What Day of the Week

January 22, 2018 was the 22^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 343 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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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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• 565

  Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
• 1824

  The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
• 1877

  Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
• 1909

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• 1944

  World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
• 1947

  KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 1968

  Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• 1968

  Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
• 1969

  A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
• 1999

  Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.

• 1440

  Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
• 1897

  Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
• 1906

  Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1909

  U Thant, Burmese diplomat and 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
• 1913

  Henry Bauchau, Belgian novelist, poet, and psychoanalyst
• 1919

  Diomedes Olivo, Dominican Republic baseball player (d. 1977)
• 1949

  Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
• 1959

  Linda Blair, American actress
• 1963

  Javier Ortiz, American baseball player
• 1993

  Rio Haryanto, Indonesian racing driver

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