What Day of the Week

January 22, 2020 was the 22^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 344 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.

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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• 1506

  The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
• 1689

  The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
• 1879

  Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.
• 1909

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• 1946

  Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people’s Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
• 1957

  Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1959

  Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
• 1963

  The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• 1969

  A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
• 1992

  Rebel forces occupy Zaire’s national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government’s resignation.

• 1781

  François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (d. 1849)
• 1900

  Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (d. 1980)
• 1904

  Arkady Gaidar, Russian children’s writer (d. 1941)
• 1915

  Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993)
• 1934

  Graham Kerr, British-born chef
• 1946

  Malcolm McLaren, British music manager (d. 2010)
• 1957

  Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
• 1968

  Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan)
• 1970

  Alex Ross, American comic book artist
• 1986

  Daniel Wayne Smith, American reality television personality (d. 2006)

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