What Day of the Week

January 21, 2019 was the 21^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 344 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius 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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• 1643

  Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga.
• 1789

  The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1899

  Opel manufactures its first automobile.
• 1915

  Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1954

  The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• 1958

  The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
• 1960

  Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
• 1960

  Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
• 1966

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
• 1977

  President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.

• 1942

  Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1952

  Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
• 1962

  Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
• 1971

  Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
• 1977

  Al Baxter, Australian rugby union footballer
• 1978

  Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979

  Spider Loc, American rapper, member of G-Unit
• 1984

  Raymond Gutierrez, Filipino actor and television host
• 1985

  Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model
• 1990

  Jacob Smith, American actor

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