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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• 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.
• 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.
• 1970

  The Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
• 1973

  The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
• 1991

  Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
• 1992

  Rebel forces occupy Zaire’s national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government’s resignation.
• 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.
• 1999

  Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• 2042

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

• 1654

  Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
• 1887

  Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
• 1932

  Piper Laurie, American actress
• 1939

  Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004)
• 1940

  George Seifert, American football coach
• 1952

  Teddy Gentry, American musician (Alabama)
• 1963

  Jeff Treadway, American baseball player
• 1964

  Nigel Benn, English boxer
• 1968

  Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
• 1981

  Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)

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