What Day of the Week

January 24, 2019 was the 24^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 341 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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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• 1679

  King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
• 1817

  Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta.
• 1857

  The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
• 1936

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

  World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
• 1966

  An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.
• 1978

  Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• 1993

  Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
• 1996

  Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
• 2009

  The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

• 1712

  King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786)
• 1872

  Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
• 1888

  Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d. 1958)
• 1915

  Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
• 1916

  Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor
• 1920

  Jerry Maren, American actor
• 1969

  Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor
• 1976

  Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
• 1983

  Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
• 1986

  Mischa Barton, English-born American actress

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