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 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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• 1556

  The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
• 1656

  Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
• 1870

  In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre.
• 1917

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
• 1943

  Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
• 1945

  World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
• 1958

  Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
• 1961

  The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by foes of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown.
• 1964

  The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
• 1968

  North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.

• 1855

  John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)
• 1857

  Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist (d. 1936)
• 1897

  Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Canadian soldier, W.W.II codename, Intrepid. Inspiration for James Bond. (d. 1989)
• 1938

  Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
• 1945

  Mike Harris, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario
• 1962

  Vasia Panayopoulou, Greek actress
• 1964

  Mariska Hargitay, American actress
• 1969

  Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
• 1974

  Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress
• 1986

  Benjamin Griesert, German footballer

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