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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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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• 1719

  The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1879

  Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke’s Drift ends.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1904

  Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• 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.
• 1960

  The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1968

  North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.
• 1973

  A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.
• 2031

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.

• 1783

  Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)
• 1809

  Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter (d. 1884)
• 1832

  Édouard Manet, French artist (d. 1883)
• 1942

  Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director
• 1953

  John Luther Adams, American composer
• 1959

  Clive Bull, English radio talk show host
• 1970

  Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
• 1972

  Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
• 1985

  Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
• 1990

  Martyn Waghorn, English footballer

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