What Day of the Week

January 23, 2020 was the 23^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 343 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 971

  In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops.
• 1510

  Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.
• 1533

  Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.
• 1546

  Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
• 1912

  The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• 1917

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
• 1937

  In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin’s regime and assassinate its leaders.
• 1963

  Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
• 1973

  A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.
• 2009

  Dendermonde nursery attack in Dendermonde, Belgium.

• 1857

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

  Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter (d. 1945)
• 1927

  Jack Quinlan, Chicago Cubs Broadcaster (d. 1965)
• 1964

  Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973

  Lanei Chapman, American actress
• 1977

  Kamal Heer, Punjabi singer and musician
• 1979

  Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1981

  Julia Jones, Native American actress
• 1981

  Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
• 1988

  Alan Power, Irish footballer

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