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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• 1848

  California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento.
• 1857

  The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
• 1916

  In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• 1918

  The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People’s Commissars effective February 14(NS)
• 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.
• 1984

  The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
• 1990

  Japan launches Hiten, the country’s first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
• 2001

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

• 1638

  Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)
• 1909

  Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993)
• 1947

  Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
• 1954

  Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1986)
• 1961

  Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress
• 1962

  Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
• 1968

  Michael Kiske, German musician
• 1977

  Kensuke Kita, Japanese guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
• 1979

  Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• 1988

  Jade Ewen, English singer

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