What Day of the Week

January 22, 2019 was the 22^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 343 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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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• 1521

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
• 1889

  Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• 1906

  SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• 1924

  Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1927

  First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• 1947

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
• 1957

  Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1957

  The New York City “Mad Bomber”, George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• 1959

  Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
• 1968

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

• 1831

  Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
• 1840

  Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
• 1849

  August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
• 1858

  Beatrice Webb, English economist (d. 1943)
• 1913

  Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
• 1924

  J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1940

  George Seifert, American football coach
• 1956

  John Wesley Shipp, American actor
• 1975

  James Murray English actor
• 1980

  Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese writer

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