What Day of the Week

January 24, 2020 was the 24^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 342 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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.
• 1862

  Bucharest is proclaimed capital of Romania.
• 1916

  In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• 1925

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
• 1939

  The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
• 1947

  Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1961

  1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
• 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.

• 1915

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

  Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor
• 1943

  Peter Struck, German politician
• 1944

  Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)
• 1945

  John Garamendi, American politician
• 1957

  Mark Eaton, American basketball player
• 1969

  Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor
• 1979

  Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983

  Scott Speed, American race car driver
• 1986

  Mischa Barton, English-born American actress

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