What Day of the Week

January 2, 2022 was the 2^nd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 363 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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• 1791

  Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War
• 1818

  The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
• 1860

  The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France
• 1900

  John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China
• 1905

  Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China
• 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
• 1945

  World War II: Nuremberg, Germany (in German, Nürnberg) is severely bombed by Allied forces
• 1959

  Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union
• 1992

  Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia.
• 2001

  Sila María Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico

• 1870

  Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)
• 1901

  Bob Marshall, American conservationist (d. 1939)
• 1933

  Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
• 1944

  Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1947

  Jack Hanna, American zoologist
• 1951

  Jim Essian, American baseball player
• 1953

  Jacques Tichelaar, a Dutch politician and trade union leader
• 1961

  Todd Haynes, American film director
• 1969

  Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
• 1975

  Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player

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