What Day of the Week

January 23, 2021 was the 23^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 342 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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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• 393

  Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor.
• 1793

  Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time.
• 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.
• 1879

  Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke’s Drift ends.
• 1900

  The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat.
• 1941

  Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• 1943

  World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.
• 2002

  “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.
• 2002

  Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered .
• 2012

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

• 1809

  Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter (d. 1884)
• 1903

  Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d. 1948)
• 1907

  Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
• 1915

  Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
• 1920

  Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (d. 2010)
• 1951

  Chesley Sullenberger, Captain of US Airways Flight 1549, a flight that successfully ditched into the Hudson River
• 1953

  John Luther Adams, American composer
• 1984

  Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
• 1986

  Steven Taylor, English footballer
• 1987

  Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer

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