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.
• 1719

  The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
• 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.
• 1899

  Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
• 1907

  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• 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.
• 1974

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.

• 1903

  Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d. 1948)
• 1913

  Jean-Michel Atlan, French painter (d. 1960)
• 1916

  Airey Neave, British Major, politician and indictment server at the Nuremberg Trials (d. 1979)
• 1930

  Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish singer
• 1935

  Bob Moses, American civil rights activist
• 1966

  Haywoode Workman, American basketball player
• 1967

  Naim Süleymanoğlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
• 1971

  Adam Parore, New Zealand wicketkeeper (cricket)
• 1972

  Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
• 1975

  Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter

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