January 2: Day of the Week
January 2, 2023 was the 2nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 363 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.
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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.
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January 2 Historical Event(s)
- 366The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire
- 1788Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution
- 1818The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
- 1833Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands.
- 1860The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France
- 1920The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
- 1935Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
- 1942The 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
- 1992Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia.
- 2002Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
Who were born on January 2?
- 1895Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
- 1905Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
- 1916Zypora Spaisman, Polish-born American Yiddish theatre actress and producer (d. 2002)
- 1925Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
- 1925William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (d. 2007)
- 1932Peter Redgrove, British poet (d. 2003)
- 1961Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
- 1967Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and mayor of Reykjavik
- 1975Dax Shepard, American actor
- 1987Shelley Hennig, American actress
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