What Day of the Week

January 23, 2019 was the 23^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 342 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 1368

  In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.
• 1533

  Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.
• 1556

  The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
• 1855

  The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
• 1897

  Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
• 1917

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
• 1942

  World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign.
• 1943

  Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
• 1973

  A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.
• 2002

  Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered .

• 1897

  Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Canadian soldier, W.W.II codename, Intrepid. Inspiration for James Bond. (d. 1989)
• 1900

  William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988)
• 1927

  Jack Quinlan, Chicago Cubs Broadcaster (d. 1965)
• 1938

  Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
• 1950

  John Greaves, English musician (Henry Cow, National Health)
• 1952

  Omar Henry, South African cricketer
• 1953

  Robin Zander, American singer (Cheap Trick)
• 1961

  Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singapore’s most-wanted terror fugitive
• 1964

  Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971

  Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist

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