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January 22: Day of the Week
January 22, 2024 was the 22nd day of the year 2024 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.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
January 22 Historical Event(s)
1506
The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
1889
Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
1899
Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1909
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
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.
1957
Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
1968
Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1973
The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1995
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
Who were born on January 22?
1729
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
1881
Ira Thomas, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1904
John Milligan, American baseball player (d. 1972)
1913
Henry Bauchau, Belgian novelist, poet, and psychoanalyst
1916
Henri Dutilleux, French composer
1936
Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002)
1950
Pamela Salem, English actress
1953
Myung-Whun Chung,South Korean Conductor and pianist
1955
Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
1986
Daniel Wayne Smith, American reality television personality (d. 2006)
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