What Day of the Week

January 23, 2023 was the 23^rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 342 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1920

  The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• 1943

  Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
• 1943

  World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
• 1943

  World War II: Troops of Montgomery’s 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.
• 1945

  World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
• 1960

  The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1963

  Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
• 1986

  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
• 2003

  Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.
• 2031

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.

• 1876

  Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)
• 1898

  Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1923

  Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach
• 1927

  Jack Quinlan, Chicago Cubs Broadcaster (d. 1965)
• 1929

  John Charles Polanyi, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1934

  Pierre Bourgault, Quebec politician and essayist (d. 2003)
• 1938

  Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1950

  Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) (d. 2008)
• 1972

  Lisa Snowdon, British model and TV presenter
• 1975

  Phil Dawson, American football player

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