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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 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.
• 1863

  The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• 1917

  World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for “peace without victory” in Europe.
• 1946

  Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 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.
• 1947

  KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 1963

  The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• 1968

  Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
• 2007

  At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
• 2023

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.

• 1889

  Amos Strunk, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 1916

  Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati author, poet, astrologist (d. 1994)
• 1940

  John Hurt, English actor
• 1949

  Phil Miller, English guitarist (National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole)
• 1964

  Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player
• 1969

  Keith Gordon, American baseball player
• 1970

  Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
• 1977

  Matthew Newton, Australian actor
• 1980

  Christopher Masterson, American actor
• 1986

  Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer

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