied forces
• 1949

  Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
• 1955

  Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated
• 1974

  President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo

• 1777

  Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
• 1833

  Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)
• 1866

  Prof. Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
• 1904

  Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and freestyle swimmer(d. 1991)
• 1938

  Ian Brady, British serial killer
• 1944

  Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
• 1955

  Tex Brashear, American voice actor
• 1976

  Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
• 1990

  Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
• 1991

  Davide Santon, Italian footballer

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